About me
Dr. Shy Porter is a relationship scientist with expertise in couple relationships, perinatal mental health, and the intersection of the two. As a clinician, she specializes in work with couples; pregnant and postpartum women (alone or with their partners) contending with perinatal mental health concerns; and adolescent and adult individuals. As a researcher, she studies mental health conditions associated with the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum periods and works to develop clinical intervention strategies to bring psychological relief to women and their partners. She also studies romantic relationship development, maintenance, and dissolution processes for adolescents and adults. Race, culture, racial/ethnic health disparities, and the experiences of racial/ethnic minorities are central components of her research.
As a clinical supervisor, Dr. Porter enjoys working with trainees who care deeply about issues related to identity, privilege, and navigating interpersonal relationship dynamics. Adolescent and young adult supervision cases are of particular interest.
Dr. Porter is clinically trained as a marriage and family therapist and holds a PhD in Family Science (the study of close interpersonal relationships and all of the micro- and macro-level factors that influence them) with an emphasis in maternal and child health.
Research Interests:Â Psychopathology, trauma, couple relationship processes, parenting, and co-parenting. Perinatal mental health, maternal health, pregnancy outcomes, adverse reproductive health conditions, and issues related to preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum processes for adolescents, adult individuals, and couples. Racial/ethnic health disparities in adolescent and adult sexual and reproductive health.
Clinical areas of focus
- Behavioral Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation
- Women's Mental Health
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Addiction
- Alcohol Dependency
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Disorders
- Behavioral Issues In Dementia
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Complicated Bereavement Disorder
- Compulsive And Addictive Behaviors
- Conversion Disorder
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Delusional Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Executive Function Disorder
- Gender Dysphoria
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Mania
- Mental Health Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attack
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Thought Disorder
- Trichotillomania
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Anger Management
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Neuropsychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Women's Mental Health
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
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Open HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- Open POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Student Resources
- First Health PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Aetna HMO
- CFBCBS EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Network OA
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Opoen HMO Option
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- POS OA & OA Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- FIRST HEALTH
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Tricare Prime
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
Education
Graduate Education: University of Maryland at College Park (2020)
Graduate Education: University of Maryland at College Park (2016)