Adult Psychiatrist, Board Certified

Sacramento

✅ Accepting New Patients

💼 2 Years Experience

⭐ Highly Recommended

🕰️ Excellent Wait Time

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Very nice experience

Getting to know Brandon Birckhead, M.D.

Dr. Birckhead earned his medical degree from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and completed his residency in psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He specializes in the treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions, including burnout, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Dr. Birckhead offers a comprehensive approach to care, integrating evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), along with medication management when appropriate. He is committed to a collaborative, personalized treatment process—working closely with each individual to understand their unique challenges and develop a tailored plan to support their mental health and well-being.

Focus Areas

PTSD
Childhood Trauma
Depression

Panic Attacks
Bipolar Disorder
Stress Management

Self-Esteem Issues
Anxiety

Clientele

Adults

Veterans

Young Adults

Treatment Approaches

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for the treatment of PTSD

Identity

Gender

Cisgender male

Languages

English

Insurance Providers

UMR
PHCS MultiPlan
Medicare
Carelon Health
VHP

ComPsych
Kaiser Permanente
Aetna
Cigna

BlueCross BlueShield
Magellan Health
TriWest
MHN

FAQs

1. What is your approach to working with patients?

I start by helping the patient understand their situation better from a psychiatric standpoint This can take a few appointments to complete, however each appt I make sure to also help the patient work toward their goals based on the problems that led them to seek treatment. We then work on a treatment plan that always includes psychotherapy.

2. How do you integrate medication management?

When a patient is taking a medication the management of it happens in the first part of the appointment after agenda setting. Then we follow with psychotherapy which includes goal setting.

3. What types of concerns do you specialize in treating?

I specialize in conditions that include symptoms of anxiety. Most often these are things like PTSD, all the anxiety disorders, and OCD. This is part because I specialize in exposure therapy as part of CBT. However, I also do EMDR and other forms of CBT depending on the problem faced by the patient.

4. What's something you want your patients to know about you?

As part of psychotherapy patients will often complete some homework between appts and complete periodic surveys to ensure that evidence based psychotherapy is being done to track course of treatment.

5. What do you believe is the most important part of the healing process?

Therapeutic alliance with the patient

6. What kinds of clients do you work with best?

Those that enjoy collaborating with a provide in some psychotherapy

7. Do you have experience with trauma or PTSD?

Yes and I treat it with either EMDR or prolonged exposure therapy

8. What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

Technology