Psychiatry for Portsmouth, VA: Evaluations and Medication Management Just Across the Chesapeake Line

Serving Portsmouth

Why Portsmouth Residents Choose South Chesapeake Psychiatry

Portsmouth is defined by Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and a large share of the city's adults are active-duty, retired military, shipyard workers, or married to one. Our founder spent twenty-two years in the Navy and our practice has a dedicated page for veterans and military families. For those who use the military health system but want a private evaluation outside it, or who are waiting on a referral, we are a practical alternative.

The concerns Portsmouth clients bring us most often are PTSD and sleep problems in current and former service members, depression and anxiety in shipyard and healthcare workers on rotating schedules, adult ADHD that was never evaluated, and treatment-resistant depression in people who have been on the same two medications for years without real improvement. Bon Secours Maryview provides hospital care in the city, but outpatient psychiatry with time to think is scarce.

We also hear from Portsmouth clients who value that we are a small, local practice rather than a national telehealth platform: the same provider every visit, a coordinator who knows your name, and a phone that gets answered.

What we offer

Psychiatric Services Available to Portsmouth Residents

Every Portsmouth client has access to the full range of care at South Chesapeake Psychiatry and TRIP:

• Psychiatric evaluations: a full 60-minute first visit for depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and serious mental illness
• Medication management: follow-up visits, refills between appointments, and a direct line to your provider
• Virtual psychiatry: secure video visits for anyone physically in Virginia
• SPRAVATO® (esketamine) for treatment-resistant depression through TRIP, our insurance-supported interventional service line
• BHRT evaluations for perimenopause and menopause-related mood, sleep, and brain-fog symptoms

South Chesapeake Psychiatry is self-pay for evaluations and medication management; a 60-minute initial evaluation is $300, and we provide superbills on request for out-of-network reimbursement. SPRAVATO® treatment through TRIP is billed to insurance. Details are on our pricing page.

Getting here

Getting to Our Office From Portsmouth

Our office is at 200 Carmichael Way, Suite 604, Chesapeake, VA 23322, in the Edinburgh area off Battlefield Boulevard South. From Olde Towne, Port Norfolk, and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, take I-264 east to I-464 south and follow it to Battlefield Boulevard; the trip is usually twenty to thirty minutes. From Churchland and Western Branch, I-664 south to I-64 east, then Dominion Boulevard (Route 17) south and Cedar Road east, avoids downtown traffic. From Cradock and the shipyard, George Washington Highway (Route 17) south through Deep Creek to Cedar Road is a direct surface-street route.

If the tunnels and bridges are the obstacle, virtual visits are available to anyone physically in Virginia, and many Portsmouth clients do the first evaluation in person and follow-ups by video. Free parking is available on site.

Who you will see

Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners

Justin Ray, MSN, PMHNP-BC, founded South Chesapeake Psychiatry after twenty-two years in the Navy and more than thirty years treating serious mental illness; he speaks nationally on psychopharmacology and writes The Neuropsychiatry Brief. Amanda Snow, MSN, PMHNP-BC, is a retired Navy nurse with twenty-five years in mental health who also leads our BHRT evaluations. Alysha Cunningham, MSN, PMHNP-BC, trained at Duke's PMHNP program and completed most of her clinical training here at SCP. Meet the full team on our About page.