Confidential evaluations, medication management, and supportive therapy from one provider who stays with your case.
Book an Appointment →Pentagon City holds an unusual concentration of people who cannot talk freely about their workday. Service members and civilians attached to the Pentagon, defense contractors, analysts, and a growing tech population around Amazon HQ2 and National Landing all share these blocks with the Fashion Centre, the Metro, and a steady stream of new apartment buildings.
Anh "Alice" Tran, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, provides adult psychiatric care to people 18 to 65 living or working here. She is licensed in Virginia and dual board-certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and a family nurse practitioner. Most Pentagon City patients meet with her by secure video, which keeps care contained to a private room and a browser window. In-person visits are available at the Fairfax office, 3060 Williams Drive, Suite 300, with free parking.
Some of what brings people in is universal. Some of it is specific to a community where confidentiality is a professional habit and moving every few years is normal.
People delay care for years because they are unsure what gets documented and who sees it. That worry deserves a straight answer, and it is a fair thing to raise in the first ten minutes of an appointment.
A PCS move or a job transfer puts you in a new apartment with no doctor, no friends, and a partner working long hours. The loneliness that follows is predictable and still hard.
Deployments, TDY, and unpredictable schedules leave one person managing everything. Caregiver strain is one of the more common and least acknowledged reasons people here finally reach out.
Watch schedules and early starts break the sleep cycle in a way willpower cannot fix. Sleep is often where treatment starts, because almost everything else improves when it does.
For some, from service. For others, from long before. Either way it can surface years later, and PTSD responds to treatment rather than to waiting it out.
Review cycles, mission deadlines, and a norm of not complaining. Anxiety here tends to look like extreme conscientiousness until it stops working.
Telehealth is the primary way Pentagon City patients are seen, because the office is in Fairfax rather than Arlington. Visits happen at doxy.me/alicetran, which runs in a browser with nothing to install. A quiet apartment, a parked car, or a private room all work. For anyone who wants to be seen face to face, the Fairfax office is roughly 25 to 35 minutes away depending on the hour, with free on-site parking.
On confidentiality: clinical records are private and are released only with your written authorization, apart from the narrow legal exceptions that apply to every licensed provider. Seeking mental health care does not automatically jeopardize a security clearance. Alice is a clinician, not a security adjudicator, so questions about how any of this applies to your specific case belong with your security officer or an attorney. More on virtual care is on the Northern Virginia telehealth page.
Alice works with adults across the common psychiatric conditions, with several that show up especially often in this part of Arlington.
Anxiety and panic disorder, including the physical version that arrives as chest tightness and a racing heart in the middle of an ordinary day. Depression, including the flattened, going-through-the-motions kind that does not interfere with duty performance but takes the color out of everything else. PTSD and trauma responses, whether service-connected or not.
Also treated: adult ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, insomnia and disrupted sleep from rotating schedules, burnout, postpartum and perinatal mood changes, and grief, including grief that has never had room to be felt.
If you want to sort your thoughts first, three free screeners are available: the GAD-7, the PHQ-9, and an adult ADHD self-check. A score is a conversation starter, never a diagnosis.
Psychiatric evaluation. One hour, which is enough time to be thorough without rushing you past anything. Alice asks about the history in sequence: what changed and when, what preceded it, what you have already tried, what worked even partially. She asks about sleep in detail, about caffeine and alcohol, about medical conditions and current medications, and about family psychiatric history. You are not required to disclose anything about your work that you are not permitted to disclose. The shape of the stress is enough for her to work with.
Medication management. When medication is part of the plan, you get the full explanation first: purpose, expected timeline, common side effects, warning signs, and what happens if it does not help. Doses are adjusted based on your response over subsequent visits, not on a preset schedule. Prescriptions go wherever you prefer to fill them. Controlled medications including ADHD stimulants follow Virginia requirements, which may mean an in-person appointment in Fairfax before or during treatment.
Supportive therapy. Follow-ups are 30 or 45 minutes and include real conversation, not just a symptom checklist. That is where the practical work happens: protecting sleep around a rotating schedule, managing a household through a deployment, deciding what to do about a job that has stopped being tolerable. When structured therapy would serve you better, for example trauma-focused treatment over several months, Alice will say so plainly and help you find a therapist, then coordinate with them. Full detail is on the services page.
