Lorraine Grace Vinci, MS PSYD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Clinical Health Psychology, Rehabilitation Psychology, Psychology, Health Psychology, Cognitive and Behavioral 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
- 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
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open POS Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Choice POS
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst EPO
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- IH-POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna VA Exchange
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- 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)
- Medicare Direct
- POS OA
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UHC Passport
- 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
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Navigate
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA PPO
- 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
- HighMark
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-Open HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and 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 Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HealthyBlue PPO
- 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
- CIGNA EPO
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- OA Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network 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)