Telehealth visits available in New York and Washington, DC
Natasha Giddens, MD, MS Psychiatry & Translational Research

Patient resources

Schedule an appointment

New patients are welcome in New York and Washington, DC. Use the form below to request an appointment, or call the office directly.

By phone

202-531-8207

Please leave a message with your name, a call-back number, and whether you are seeking care for yourself or for a child. Calls are returned within one business day.

By email

natashawisconsinpsychiatry@gmail.com

Please do not send urgent or detailed clinical information by email; it is not a secure channel. Once you are a patient you will receive access to a secure portal.

Request an appointment

Fill in the form and choose Copy request. Paste the text into an email to natashawisconsinpsychiatry@gmail.com, or read it to us when you call. Nothing you type here is sent or stored by this page.

Your first visit

Before
You will receive intake questionnaires to complete online; rating scales you may be asked to fill out are on the Forms page. Please bring or send a list of current medications, prior psychiatric records if available, and, for children, any school or psychological evaluations.
During
Initial evaluations last 60 to 90 minutes. For children and adolescents, part of the visit is with parents and part with the young person alone.
After
You leave with a written summary of impressions and recommendations. Follow-up visits are typically 25 to 50 minutes.

Fees and insurance

Fee and insurance information, including which plans are accepted at each office and how out-of-network reimbursement works, will be provided when you call. A good-faith estimate of costs is available on request in accordance with the No Surprises Act.

If you need help now

This practice cannot respond to emergencies. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911. For a mental-health crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), available 24 hours a day. For poisoning or overdose, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222.