A university town with a particular kind of pressure. Telehealth psychiatric care that fits into an academic life, or the life of anyone in the Charlottesville area.
Book an Appointment →UVA shapes everything about Charlottesville, the economy, the culture, the social structure, and the mental health landscape. Graduate students living on stipends in one of Virginia's more expensive small cities. Researchers facing the pressure of publication, funding, and tenure. Faculty navigating the particular loneliness of academia while projecting authority. Staff doing the invisible work that keeps the institution running.
And beyond the UVA bubble: Albemarle County families in Crozet and Earlysville, rural communities in Fluvanna, Greene, and Nelson counties where mental health providers are scarce, and longtime Charlottesville residents navigating a city that feels increasingly like it was built for someone else.
Alice Tran, PMHNP-BC provides telehealth psychiatric visits for adults in Charlottesville and across the surrounding region. A full psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and supportive therapy, via secure video, from wherever you are.
A full first visit to understand your history, current concerns, prior treatment, and goals. No rushed intake. We decide together on a path forward, whether that involves medication, therapy, or both.
Regular check-ins to review how treatment is working, adjust medication if needed, and address what's changed in your life. Unhurried, collaborative, and built around your actual experience.
Brief, focused psychotherapy woven into every appointment. Not a separate service, part of the visit itself. Addressing the context of your life, not just the symptom checklist.
Alice sees adults ages 18 to 65, which includes undergraduate and graduate students. UVA has its own counseling services, but many students prefer a private, independent provider for psychiatric care. Telehealth is especially practical for students, no need to navigate UVA Health scheduling or Student Health waitlists.
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Yes, that is exactly what telehealth solves. Patients in Fluvanna, Nelson, Greene, and Louisa counties often have very limited local mental health options. Alice sees patients from anywhere in Virginia, including communities where the nearest psychiatrist might be an hour's drive away.
It depends on where you are in treatment. A new patient starting medication typically has monthly visits initially. Once stable, visits may extend to every 6 to 8 weeks. Alice discusses appointment frequency at the first visit based on your specific situation.
Telehealth. No waitlist, check availability online. Accepting new patients.
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Many people searching for a psychiatrist in Psychiatric Visits in Charlottesville 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.
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