Lydia Ramos
Physician Assistant
I welcome clients of all identities and backgrounds to my practice. Please contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to working with you.
I am looking forward to meeting you as I believe in empowering patients along their journey of mental health and wellness. I have 5+ years of experience treating adults of a broad range of psychiatric symptoms from ADHD, Autism, depression, anxiety, OCD, trauma, bipolar, psychosis, eating disorders, personality disorders and more and my experience includes different treatment settings (community mental health and outpatient private practice). I currently work in outpatient private practice treating ages 16 and up, both in person and telehealth. In addition to conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and prescribing medications, I provide brief supportive psychotherapy, ADHD testing, genetic testing as well as referrals for therapy or other treatment as needed. Our clinic also has a TMS machine. I believe in treating patients holistically and applying evidence-based practices. Please note that I am a medical provider that can offer brief supportive psychotherapy whereas therapists have specialized extensive training in various therapy modalities. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions to see if we are a good fit.
Practice hours (EST)
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Abuse
- Academic Concerns
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Issues
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Avoidant Personality
- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Cognitive Functioning
- College and School Placement
- Compulsive Exercise
- Conflict Resolution
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- Drug Use
- Eating Concerns
- End of Life
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gambling Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Histrionic Personality
- Hoarding
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intimacy Concerns
- Learning Disorder
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Medication Concerns
- Narcissistic Personality
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
- Panic
- Paranoid Personality
- Parenting Concerns
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Personality Disorders
- Phobia
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Polyamorous relationship
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy/Loss of Pregnancy
- Psychosis
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sex Addiction/Pornography Concerns
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Teens (13-17)
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Body positivity
- Neurodivergent people
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Medication Management
Location
Accommodations
Entering the practice
- Wide doorway
- Well-lit path to entrance
- Door can be opened easily
- Step-free entry
- Flat path to the front door
- Disabled parking spot (8ft / 2.4m)
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
$60 — $120per session
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Aetna – North Carolina
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – North Carolina
- Cigna – North Carolina
- Medicaid – North Carolina
- Medicare – North Carolina
- Optum – North Carolina
- Tricare – North Carolina
- United Health Care – North Carolina
- Out-of-pocket
- In-network insurance
Payment methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Online
Credentials
Licenses
Physician Assistant
North Carolina Medical Board
0010-08993, North Carolina
Certificates
Psychiatry CAQ
National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants
I have completed 2,000 of specialized training for psychiatry, completed 100 Category I CME specific for Psychiatry and passed the NCCPA Psychiatry CAQ exam to obtain this certification
Suboxone certified
Drug Enforcement Administration
I completed 24 hours of required training to obtain the DEA-X waiver to prescribe Suboxone for outpatient Opioid Use Disorder
Education
Wake Forest School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
MS (Master of Science in Physical Assistant Studies), 2017
Publications
Have you ever decided to stop thinking? A reflection on metacognition
2017, Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - Being a PA Section, Volume 30, Issue 6 - 6/2017