Psychiatry for Suffolk, VA: Full-Hour Evaluations and Medication Management for Western Hampton Roads

Serving Suffolk

Why Suffolk Residents Come to South Chesapeake Psychiatry

Suffolk's growth has been fast and uneven. Harbour View and North Suffolk have filled with young families, military households from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and commuters who work across the water. Downtown Suffolk and the rural south and west of the city have deep roots and far fewer psychiatric providers. Sentara Obici Hospital anchors medical care, but outpatient psychiatry, particularly for adults who want more than a short medication check, is thin.

The concerns Suffolk clients most often bring us are anxiety and depression in parents juggling long commutes, adult ADHD discovered when a child was diagnosed and the parent recognized the pattern, mood and sleep changes in women in their forties and fifties that turned out to be perimenopause, and depression that has not responded to the medications a primary care provider was comfortable prescribing. Our BHRT evaluation and treatment-resistant depression pages describe two of those paths in detail.

We also see a number of Suffolk clients who tried a national telehealth-only service, were assigned a different prescriber every few months, and want a single provider who knows their history and will answer the phone.

What we offer

Psychiatric Services Available to Suffolk Residents

Every Suffolk 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 Suffolk

Our office is at 200 Carmichael Way, Suite 604, Chesapeake, VA 23322, in the Edinburgh area off Battlefield Boulevard South. From Harbour View and North Suffolk, take I-664 south to I-64 east at Bowers Hill, exit onto Dominion Boulevard (Route 17) south, and follow Cedar Road east to Battlefield Boulevard; plan on thirty to forty minutes. From downtown Suffolk, Route 58 east to I-64 and the same Dominion Boulevard route is usually thirty-five to forty-five minutes. From the southern and western parts of the city, Route 58 or Route 460 to I-64 is the most reliable path.

For many Suffolk clients the drive is worth it for the first visit and unnecessary afterward. Virtual follow-ups are available to anyone physically in Virginia, and a stable internet connection in Holland or Whaleyville works as well as one in Harbour View. 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.