Daniel M Schneider, PsyD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Forensic Psychology
Languages: English
202-877-7302
About me
Daniel Schneider, PsyD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and a behavioral health specialist in the Trauma, Burn Division. He is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Schneider participates in the research activities of the Firefighter’s Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, whose goal is to improve the care of burn patients worldwide. His clinical and research interests include burn recovery and rehabilitation, alternative pain management, and health psychology.
Dr. Schneider specializes in addressing psychosocial factors within the scope of integrative care on the burn surgical team’s pre- and post-operative patients with major, surgical, skin conditions which include burn injury (inflicted from both heat and cold), amputations, necrotizing acute soft tissue infections (NASTI), hidradenitis (HS), stevens johnson syndrome (SJS), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). He is a key contributor on the Burn Team facilitating innovative strategies for the integration of medical and behavioral health with an emphasis on the biopsychosocial model of treatment for individuals served. He provides early assessment and interventions to individuals and their families on the inpatient ICU and step-down burn service units at MWHC in addition to the burn outpatient clinic. Dr. Schneider uses psychoeducation, cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy, mindfulness-based techniques, crisis interventions, grief counseling, individual and group therapy modalities, stress management, and relaxation training to treat individuals coping with a medical trauma.
Dr. Schneider received his undergraduate degree from the Florida State University as a double major in Criminology and Psychology. He completed his master’s and doctorate degrees from the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Washington, D.C. He completed an American Psychological Association (APA) Accredited Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship at Friends Hospital in Philadelphia and then did his post-doctorate fellowship at Florida State Hospital with a focus on trauma and forensic issues, before beginning his Health-Medical Psychology career at MWHC. Additionally, he received his 200-hr vinyasa yoga teacher training certificate to incorporate mind-body integration as an additional asset to his clinical repertoire.
Philosophy of Care
“I am passionate about serving others, training students/residents and promoting safety and healing for individuals. My team and I diligently use our varying skills and knowledge to promote whole-patient wellness.”
“I strive to instill hope with guiding individuals to cope with physical or mental illness to reduce stress to foster recovery and an improved quality of life. My personal experience as a family member to a brother who sustained a spinal cord injury and paraplegia steered me to pursue the specialty of health psychology. The ability to show unconditional positive regard, authenticity, compassion, and empathic understanding to individuals and their families during times of a medical trauma, grief, uncertainty, and fear, guides my approach every day.”
“I firmly promote the importance of personal self-care in the scope of physical, spiritual, social, mental-emotional, and lifestyle domains to overcome life’s struggles for individuals served and compassion fatigue for colleagues within the helping profession.
Clinical areas of focus
- Psychosis Treatment
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder With Anxiety
- Adjustment Disorder With Mixed Anxiety And Depressed Mood
- Adolescent Depression
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Body Region Injury
- Chronic Stress
- Clinical Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depression In Children
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Hypochondriasis
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Memory Loss
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use Disorder
- Toxic Effect Of Substances
- Vascular Dementia
Procedures I perform
- Adult Mental Health Treatment
- Affective Regulation
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Alcohol Detoxification
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Behavioral Interventions
- Behavioral Modification
- Buprenorphine Treatment
- Case Consultation
- Case Management
- Child Custody Evaluation
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Cognitive Psychology
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Coping Skills Training
- Crisis Management
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Cultural Psychology
- Depth Psychology
- Emotional Intelligence Assessment
- Ethnic Minority Psychology
- Existential Group Therapy
- Existential Psychology
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Fitness For Duty Neuropsychological Evaluation
- Functional Analytic Psychotherapy
- Group Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Guided Imagery
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Humanistic Psychology
- Hypnosis
- Hypnotherapy
- Illicit Drug Overdose Treatment
- Internal Family Systems
- Mental Health Case Management
- Mental Health Treatment
- Mental Status Exam
- Mindful Movement
- Mindful Parenting
- Mood Disorder Assessment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Movement Analysis And Training
- Naltrexone Administration
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Training
- Parenting Assessment
- Pediatric Advocacy
- Pediatric Psychology
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychological Report Writing
- Psychological Testing And Assessment
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis Treatment
- Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy For Crisis
- Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Reality Therapy
- Record Review
- Relapse Prevention Therapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Relaxation Training
- Risk Assessment
- Social Learning
- Social Skills Training
- Somatic Experiencing
- Somatic Psychology
- Stress Reduction
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Trauma Release Exercises
- Trauma Therapy
Practice locations
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106 Irving St NW
Washington, DC, 20010
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
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA EPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Optimum Choice
- TRICARE East Prime
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Beech Street PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Network OA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- UHC Passport
- Employee Health Plan
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Sentara Health
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- OA Plus
- HighMark
- TRICARE for Life East
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- United Student Resources
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- First Health PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst EPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS
- IH-Open POS II
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Medicare Direct
- Medicare FFS
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna VA Exchange
Education
Graduate: Argosy University-Northern Virginia CLOSED (2015)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Nosanov, L., Brandt, J., Schneider, D., Johnson, L. Pain Management in Burn Patients. Curr Trauma Rep 6, 161–173 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40719-020-00203-9