Psychiatric Care Built Around You
Compassionate medication management & supportive therapy for children, teens, and adults across Maryland
Care That Fits Your Schedule: Evening and Saturday morning appointments are available.
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or like you haven’t quite found the right support, you’re not alone.
Many of our patients come to us seeking care for:
Anxiety
ADHD Management
OCD
Mood Disorders
Integrative Psychiatric Care
Bridging Medication Management & Targeted Supportive Therapy
As Board-Certified PMHNPs, we do more than prescribe medication. We combine proven, targeted supportive therapies with your treatment. Whether you’re dealing with OCD, ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, or body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), we use focused methods matched to your brain and goals, including:
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) & Inference-Based CBT (I‑CBT)
Focused treatment for OCD, unwanted intrusive thoughts, and severe anxiety.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Behavioral Activation (BA)
Practical strategies to change negative thinking and create routines to improve mood and motivation.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Guiding care with values, accepting difficult feelings, and cultivating self-acceptance.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT-informed) & Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Teaching emotional regulation, strengthening relationships, and supporting gradual change.
We’re so glad you’re here.
We believe there is no single “right” way to experience the world, and that your brain, your story, and your goals deserve to be at the very center of your care. Our practice is proudly neuroinclusive, meaning we’re built to welcome and affirm every kind of brain, and we warmly welcome people of all neurotypes — neurodivergent and neurotypical alike.
Rather than fitting you into a rigid diagnostic box, we take the time to truly understand your lived experience. We celebrate your strengths, listen deeply to what matters most to you, and work alongside you to explore how medication can support your journey — on your terms, in a way that honors your values and your vision for your life.
Our greatest hope is that every time you leave an appointment, you feel heard, validated, welcomed, and genuinely cared for.
Strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming
telepsychiatry care tailored for children, adolescents, and adults across Maryland.
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ADHD Evaluation & Treatment
Strengths-based diagnostic evaluations and tailored medication strategies to ease executive dysfunction without forcing compliance or masking.
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OCD & Anxiety Management
Targeted pharmacological support and evidence-based symptom care for OCD, panic disorder, phobias, and generalized anxiety.
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BFRB Support & Treatment
Specialized psychiatric management and compassionate support for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, including hair pulling and skin picking — a specialty many practitioners don’t offer.
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Mood Disorders & Depression
Personalized medication management for depression, low motivation, and mood fluctuations — helping you feel steady, present, and like yourself again.
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Trauma & PTSD-Related Care
Evidence-based medication management for trauma-related symptoms — hypervigilance, flashbacks, and emotional numbing — delivered with a trauma-informed approach.
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Life Transitions & Adjustment-Related Stress
Compassionate psychiatric support when a major life change — a new job, relationship, loss, or uncertainty — starts to feel like more.
Not Sure Which Service Fits Your Needs?
Many patients navigate more than one of these areas at once — anxiety, OCD, trauma, and ADHD. Dr. Mallare's initial evaluation looks at your full picture, not just a single diagnosis.
Our Treatment Philosophy
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A Neurodiversity-Affirming Approach
We embrace the full, beautiful spectrum of human neurotypes.
Your identity, your sensory preferences, and the way you communicate are not problems to be solved — they are part of what makes you you, and they are celebrated here. Together, we’ll explore how medication might gently support your individual goals: whether that means easing the weight of executive dysfunction (difficulty starting, organizing, or following through on everyday tasks), soothing a chronically overstimulated nervous system, or bringing a little more clarity and calm to your days.
We are never here to change who you are. We are here to help you feel more like yourself.
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Collaboration, Connection & Open Communication
We believe the best care happens in true partnership — built on trust, empathy, and honest conversation. You will always have a voice in your treatment.
We practice careful, evidence-based medication management, and we genuinely love connecting with the people and providers who matter to you. Whether that’s a family member, a therapist, a coach, or another specialist — if you’d like someone involved in your care, we welcome them too.
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Meeting You Exactly Where You Are
There is no wrong place to start. Whether you’re just beginning to think about medication, revisiting a plan that no longer feels right, or navigating a major life transition — we’ll be right there with you.
We’ll take the time to understand where you are today, honor how far you’ve already come, and walk alongside you toward where you want to be.
Meet Your Provider
Care is led by Dr. Stacy Mallare, DNP, PMHNP-BC — a doctorally prepared, nationally board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in behavioral health. Born and raised in Maryland, she built this practice around a simple idea: every patient deserves to feel truly seen, not just diagnosed. She is proudly LGBTQIA+ and neurodiversity affirming, and would be truly honored to be a collaborative partner in your mental health journey.
Our Mission & Commitment
Our goal is to provide accessible treatment when your mental health symptoms have created a barrier to seeking care. We deliver seamless, timely virtual medication management services and therapeutic support, ensuring that feeling unwell never stands in the way of getting the help that you deserve.
Neurodiversity-Affirming, Evidence-Based Psychiatric Care Delivered Virtually Across Maryland
Educational Insights & Neurodiversity Resources
Empowering patients through practical knowledge and neurodiversity-affirming science.
