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Deborah Raphael, Psychiatrist
Psychiatrist in Walnut Creek, California

Deborah Raphael, Psychiatrist

Specialties:
Menopause & perimenopause Parenting PMS & PMDD Anxiety Attachment issues +24
Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)
Ages Served: 11-74
Appointments: Telehealth only. In-office visits not available
Manages Medications: Yes
Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Dr. Raphael is a Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist who has been practicing since 2009. She graduated from UC San Diego with a major in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience and a minor in Sociology. She then continued on at UC San Diego for Medical School. She completed her General Adult Psychiatry Residency, and then also her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, at UC San Francisco.

Although Dr. Raphael currently provides mainly medication management services, she has been trained in multiple modalities of therapy including Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and enjoys working in a collaborative care setting. Dr. Raphael believes in an integrative approach to care. Her main current areas of focus include mood and anxiety disorders.

In her spare time, Dr. Raphael enjoys reading, walking her dog, seeing musicals, and spending time with friends and family.

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Psychiatry/Medication Management

Treat and prevent mental health disorders using medication and therapy.

  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Parenting
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Caregiving
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • General relationship issues
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Sexual trauma
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD

Languages

  • English

Education

  • University of California - San Diego

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Deborah Raphael, Psychiatrist in Walnut Creek, California

Deborah Raphael

Psychiatrist in Walnut Creek, California

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