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
- 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)
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Amputation Adjustment
- Anxiety
- Back Pain
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder With Manic Episodes
- Bruxism
- 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
- Dementia
- Depersonalization Disorder
- Depressive Episode
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Dissociative Fugue
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
- Factitious Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Gallbladder Disease
- Geriatric Depression
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hip Pain
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
- Internet Gaming Disorder
- Irritability
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Lewy Body Disease
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Back Pain
- Major Depressive Disorder With Melancholic Features
- Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features
- Manic Episode
- Memory Disorder
- Migraine
- Mood Disorder Due To Traumatic Brain Injury
- Mood Disorders
- Mood Disorders Due To Stroke
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Narcolepsy
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pathological Gambling
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Personality Disorders (MULTIPLE TYPES)
- Phobia Of Medical Procedures
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sedative, Hypnotic, Or Anxiolytic Related Disorders
- Severe Parkinson's Disease
- Single Episode Depression
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Somatoform Disorder
- Specific Phobia
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Sports Concussion
- Subcortical Infarction
- Substance Use Disorder
- Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ)
- Trauma And Stress Disorders
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Stress Reaction
- Vascular Dementia
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
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Child-Parent Psychotherapy For Anxiety
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Coping Skills
- Coping Skills Training
- Couples Therapy For Anxiety
- Dementia Treatment
- Depression Treatment
- Emotional Intelligence Testing
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing For Trauma
- Family Systems Therapy For Children
- Geriatric Anxiety Counseling
- Goal Setting And Achievement
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Grief Counseling For Teens
- Group Therapy
- Guided Imagery
- Habit Training
- Health Behavior Change
- Health Psychology Services
- Hypnosis
- Hypnosis For Pain
- Hypnotherapy
- Individual Therapy For Anxiety
- Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Testing
- 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
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Play Therapy
- Play Therapy For Anxiety
- Positive Thinking Training
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Counseling For Cancer
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Relapse Prevention
- Relaxation Training
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Self-Care Training
- Self-Esteem Enhancement
- 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
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Anxiety
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
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
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Medicare FFS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst EPO
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-POS
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice Fund PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- POS OA
- Medicare Direct
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Classic 5000
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UHC Passport
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Network OA
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Navigate
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MultiPlan, Inc
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- HighMark
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- OA Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
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)