Evaluations, medication management, and supportive therapy from a dual board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner. Mostly by video, in person in Fairfax when you want it.
Book an Appointment →Clarendon is built for going out. Restaurants, patios, and a Metro stop that empties into a crowd most evenings. It is a good place to be twenty-nine and a hard place to be quietly struggling, because the social calendar keeps moving whether or not you have the energy for it.
Anh "Alice" Tran, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, sees adults 18 to 65 who live and work in Clarendon. She is licensed in Virginia and dual board-certified in psychiatric mental health and family practice. Care is delivered by secure video for most Clarendon patients, which means no walking into a waiting room where you might run into someone from your building. If you would rather sit across a desk, the office is in Fairfax at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300, with free parking outside.
A real psychiatric evaluation, not a screening. The first appointment is 60 minutes. In that time Alice builds a picture of what is going on: the timeline of symptoms, what your sleep looks like on a normal week and on a bad one, how much caffeine and alcohol are in the picture, what medications you have tried and how each one went, medical history, family history, and what you actually want to be different. People frequently arrive having been handed a diagnosis in a rushed visit somewhere else. Part of the work is confirming whether that still holds.
Medication management with the reasoning included. Nothing gets prescribed without an explanation you can repeat to a friend: what this medication is for, what improvement should look like, when to expect it, which side effects are common and which ones mean call immediately, and what happens if it does not work. Follow-up visits adjust based on your response. Refills go to any pharmacy you like, including the ones along Wilson Boulevard. Controlled substances such as stimulants follow Virginia rules, which can require an in-person appointment at the Fairfax office.
Supportive therapy inside every visit. This is not a fifteen minute refill practice. Follow-ups leave room to talk about what is happening: a manager who drains you, a breakup, drinking that has crept upward, a decision you keep avoiding. When a situation needs formal, structured therapy over months, Alice will name that clearly rather than stretch supportive work past its usefulness, and she will help you find the right therapist. See the full services page for details.
A walkable corridor of high-density apartments, mostly people in their twenties and thirties, most of them a few years into demanding jobs downtown or in the contracting world. The pattern that shows up again and again is a life that looks enviable from the outside and feels relentless from the inside.
When your neighborhood is the destination, saying no takes effort and saying yes takes energy you do not have. Social anxiety here often hides behind a full calendar rather than an empty one.
Two drinks after work becomes four, then most nights. Alcohol wrecks sleep architecture and worsens anxiety the next morning, which makes the following evening harder. It is a loop worth talking about early.
Everyone appears to be getting promoted, engaged, or buying somewhere. Constant comparison is corrosive, and for some people it tips into genuine depression rather than passing frustration.
On the Metro, in a meeting, in the middle of dinner. Panic attacks convince people something is medically wrong. They are treatable, and treatment usually works faster than people expect.
Many adults assume their attention is shot because of screens. Sometimes that is true. Sometimes it is ADHD that was never identified, and the difference matters for what actually helps.
Plenty of plans, very few people who know the real situation. That gap is one of the most common things patients describe in the first ten minutes of an evaluation.
Intake forms arrive by email beforehand. Answer what you can. Insurance is verified in advance, so the cost is settled before you talk to anyone, not after.
On the day, you open doxy.me/alicetran in a browser and wait a moment in the virtual room. No download, no login. Alice starts with what brought you here now rather than with a checklist, then moves through the history in a way that feels like a conversation. She will tell you what she thinks is going on and what she would suggest, including when the honest answer is that medication is not the first thing to try. You decide together. If you are coming to Fairfax instead, plan to arrive about ten minutes early; parking is free and the suite is on the third floor.
Alice works with adults across the range of common psychiatric conditions. Anxiety and panic disorder are among the most frequent reasons Clarendon residents book a first visit, often after months of assuming it would pass on its own. Depression is next, including the kind that does not interfere with work but hollows out everything else. ADHD in adults is common here too, particularly among people who did well academically and now cannot manage a job with no external deadlines.
Also treated: obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD and trauma responses, insomnia and other sleep problems, burnout, postpartum and perinatal mood changes, and grief that has not moved the way people expected it to.
