Discover your full potential.
All sessions are currently virtual.
My boutique practice offers consultations, psychotherapy, and coaching. I specialize in working with high-achieving individuals, professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives who are looking to thrive and reach their full potential in areas of their career, relationships, and life pursuits.
As a board-certified psychiatrist, psychodynamic psychotherapist, and certified yoga teacher, I use a strengths-based holistic psychotherapy and coaching approach centers on in-depth healing and transformation. Her integrative approach combines psychotherapy, mindfulness techniques, natural and botanical supplements, nutritional recommendations, while minimizing medications. Medications can be prescribed as needed as part of therapy.
I work with people from across the United States and have a medical license in New York, California, Massachusetts, and Illinois.
Please email to inquire for current services and rates and schedule your complimentary 20-minute phone call.
Specialties
Anxiety and stress management
High-achieving professionals and visionaries in high-pressure environments (e.g., finance, business, tech startups, entrepreneurs, creative/innovation-driven industries)
Shift to a growth and peak performance / flow mindset
Identify self-undermining patterns and overcome barriers that are getting in the way of actualizing your full potential
Define success using a strength-based positive psychology approach
Develop authenticity and fulfilling creative passion projects
Heal intergenerational and past trauma
Improve self-esteem, self-compassion, and self-confidence
Reduce self-criticism, guilt, and perfectionism
Navigate challenging personal and professional relationships
Integrated Strengths-based Approach to Psychotherapy and Psychiatry
As a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and certified yoga teacher, my approach is a holistic and integrated psychotherapy, which minimizes medication and integrates natural supplements and botanicals and mindfulness practices.
We will draw from multiple models of psychotherapy to reduce stress and anxiety and help you become more present and aware in order to pursue a meaningful, fulfilling and authentic future.
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“I have never felt more comfortable with, trusting of a psychiatrist as much as Marlynn. She likes to understand the full picture and doesn't direct the conversation solely toward medication. She's patient, thorough, and absolutely wonderful!”
20-minute initial complimentary phone call for new prospective clients
During our initial conversation, we will discuss the main factors bringing you in for therapy and whether my practice is the right fit.
If my practice does not offer what you are looking for, I will do my best to offer referrals and/or therapist directories for the right fit.
In order to offer the highest individualized level of care, my practice does not accept insurance but does provide online invoices which you may file for out-of-network reimbursement.
4-Session Intensive Optimization Series
45 minutes sessions
After 4 sessions, you will get a sense of our working style together as well as my recommendations.
holistic integrative approach
in-depth focused exploration of underlying issues that might be interfering with actualizing your fullest potential
role of natural supplements and botanicals, from a holistic and integrated perspective that focuses on therapy and minimizes medications
integration of top down and bottom up approaches to reducing anxiety
strategies to improve sleep and lower stress
map out areas of career stress, relationships, self-esteem or confidence issues
Many of my clients are not on medications.
My boutique integrative practice is unique because my focus is on offering specialized psychotherapy— psychotherapy plus natural supplements or low-dose medications as needed. My approach emphasizes psychotherapy and minimizes medications, often providing research-based alternatives such as natural supplements or botanicals.
Weekly Holistic Integrative Psychotherapy
(+/- medications)
45 minute sessions
Research shows that weekly psychotherapy is key to long-lasting positive change and personal growth.
My boutique practice specializes in integrating multiple modalities of therapy, including
psychodynamic psychotherapy, offering an in-depth focused exploration of lifelong patterns and problem areas
strength-based positive psychology and focus on finding flow and optimal peak performance states
mindfulness and cognitive behavioral techniques for symptom relief, including improving sleep and reducing stress
strategies for visionaries to map out professional goals, career development, and close relationships
4-Session Second Opinion Consultation
45 minutes sessions
This set of sessions are aimed to review your current psychiatry or psychotherapy care from a holistic and integrative perspective.
Offerings are tailored to your individual situation and may include:
optimization of current care including the role of natural supplements and non-medication approaches
recommendations of types of therapy for your focus area
effective anxiety and stress management skills such as mind-body or mindfulness practices
discussion of complementary treatments to target symptoms
identification of barriers getting in the way of healing
resources for next steps in anxiety management
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Psychotherapy Sessions
Are you facing career transitions, relationship issues, or challenging family dynamics?
We explore past patterns and how to overcome them in order to help you feel less “stuck” while chartering new and better paths for your future. Most people come to therapy because they realize there is something holding them back, and they are ready for change. If you feel overwhelmed or stuck in negative patterns or cycles, we work to identify and address these barriers so that you can overcome them with resilience.
We work together to build a path of lasting change. Whether you want to feel better and more motivated, improve your self-esteem, navigate difficult relationships, or manage stress, I provide you tools from traditional models of therapy and offer newer therapies like mindfulness and positive psychology.
FAQs
Wait, you are a psychiatrist but offer psychotherapy and/or coaching?
Yes, I have done rigorous training for specialized types of psychotherapy drawing from 7+ modalities. Your psychotherapy will be personalized and tailored to your needs. If your situation would benefit from medications, I am able to prescribe, but I will also discuss many evidence-based, non-medication options such as natural supplements and botanicals.
Do you offer shorter medication only or psychopharmacology visits, once every few months?
Not at this time. I do not offer medication-focused visits since my specialty is in-depth psychotherapy. I typically meet with people weekly or twice a week. My approach minimizes the use of medications through evidence-based lifestyle changes, including physical exercise, natural supplements, nutritional changes, and mind-body skills such as deep breathing techniques, meditation, and yoga. I can prescribe medications, but if you are looking for a psychopharmacology visit, other psychiatry practices would be a better fit.
Why do you recommend meeting weekly or more frequently?
Studies have shown that for the best results, weekly+ psychotherapy makes the most progress, combined with medication when needed. I also often meet with people more frequently like 2 times a week as well.
Do I need to be on medications in order to see Dr. Wei?
No— in fact, many of my clients are not on medications or are looking primarily to be in psychotherapy or coaching.
I already have a current therapist and/or psychiatrist and am not looking to switch. Does Dr. Wei provide second opinions or consultations?
In some circumstances, I can offer second opinion consultations (set of 4 visits) and do ask that you let your current therapist/psychiatrist know ahead of time that we are working together for a short-term consultation and would not be continuing together long-term.
What are your fees?
You will be provided with information about our fees for the initial consultation and weekly sessions ahead of your sessions. All payment is due before your session and in order to reserve your first appointment.
The fee schedule is a good faith estimate that will list all expected fees along with any relevant insurance codes if you are planning to file for out-of-network reimbursement.
Does Dr. Wei take insurance?
My practice does not take insurance or have any direct interaction with insurance companies. Your visits may be reimbursable if you have out-of-network benefits on your insurance plan. You will be provided with the typical billing codes so that you can ask your insurance company ahead of time whether reimbursement is possible and the reimbursement “adjusted rates” for these codes.
Any insurance-related questions can be discussed in session. If additional time with insurance issues is requested, this will be billed as outside session administrative time.
How do I find out about my out-of-network insurance benefits?
If you have out-of-network coverage or reimbursement, we recommend that you call your individual health insurance plan before scheduling an appointment to find out if you have out-of-network coverage, including information about your out-of-network deductible and adjusted rate of reimbursement.
How does billing work if I plan to get out-of-network reimbursement?
Prior to your visit, you will be provided with an electronic invoice for your session. All payment is due before your session. After you pay, you may submit the receipt to your insurance plan as a claim to request for reimbursement to be sent directly to you. All information that the insurance company needs is listed on your receipt.
I do not have any direct contact with your insurance plan.