Karimah Ware Edwards, PsyD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, 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
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Learning Disability Evaluation
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Substance Dependence Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adult And Child Abuse, Neglect And Maltreatment
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Behavior
- Anxiety
- Asperger Syndrome
- Attachment Issues
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Behavioral Problems
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child Abuse Trauma
- Chronic Depression
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Depressive Episode
- Developmental Disabilities
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
- Executive Function Disorder
- Impulse Control Disorder
- Learning Disabilities
- Manic Episode
- Mood Disorders
- Newborn Developmental Delays
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- School Avoidance
- Self Harm
- Separation Anxiety
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Skills Deficit
- Suicidal Thought
- Trauma And Stress Disorders
Procedures I perform
- Adhd Evaluation
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Management
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Group Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Learning Disability Evaluation
- Learning Disability Support
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training
- Play Therapy
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychoeducational Testing
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Relapse Prevention
- Self-Esteem Enhancement
- Self-Harm Prevention
- Social Skills Training
- Stress Reduction
- Substance Dependence Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
Practice locations
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2115 Wisconsin Ave NW
Ste 200
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Choice POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- First Health PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- OA Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MultiPlan, Inc
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna HMO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Navigate
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Student Resources
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- HighMark
- IH-Open HMO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- POS OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Sentara Health
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Choice POS
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Medicare FFS
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- IH-PPO
- Network OA
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-POS
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Employee Health Plan
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Optimum Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
Education
Graduate: Argosy University-Northern Virginia CLOSED (2006)