If you want to put language to what you are feeling before you book, three free screeners are available: the GAD-7 for anxiety, the PHQ-9 for depression, and an adult ADHD self-check. None of them diagnose anything. They just give you a clearer starting point for the conversation.
Since the office is in Fairfax rather than Arlington, telehealth is how most Clarendon patients are seen, and honestly it suits the neighborhood. A video visit from your apartment costs you the length of the appointment and nothing else. No Metro ride, no parking garage, no waiting room.
In-person visits are available at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, about 20 to 30 minutes out depending on traffic, with free on-site parking. Some people prefer to meet face to face once and then continue by video. For stimulant prescriptions, an in-person appointment may be required under Virginia rules. More on virtual visits is on the Northern Virginia telehealth page.
Continuity is the first one. You are not assigned to whoever is on the schedule; you see Alice every time. That matters more in psychiatry than in most specialties, because the useful pattern only becomes visible over several visits.
The second is the depth of the background. Alice trained under psychiatrist Dr. Errol Segall, MD, whose clinical experience spans more than 50 years, and she carries dual board certification as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and a family nurse practitioner. The family practice side is not decorative: it means low iron, thyroid issues, sleep apnea, and drug interactions get looked at rather than assumed away when someone says they are exhausted all the time.
The third is that the money is not a mystery. Self-pay is $400 for the initial 60 minute visit, $200 for a 30 minute follow-up, $250 for a 45 minute follow-up. No memberships, no add-on fees. Most major insurance is accepted, including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Medicare, and Medicaid, and your coverage is confirmed before the first appointment. Current numbers are on the rates page; background is on the about page. Care is available fully in English or fully in Tiếng Việt.
Patients come from Courthouse, Lyon Village, Virginia Square, and the rest of Arlington, along with Ballston a few stops west and Rosslyn a few stops east. Alice also sees adults in Falls Church, Fairfax, and Alexandria, and anywhere else in Virginia by telehealth. For focused reading, see anxiety treatment in Arlington or ADHD treatment in Arlington.
Please do. Alcohol affects sleep, mood, and how medications behave, so leaving it out makes the plan less accurate. You will not get a lecture. The question is simply what is true, so the treatment fits your actual life.
It depends entirely on the medication and the amount, and it is a conversation worth having openly rather than guessing. Alice will tell you plainly where the real risks are for whatever is prescribed, and what a reasonable approach looks like for you.
Yes. The office at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22031 has free on-site parking, which is a change of pace from hunting for a spot around Clarendon. It is in the Merrifield area, off I-66 and near the Beltway.
A parked car works well and is what many Clarendon patients use. Headphones help. If privacy at home is a persistent problem, an in-person visit in Fairfax may simply be the better setup, and that is a fine reason to choose it.
If the plan is steady and you mainly need a medication check, 30 minutes is usually plenty, at $200 self-pay. Choose the 45 minute slot, at $250, when something has shifted: a new stressor, a change in drinking, sleep that has come apart, or a medication that is not sitting right. Early in treatment the longer slot tends to earn its keep.
No. This is individual adult psychiatric care for people 18 to 65. If couples or family therapy is what would help most, Alice can point you toward clinicians who do that work.
No. Plenty of people keep performing at a high level while feeling terrible underneath. Functioning is not the same as feeling well, and a psychiatric evaluation looks at both rather than stopping at the first one.
If you stay anywhere in Virginia, telehealth continues without interruption. If you move out of state, Alice can no longer treat you there, but she will give you time to transition and will send records to your new provider.
Standard hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern. Evenings and weekends may be available on request, so it is worth asking when you call or text (703) 791-9099.
No referral is needed. You can book directly at alicetran.intakeq.com/booking. New patients are typically scheduled within one to two weeks.
Gladly, with your written permission. Coordinating with a therapist you already trust usually makes both pieces of care work better, and it saves you from being the messenger between two clinicians.
Broader questions are covered on the practice FAQ.
Scheduling takes a few minutes online, and most new patients are seen within one to two weeks. Prefer to ask something first? Call or text (703) 791-9099 or email info@alicetrannp.com. Insurance is verified before your appointment so nothing about the cost is a surprise. This practice is not a crisis service: if you need help now, call or text 988.
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