Denisha L Carter, MS PSYD| Psychology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Depression
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Mood Disorders
- Psychopharmacology
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Wellness And Prevention
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Stress
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Depression
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Gallbladder Disease
- Insomnia
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mental Health Crisis
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Substance Use Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma
Procedures I perform
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Assessment And Diagnosis
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Conflict Resolution
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Geriatric Endocrinology
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- I-131 Therapy
- Menstrual Education
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Suicide Intervention
- Wellness And Prevention
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna VA Exchange
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Student Resources
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HighMark
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Choice POS II
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Network OA
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Student Resources
- Medicare Direct
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Navigate
- Choice POS
- IH-PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna HMO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Choice Fund PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- POS OA
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- First Health PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- TRICARE East Prime
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Medicare FFS
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- BlueChoice Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HighMark
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open HMO Option
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-POS
- First Health PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- OA Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Choice POS
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UHC Passport
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Police and Fire Clinic
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Network OA
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Indemnity
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UHC Passport
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open POS II
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- POS OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Navigate
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Choice POS II
- IH-POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Sentara Health
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
Education
Fellowship: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite (2012)
Graduate: Argosy University-Northern Virginia CLOSED (2011)
Internship: All Children's Hospital (2011)
Graduate: Virginia State University (2006)