Dunn Loring commuters give a lot of themselves to the Orange Line and the office. Your mental health deserves the same attention. Alice Tran, PMHNP-BC offers psychiatric care in English and Tiếng Việt, in person in Fairfax or by secure video.
Book an Appointment →Dunn Loring is a Metro community: professionals riding the Orange Line downtown, families balancing two careers, and neighbors who know the value of time. Our Fairfax office is minutes away with free parking, and telehealth visits fit neatly into a workday when the calendar refuses to cooperate.
Alice Tran, PMHNP-BC grew up between two worlds, Vietnamese at home and American everywhere else. She provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and supportive therapy fully in Vietnamese or English, with no interpreter needed. When it helps, parents and family members can join the conversation, so care feels clearer and more comfortable for everyone involved. Khám và tư vấn hoàn toàn bằng tiếng Việt.
The Fairfax office at 3060 Williams Drive is about a five-to-ten-minute drive from Dunn Loring, with free on-site parking, and every service is also available by secure video anywhere in Virginia. Most major insurances are accepted, including Medicare and Medicaid, and new patients are typically seen within one to two weeks.
Complete psychiatric care in Tiếng Việt, no interpreter needed, so nothing is lost between languages. Learn more →
Whether it arrived suddenly or has been the background noise of your life for years, anxiety and depression respond well to careful evaluation and the right treatment plan.
Immigrant family dynamics, achievement pressure, and duty to parents are not side topics here. They are often the heart of the story, and they are understood.
If you have wondered for years whether it is ADHD, a comprehensive two-visit evaluation can finally give you a real answer.
Dunn Loring is largely apartments and condominiums around a Metro station, which makes it a landing place for people early in a career or newly arrived in the area. It is convenient, well located, and one of the easier places in Northern Virginia to be quietly lonely.
The dynamic is specific. You are surrounded by people. The building is full, the platform is crowded, the office has plenty of colleagues. What is missing is not company, it is the kind of connection where somebody would notice if you had a bad month. Loneliness is not a headcount problem, which is why it survives a dense neighborhood so easily.
It is also not a soft concern. Sustained loneliness is associated with elevated rates of depression and anxiety and with worse physical health outcomes. The pattern it produces is self-reinforcing: low mood makes reaching out feel harder, isolation deepens, and the low mood worsens. People end up concluding they are bad at connection when what they have is a treatable condition making connection feel expensive.
This is a common reason to book a first appointment, and a completely legitimate one. You do not need a crisis to justify it.
Rarely dramatic. Usually months of gradually doing less and enjoying less. 10 warning signs →
A move is a genuine risk period, even a move you wanted. Learn more →
Sometimes the reason connection has not happened is treatable in itself. Learn more →
3060 Williams Drive is a short drive from Dunn Loring, with free parking, if you would rather be seen in person.
Completely. Every part of the appointment can happen in Vietnamese, and family members may join when that helps.
Yes, for adults up to age 65. Many families book visits for parents who feel more comfortable in Vietnamese, and Alice makes those first conversations gentle.
Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Medicare, Medicaid, and several others. The Rates page lists the full current panel and self-pay options.
The Fairfax office at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300 is about a five-to-ten-minute drive from Dunn Loring, with free parking. Telehealth visits are also available anywhere in Virginia.
Yes. Sustained loneliness carries measurable associations with depression, anxiety, and worse physical health, and it frequently sits alongside a treatable condition that is making connection harder than it should be. You do not need anything more dramatic to justify an appointment.
A degree of it is expected, since relocation removes your routines and your support at once. It is worth an evaluation if it has not begun lifting after a couple of months, or if sleep, appetite, and interest in things have gone with it.
In person in Fairfax or by video. English & Tiếng Việt. Board-certified PMHNP.
Book Now →Or call/text: (703) 791-9099
Many people searching for a psychiatrist in Dunn Loring end up here, so it is worth being clear about who you would be seeing. Alice Tran is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC), not a psychiatrist. For outpatient care in Virginia that distinction matters less than most people expect: she evaluates and diagnoses mental health conditions, prescribes and manages psychiatric medication including ADHD medication, and provides supportive therapy.
The practical differences tend to favor the patient. Psychiatrist offices in this area commonly quote waits of one to three months and many do not take insurance. This practice usually sees new patients within one to two weeks, accepts most major plans including Medicare and Medicaid, and gives every new patient a full 60 minute first appointment. Alice also trained under psychiatrist Dr. Errol Segall, MD, who brings over 50 years of clinical experience.
Want the full comparison? Read what a PMHNP is or how a PMHNP and a psychiatrist differ in Virginia.