Lorraine Grace Vinci, MS PSYD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Psychology, Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology, Health Psychology, Rehabilitation Psychology
Languages: English, Spanish
301-581-8031
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
- 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
- Geriatric Depression
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
- Internet Gaming Disorder
- Irritability
- Lewy Body Disease
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Major Depressive Disorder With Melancholic Features
- Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features
- Manic Episode
- Memory Disorder
- Mood Disorder Due To Traumatic Brain Injury
- Mood Disorders
- Mood Disorders Due To Stroke
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Narcolepsy
- Neurodegeneration
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pathological Gambling
- Personality Disorders (MULTIPLE TYPES)
- Phobia Of Medical Procedures
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- 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
- Substance Use Disorder
- 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
Practice locations
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6410 Rockledge Dr
Ste 600
Bethesda, MD, 20817
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
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- BlueChoice Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Navigate
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Network Only Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Sentara Health
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Network OA
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna HMO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-EPO Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Medicare Direct
- OA Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Choice
- First Health PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- TRICARE for Life East
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS Plus
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Beech Street PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- HighMark
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Employee Health Plan
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- POS OA
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
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)