Services
- Individual
- Child
- Adolescent/Teen
- Medication Management
About My Clients
Sunshine Psychiatry focuses on caring for patients age 5 to 30 through telemedicine for patients’ convenience and to leverage children’s and young adults’ ease with online interactions. We collaborate closely with each patient and caregiver to evaluate their needs and empower them to make informed treatment decisions tailored to their unique concerns.
My Background and Approach
Dr. “Katarina” Doan-Thu Nguyen is the founder of Sunshine Psychiatry, dedicated to helping children and young adults in the Virginia and Maryland community to reach their greatest potential by addressing their mental health challenges through expert medication management. A board-certified psychiatrist and graduate of the University of Virginia and UVA School of Medicine, she has spent nearly a decade caring for children and young adults dealing with a wide range of mental health challenges including anxiety, ADHD, angry outbursts, depressive disorders, autism, OCD, and parent-child relational problems. Earlier in her career, Dr. Nguyen served as the Chief Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at the UVA Medical Center, having completed her residency and fellowship at UVA as well as years of pediatric psychiatry care and supervision of more junior physicians at the Commonwealth Center for Children & Adolescents, UVA and other clinical settings.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
We tailor our care to each patient based on comprehensive, continual evaluation of their needs – from their stressors, symptoms and medication regimen, to their family and social history, support systems and life goals. We emphasize active discussion and involvement of the patients (and their parent or guardian if the patient is under 18) in care planning, and want them to be empowered to make informed treatment decisions, personalized to their unique concerns and wants.