Karimah Ware Edwards, PsyD| Psychiatry, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry | MedStar Health

Karimah Ware Edwards, PsyD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Psychiatry, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry

Languages: English

About me

Dr. Karimah Ware is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Georgetown University's School of Medicine, and Director of the WISE Center. She has a particular interest in working with youth, whom research has indicated, as being at an increased risk for development of mental disorders. Her areas of specialty are school mental health; trauma; grief and loss; conducting various psychological assessments; facilitating individual and group therapy; providing supervision; crisis management; and teacher, psychiatric, and parent consultation. Dr. Ware, who holds a Psy.D. from the American School of Professional Psychology, has worked in settings ranging from schools to community mental health centers to psychiatric and traditional hospital settings. She has been afforded the opportunity to serve as an administrator of a public charter school in D.C. as well as serve on the board of directors of a public charter school in D.C. Dr. Ware's school service extends from 2002, having over 15 years of providing support to D.C. students, teachers, and faculty. In addition, Dr. Ware has facilitated various workshops, to include effective classroom management, trauma informed care, and parenting trainings. She successfully completed advanced, post-licensure, training at the Washington School of Psychiatry in its two-year child and adolescent psychodynamic psychotherapy training program.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Depression
  • Developmental Assessment
  • Developmental Delay
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Eating Disorders
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Mental Health
  • Mood Disorders
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Self Harming Behaviors
  • Substance Addiction
  • Substance Dependence
  • Trauma
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Acute Stress Disorder
  • Addiction Disorders
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Agitation
  • Alcohol Dependency
  • Anger Issues
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Bereavement
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Brief Psychotic Disorder
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Child Abuse
  • Complicated Bereavement Disorder
  • Compulsive And Addictive Behaviors
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Conversion Disorder
  • Cyclothymic Disorder
  • Delusional Disorder
  • Dependent Personality Disorder
  • Depression
  • Developmental Delay
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Disruptive Behavior
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Dysthymia
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Enuresis
  • Executive Function Disorder
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Hallucinations
  • Head Banging
  • Hoarding Disorder
  • Hypochondriasis
  • Hypomania
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Intermittent Explosive Disorder
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Mania
  • Mood Disorders
  • Nail Biting
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Novel Coronavirus Related Mental Health Conditions
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
  • Opiate Addiction
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • Panic Attack
  • Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
  • Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
  • Perinatal Mood Disorders
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder
  • Personality Disorder
  • Phobia
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Psychosis
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
  • Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
  • Psycho Oncology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Psychosis
  • Psychosomatic Disorders
  • Repetitive Behaviors
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Self Harming Behaviors
  • Sleep Terrors
  • Social Media Addiction
  • Somatic Symptom Disorder
  • Somatoform Disorders
  • Substance Addiction
  • Substance Dependence
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Thought Disorder
  • Tic Disorders
  • Toilet Training Issues
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Trauma
  • Treatment Resistant Depression
  • Trichotillomania
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Procedures I perform

  • Adult Psychiatry
  • Behavior Counseling
  • Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child Parent Attachment Assessment
  • Child Parent Attachment Therapy
  • Children Of Incarcerated Parents Counselling
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Coping Skills
  • Developmental Assessment
  • Grief And Loss Counseling
  • LGBTQ+ Health
  • Men's Mental Health
  • Mental Health
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Online Psychiatrist
  • Psychotherapy
  • Transplant Psychiatry
  • Trauma Focused Psychotherapy
  • Virtual Care
  • Women's Mental Health
  • Work Reintegration Therapy
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Practice locations

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2115 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Suite 200
Washington, DC, 20007

202-944-5400

Fax 866-499-4557

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Fax 866-499-4557