About Dr. Reader

Dr. Reader is a board certified psychiatrist with The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She completed her psychiatry residency training at Georgetown University Hospital after a transitional internship at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. She received her Doctorate of Medicine from The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Medical School in Bethesda, Maryland and graduated with distinction with a B.A. in Biology from San Diego State University in San Diego, California.

Dr. Reader is a clinical faculty member in the Departments of Psychiatry at both George Washington University and Georgetown University, participating in medical student and resident education. She previously worked as a psychiatrist at the Student Health Services at George Washington University, and enjoys working with the young adult and college student population, working with teenagers and young adults ages 16 and older.

In addition, she completed training in reproductive psychiatry and women's mental health issues including mental health treatment considerations prior to conception, medications during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, postpartum depression, mood disorders related to infertility, as well as pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder. This area of psychiatry is of great interest to her, and she continues to stay up to date on the most recent research literature, resources within the community, and current recommendations for treatment of perinatal mood disorders.

Dr. Reader has extensive experience as a community psychiatrist working with the chronically mentally ill and underserved, and currently also provides psychiatric services at the Prince William County Community Services Board in Manassas, VA.

Dr. Reader's practice philosophy incorporates a holistic and comprehensive style. This includes medication management to alleviate symptoms, psychotherapy, and coordinated care with patient's psychotherapists, reproductive consultations for general psychiatrists, obstetricians, primary care doctors, psychological testing if indicated, as well as referrals to alternative treatment modalities.