Adult psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and supportive therapy with Alice Tran, PMHNP-BC. In person at the Fairfax office in Merrifield, or by secure video anywhere in Virginia.
Book an Appointment →The Mosaic District turned a stretch of Merrifield into something Northern Virginia did not have much of: a place where you can park once and spend the whole evening. People come for a film at the Angelika, a run to Target, groceries at Mom's Organic Market, dinner on Strawberry Lane. It is a neighborhood full of people in their late twenties through their forties who are, by most measures, doing well. That is exactly why so many of them wait a long time before asking for help. When the resume looks right and the apartment is nice, it is easy to decide that the exhaustion, the racing mind at 1:00 AM, or the flatness that arrived quietly last winter is just how adult life goes.
It does not have to. Alice Tran, PMHNP-BC is a dual board-certified psychiatric mental health and family nurse practitioner licensed in Virginia, and her office is a short drive from the district, at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300 in Fairfax. Adults 18 to 65 are seen in person or by video, usually within one to two weeks, with no referral required.
The reasons tend to cluster. A lot of people in this pocket of Fairfax County work in consulting, tech, federal contracting, healthcare, or law, and they are measured constantly. Performance reviews, billable hours, deployment deadlines, board exams. The workday no longer ends at a building, it follows the laptop home to an apartment above a retail corridor. That kind of always-on pressure does not usually announce itself as a mental health problem. It shows up as short sleep, a shorter fuse with a partner, three cancelled plans in a row, or a Sunday evening dread that starts creeping in on Saturday.
Others arrive at a transition point. The district draws people who moved here for a job and left their support network behind in another state or another country. New parents push a stroller through Strawberry Park and feel more isolated than they expected. Someone in a graduate program at one of the nearby universities is holding down coursework and a full-time role at the same time. A person in their thirties finally reads about adult ADHD, recognizes twenty years of their own life in it, and wants an honest evaluation instead of a quiz result.
And some come because a doctor at a routine physical noticed something, or because a partner said, gently, that they seem different lately. All of those are legitimate reasons to make an appointment. You do not have to be in crisis to deserve careful attention, and you do not have to explain your symptoms perfectly to be taken seriously.
This is a small, personal practice rather than a clinic where you meet a different face each visit. Alice provides three core services, and in most cases they weave together inside the same appointment.
A 60-minute first visit that covers symptoms, history, medical background, sleep, substances, family patterns, and goals. It ends with a working diagnosis and a plan, not a referral somewhere else.
Careful prescribing and follow-up: starting low, watching side effects, adjusting deliberately, and stopping what is not earning its place. Nothing is added without explaining why.
Practical, focused conversation built into visits rather than billed as a separate service. Useful for sleep habits, boundaries at work, and the thinking patterns that keep symptoms running.
If a current regimen is not working, or a diagnosis has never quite fit, a fresh evaluation can be its own kind of relief. You are welcome to bring records.
Adult ADHD deserves a specific mention, because it is one of the most common reasons people in this area book. Evaluation here is a structured clinical interview across childhood and adulthood, plus rating scales and collateral history when it helps, not a five-minute checklist. When stimulant or non-stimulant medication is appropriate, it is prescribed and monitored under current Virginia regulations. You can read more on the adult ADHD page or the statewide ADHD treatment guide, and a free adult ADHD screener is available if you want a starting point before you call. A full description of every service lives on the services page.
Anxiety and depression are the two most common reasons people book, and they are also among the most responsive to treatment. Anxiety here often looks like competence: the person who never misses a deadline and cannot stop rehearsing conversations at night. Depression frequently arrives without tears, showing up instead as blunted interest, slowed thinking, and a growing gap between what you used to enjoy and what you can make yourself do.
Panic disorder brings people in after a first episode that felt like a cardiac event. OCD is often misnamed as perfectionism for years before someone recognizes the compulsions underneath. Trauma and PTSD show up in people who have never called their history trauma. Insomnia is treated as a real condition with its own workup rather than a symptom to medicate away. Burnout, postpartum and perinatal mood changes, and grief that has not moved in a year all belong here too.
Deeper reading is available on the anxiety and depression pages, and if you want a private baseline before reaching out, the GAD-7 anxiety screener and PHQ-9 depression screener take about two minutes each. Screeners are a conversation starter, never a diagnosis.
Intake paperwork is completed online before you arrive, so the hour belongs to the conversation. If you come in person, you will park for free at 3060 Williams Drive and take the elevator to Suite 300. If you join by video at doxy.me/alicetran, there is no app to install and no account to create.
