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Dr. Jon-Michael Saenz

Psychiatrist

Accepts

Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Cigna, Oscar (Optum), Oxford (Optum), and United Healthcare (Optum)

Specializes in

Bipolar Disorder, Depression, and Stress

Great to meet you!

My focus is severe, persistent mental illness and my passion is psychodynamic psychotherapy. My training in both has provided ample experience managing manic and psychotic disoders as well as provide psychotherapy for depressive, anxious, and trauma disorders.

A bit about my approach to therapy

Every patient is unique, and my psychoanalytic background helps tailer each session to the patient--whether that be more direct and confrontrational, indirect, humorous, etc.

What you can expect from our first session

Patients will know they have a provider who cares and is invested in their wellbeing and mental health.


Jon-Michael's style is

Direct
Open-minded
Humorous

Insurance carriers Jon-Michael accepts

Aetna
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Cigna
Oscar
Oxford
United Healthcare

More about Jon-Michael

MD (Medical Degree) at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
License type: MD (Medical Doctor) (Massachusetts, North Carolina)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian and Hispanic
Languages: English
Works with: Adolescents, Adults, and Seniors
More specialties: Substance Use / Addiction, Anxiety, ADD/ADHD, OCD, Sleep disorder, Family Issues, Cultural & Ethnic Issues, Men's Issues, Relationship Issues, Identity Issues, Trauma, Transgender Issues, and Chronic Conditions
Modalities: Exposure Response Prevention, Behavior Modification, Brief Dynamic, Biofeedback, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Psychoanalytic, Strength-Based, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Motivational Interviewing, Positive Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Psychotic Disorders, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)