Intake paperwork is sent ahead by email. Fill in what you can; blanks are fine and often become the first thing you talk about. Coverage is verified before the appointment so the financial side is settled in advance.
Join at doxy.me/alicetran a few minutes early, or arrive at the Fairfax office about ten minutes early if you are coming in person. The visit opens with why now rather than with a form. Alice will explain what she is thinking as she goes and will tell you her assessment in plain language at the end, along with options. You are part of that decision, including the decision to hold off on medication. Most patients come back in two to four weeks.
Small and consistent. You are treated by Alice each visit, which matters in a community where people are used to re-explaining themselves to a new provider every time they move or every time a clinic reshuffles panels.
Her background is deep on both sides of the problem. Alice trained under psychiatrist Dr. Errol Segall, MD, who brings more than 50 years of clinical experience, and she is dual board-certified in psychiatric mental health and family practice. The family practice certification means that when someone says they are exhausted and cannot concentrate, thyroid function, anemia, sleep apnea, and medication interactions are part of the thinking rather than skipped over.
Costs are stated up front. Self-pay is $400 for the 60 minute initial evaluation, $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 checked before you are seen. See the rates page for current details or the about page for background. Care is available fully in English or fully in Tiếng Việt with no interpreter.
Patients come from Crystal City, Aurora Highlands, and the rest of National Landing, along with the broader Arlington area and neighborhoods to the north such as Clarendon, Ballston, and Rosslyn. Just south, Alexandria is well represented, and Alice also sees adults in Falls Church and Fairfax. Telehealth reaches anywhere in Virginia.
Seeking mental health care does not automatically jeopardize a clearance. Adjudication is handled by security officials, not clinicians, so questions about your specific situation belong with your security officer or an attorney who handles clearance matters. What Alice can tell you is how confidentiality works in her practice and what she does and does not disclose.
Essentially no one. Records are released only with your written authorization, aside from the narrow legal exceptions that apply to every licensed clinician in Virginia. Alice does not report treatment to employers, commands, or security offices.
It depends on your coverage and your command's requirements, so it is worth confirming both before you book. Alice treats adults 18 to 65 and accepts most major insurance plans. Call or text (703) 791-9099 and we can talk through whether this practice fits your situation.
Yes. Sustained solo caregiving under an uncertain timeline is a genuine stressor, and it commonly produces sleep problems, anxiety, and low mood. You do not need a crisis to justify an evaluation.
Yes, within the adult 18 to 65 range. Spouses and adult family members make up a meaningful share of patients from this part of Arlington, often around relocation stress, career interruption, and isolation after a move.
It does. Relocation reliably strips away the routines and relationships that were quietly holding things together. What follows can look like depression or anxiety, and it responds to treatment rather than just time.
Yes, and plenty of people do. Park, use headphones, and join at doxy.me/alicetran. It opens in a browser, so there is nothing to install on a personal or work device beyond the link itself.
Not at all. Alice does not need classified or sensitive details to treat you. Describing the shape of the stress, the hours, the pressure, the responsibility, is enough. You should never share information you are not permitted to share.
Stimulants can be prescribed for appropriately diagnosed ADHD, following Virginia rules for controlled substances, which may require an in-person visit in Fairfax. Whether any prescription affects a workplace requirement is a question for your employer or security officer, not a clinical one.
Alice will talk with you directly about it and help you get to the right level of care, which may mean an emergency department or crisis service. This practice is not a crisis service and does not monitor messages after hours, so call or text 988 if you need help immediately.
New patients are usually seen within one to two weeks. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern, with evenings and weekends sometimes available on request. No referral is needed to book.
Other questions are answered on the FAQ page.
If you have been holding off because of how it might look, it is worth asking your questions before you decide. Book online, or call or text (703) 791-9099, or write to info@alicetrannp.com. Most new Pentagon City patients are seen within one to two weeks, no referral needed, coverage verified in advance. In an emergency, call or text 988.
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