The visit runs about 60 minutes. Alice will ask what is happening now and when it started, then move through sleep, appetite, energy, focus, mood, medical history, past treatment, and family history. She will ask about alcohol and caffeine without judgment, because both change the picture. Toward the end you will talk through options together: what a reasonable plan looks like, what medication would and would not be expected to do, what side effects to watch for, and what to do if something feels wrong before the next visit. You will leave with a follow-up scheduled and a way to reach the practice in between.
Because the office sits in Merrifield, an in-person visit from the Mosaic District is a short trip: down Gallows Road, park on site, no garage ticket. Many people prefer that for the first appointment, when meeting face to face helps.
After that, most switch freely. A 30-minute video follow-up from a desk, a parked car, or a quiet room at home takes far less out of a workday than driving anywhere. Telehealth visits are available anywhere in Virginia, which matters if you travel for work or spend part of the week outside the region. Nothing locks you into one format. Come in when it helps, log on when it does not.
Alice Tran, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC holds dual board certification in psychiatric mental health and family practice and is licensed in Virginia. That combination matters more than it sounds: thyroid problems, sleep apnea, anemia, and medication interactions all imitate psychiatric symptoms, and a provider trained on both sides of that line is less likely to treat the wrong thing. She trained under psychiatrist Dr. Errol Segall, MD, whose clinical career spans more than fifty years.
The practice is deliberately small. You see the same provider every time, which means you are not re-explaining your history to a new face each quarter. Appointments are unhurried, and 60 minutes for an intake is a real 60 minutes.
Costs are stated plainly. Self-pay is $400 for the initial 60-minute visit, $200 for a 30-minute follow-up, and $250 for a 45-minute follow-up, with no memberships and no hidden fees. Most major insurance plans are accepted, including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Medicare, and Medicaid, and coverage is verified before your first appointment so there is no billing surprise afterward. Care is also available fully in English or Tiếng Việt with no interpreter, which is uncommon in this region and matters a great deal to the families it serves. More background is on the about page, and current fees are on the rates page.
The office draws patients from the communities that ring this part of Fairfax County. In-person care is convenient for Merrifield, Dunn Loring, Fairfax, Falls Church, Annandale, Vienna, Oakton, Tysons, and Idylwood. Telehealth covers everywhere else in Virginia. Vietnamese-speaking patients across the region can read more about care in their own language on the Vietnamese psychiatric care page.
The office at 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22031 sits in the Merrifield area, only a few minutes from the Mosaic District by car and a short ride from the Dunn Loring-Merrifield Metro station. Parking on site is free, so you are not circling a garage before an appointment.
Regular hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern. Evenings and weekends may be available on request. A 30-minute video follow-up often fits inside a lunch break, which is how many working patients keep treatment going without rearranging their week.
The first visit is a 60-minute conversation. Alice asks about what brought you in, your history, your sleep, your work, your family, and what you want to be different. Nothing is timed or scored. You leave with an understanding of what is going on and a plan you helped shape.
No referral is needed. You can book directly online or call or text (703) 791-9099. If your insurance plan happens to require a referral, that is checked when your coverage is verified before the first visit.
Self-pay rates are $400 for the 60-minute initial visit, $200 for a 30-minute follow-up, and $250 for a 45-minute follow-up. There are no memberships and no hidden fees. Most major insurance plans are also accepted, including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Medicare, and Medicaid.
That worry comes up often, and it is a fair one. The goal of medication is to lower the volume on symptoms that are getting in your way, not to flatten your personality. Doses are started carefully, reviewed at every follow-up, and adjusted or stopped based on what you report.
Yes. Many adults were treated in school, stopped in college, and are now finding that the demands of a career and a household have outpaced the systems they built. Alice reviews the earlier history, reassesses current symptoms, and restarts or adjusts treatment as appropriate.
Follow-ups are 30 or 45 minutes depending on how much there is to cover. Early in treatment they tend to be closer together, often every two to four weeks. Once things are steady, many people move to every one to three months.
Yes. There is free on-site parking at 3060 Williams Drive, which is a relief for anyone used to hunting for a space around a busy retail district. The suite is on the third floor and the building is easy to find from Gallows Road.
This practice is not a crisis service. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or go to your nearest emergency department. For non-urgent questions, call or text (703) 791-9099 and you will hear back during office hours.
More general questions are answered on the practice FAQ, and you can always reach out through the contact page.
You have probably been managing this on your own for a while. One 60-minute conversation is enough to find out whether it needs to stay that way. Book online, or call or text and a person will get back to you. New patients are typically seen within one to two weeks, in person in Fairfax or by secure video anywhere in Virginia.
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