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Mental Health Care Services in Washington DC

Mental Health • Washington, DC

★★★★☆3.6/568 reviews across 2 platforms

Ratings by platform

  • Birdeye (MedStar Outpatient Behavioral Health): 3/5 (39)
  • Therapy Group of DC (Birdeye): 4.5/5 (29)
  • Amen Clinics DC (myPresences): Not stated (156)
  • Pieur Wellness (RealPatientRatings): Not stated (261)
  • The Ross Center (Yelp): Not stated (28)

What patients say

Patients praise

  • Highly skilled, knowledgeable, and caring individual providers
  • Positive experiences with treatment efficacy, particularly in specialized therapy and ketamine treatments
  • Patients feeling listened to, validated, and treated as individuals rather than numbers
  • Attentive and compassionate care reported in certain private practice settings

Common complaints

  • Difficulty reaching clinics via phone and unresponsive administrative staff
  • Long wait times for appointments or lack of follow-up on referrals/waitlists
  • Billing and insurance communication issues
  • Reports of poor bedside manner, perceived lack of empathy, or rushed appointments from some providers
  • Administrative disorganization including scheduling errors and failure to communicate provider changes

In patients' words

"This place is IMPOSSIBLE to contact. Nobody picks up the phone here, I literally spend 2-3 hours repeatedly calling til someone picks up."

— Birdeye (MedStar Health)

"The medical providers deserve better infrastructure, and the patients deserve basic reliability and respect."

— LocalityBiz (Whitman-Walker Health)

"Dr. Girma listens to me. I am not a number, but a valued patient."

— Capitol Ketamine and Wellness

"Dr. Cartwright has the worst bedside manner I’ve ever seen with any doctor. She’s rude and she rushes you."

— Healthgrades (Dr. Shanique Cartwright)

How these reviews were compiled

Synthesized from public patient-review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].

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