About me
Lorraine Vinci, PsyD. is a licensed clinical psychologist in both the District of Columbia and Maryland. She is a graduate of Barry University (1990) in Miami, Florida, where she completed her Bachelor's in Science. Dr. Vinci obtained a Master's in Science degree at the Miami Institute of Psychology in 1992, and acquired her doctorate in clinical psychology at The Carlos Albizu University, also in Miami Florida in 2002. In 2001, Dr. Vinci completed her residency in physical rehabilitation and pain management at HealthSouth Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital in Sunrise, Florida. Afterwards, she proceeded to complete a two year post-doctoral (2002-2004) fellowship in Pain Management and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Dr. Vinci has extensive experience in the area of physical rehabilitation and pain management and served as the co-director of the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital Spinal Cord Injury& Disease Program. Dr. Vinci's areas of interest include post-traumatic stress disorder specifically, trauma associated with medical/physical conditions, injuries, and chronic pain. She has extensive experience with workers' compensation, multicultural issues, and sleep disorders.
Dr. Vinci works in assisting individuals to regain sense of control over their lives after traumatic injuries or chronic pain. She helps patients by identifying the unique needs and characteristics of the individual in order to reintegrate into the community and their lives by providing individual, team and family services to help the person attain successful reintegration to a satisfying and productive life. She works with the person in addressing issues of compliance, health behaviors, and emotional reactions to chronic or unexpected medical conditions. Dr. Vinci is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and includes positive psychology, psycho-education, and mindfulness interventions and training in her work with patients.
Dr. Vinci's clinical services encompass pre-surgical assessment for spinal cord stimulator implantation and spinal surgeries, as well as opiate candidacy. She also provides services to individuals with opiate dependency and offers consultation to providers to working with persons in pain or with chronic medical conditions. In regards to pain management, Dr. Vinci has extensive experience with chronic regional pain syndrome, phantom limb pain, pelvic pain, chronic headaches, chronic back pain, and burns. Her expertise also includes spinal cord injuries and disease, amputations, orthopedic conditions, and cardiac rehabilitation. She provides education and interventions to prevent medical conditions and to avoid exacerbation of those already existing.
Dr. Vinci is fluent in both English and Spanish and accepts worker's comp insurance.
Clinical areas of focus
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Anxiety
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Attention Training For Anxiety
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Memory Assessment And Treatment
- Memory Training
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder With Anxiety
- Adjustment Disorder With Mixed Anxiety And Depressed Mood
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Amputation Adjustment
- Anxiety
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Chronic Stress
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Conversion Disorders
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
- Factitious Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Gallbladder Disease
- Geriatric Depression
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hip Pain
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Lower Back Pain
- Major Depressive Disorder With Melancholic Features
- Manic Episode
- Migraine
- Mood Disorders
- Mood Disorders Due To Stroke
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pathological Gambling
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personality Disorders (MULTIPLE TYPES)
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Severe Parkinson's Disease
- Sleep Disorders
- Somatoform Disorder
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Sports Concussion
- Subcortical Infarction
- Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ)
- Trauma And Stress Disorders
- Traumatic Stress Reaction
Procedures I perform
- Affective Disorder Diagnosis
- Aging And Cognitive Decline Assessment
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Anxiety Management For Older Adults
- Assertiveness Training
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Assessment
- Attention Training For Anxiety
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Interventions
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Biofeedback
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Child-Parent Psychotherapy For Anxiety
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Community Health
- Coping Skills
- Coping Skills Training
- Couples Therapy For Anxiety
- Dementia Treatment
- Depression Treatment
- Emotional Intelligence Testing
- Existential Group Therapy
- Exposure And Response Prevention For Anxiety
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing For Trauma
- Family Systems Therapy For Children
- Geriatric Anxiety Counseling
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Goal Setting And Achievement
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Grief Counseling For Teens
- Group Therapy
- Growth Rate Measurement
- Guided Imagery
- Habit Training
- Health Behavior Change
- Health Psychology Services
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Hypnosis
- Hypnosis For Pain
- Hypnotherapy
- I-131 Therapy
- Individual Therapy For Anxiety
- Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Testing
- Leisure Skills Training
- Live-In Care
- Massage Therapy For Chronic Pain
- Memory Assessment And Treatment
- Memory Training
- Memory Training For Anxiety
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Addiction
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neurocognitive Disorder Treatment
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neuropsychological Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training
- Parent Training
- Parkinson's Disease
- Penicillin Desensitization
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Play Therapy
- Play Therapy For Anxiety
- Positive Thinking Training
- Potty Training Guidance
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Counseling For Cancer
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Rehabilitation Planning
- Relapse Prevention
- Relaxation Training
- Resilience Coaching
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Self-Care Training
- Self-Esteem Enhancement
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Social Learning
- Social Skills Training For Anxiety
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy For Anxiety
- Stress Management And Relaxation Techniques
- Stress Reduction
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Supportive Care
- Tai Chi-Based Therapy
- Tai Chi-Based Therapy For Anxiety
- Telerehabilitation
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Anxiety
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- Treatment Adherence
- Validation Therapy
- Visceral Pain
- Weight Management Program
- Yoga-Based Therapy For Anxiety
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Navigate
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- OA Plus
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UHC Passport
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Medicare FFS
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Direct
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst NASCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- First Health PPO
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Basic
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Beech Street PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna VA Exchange
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Network OA
- HighMark
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- POS OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO Option
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
Education
Fellowship: University of Virginia (2004)
Graduate: Carlos Albizu University-Miami Campus (2002)
Residency: Healthsouth Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital (2001)
Graduate: Carlos Albizu University-Miami Campus (1992)