Our Approach
Psychiatry Austin believes in meeting people where they are and custom-tailoring a plan to meet their specific concerns. We work with each individual (including family members when needed) and other medical treatment providers to create a comprehensive plan. For some, this may include medication management whereas others require psychotherapy and finally certain patients may do best with both.
We are also big believers in well-coordinated holistic health. Dr. Weiss worked in Internal Medicine as well as Nutrition prior to undergoing psychiatric training. He understands how to look at symptoms through multiple lenses. In addition, he will coordinate with your other medical professionals to make sure everyone is on the same page. This approach helps patients to stabilize physically and medically, as a cornerstone in their psychiatric health.
Then, as these more acute medical and physical concerns are addressed in the patient, Dr. Weiss adds, as indicated, the component of his own personalized brand of psychotherapy. He combines the traditional analytic/psychodynamic approach and holds certifications in the newer techniques of DEEP and EMDR. Dr Weiss is also a member of the local therapy organization, Austin In Connection.
We are also big believers in well-coordinated holistic health. Dr. Weiss worked in Internal Medicine as well as Nutrition prior to undergoing psychiatric training. He understands how to look at symptoms through multiple lenses. In addition, he will coordinate with your other medical professionals to make sure everyone is on the same page. This approach helps patients to stabilize physically and medically, as a cornerstone in their psychiatric health.
Then, as these more acute medical and physical concerns are addressed in the patient, Dr. Weiss adds, as indicated, the component of his own personalized brand of psychotherapy. He combines the traditional analytic/psychodynamic approach and holds certifications in the newer techniques of DEEP and EMDR. Dr Weiss is also a member of the local therapy organization, Austin In Connection.
Our Specialties
Forensic Psychiatrist: Dr. Weiss works closely with other professionals and agencies, both in the assessment and provision of support for victims and offenders. He does expert witness and competency and sanity evaluations and for the Travis County Criminal Judiciary. He's contracted with PRN to do expert witness testimony and reports for the Pharmacy, Dental, Veterinary and Optometry Boards. He assists in presenting evidence in court, advising parole boards and mental health tribunals. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the subspecialty Forensic Psychiatry.
Addiction Specialist: Dr. Weiss provides specific services for the treatment of chemical dependency and addiction which includes: assessment, recommendations for detoxification and rehabilitation programs, and provides ongoing support for medication management and psychotherapy. In treating addictive disorders and dual diagnosis patients, it is necessary to ferret out the underlying reasons for the obsessional thinking behind the compulsive actions which may lead to negative consequences.
He is doubly certified in the treatment of Addictive Disorders by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).
Addiction Specialist: Dr. Weiss provides specific services for the treatment of chemical dependency and addiction which includes: assessment, recommendations for detoxification and rehabilitation programs, and provides ongoing support for medication management and psychotherapy. In treating addictive disorders and dual diagnosis patients, it is necessary to ferret out the underlying reasons for the obsessional thinking behind the compulsive actions which may lead to negative consequences.
He is doubly certified in the treatment of Addictive Disorders by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).
Leonard Weiss, MD
Dr. Weiss' psychiatric residency training was at Michael Reese Hospital of the University of Chicago. After graduation, he started the dual diagnosis group psychotherapy program at Michael Reese. He also taught geriatric psychiatry while a member of the faculty of Rush Medical School and was published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Prior to this, Dr. Weiss did bench research in nutrition while an undergraduate at MIT, followed by a straight medical internship at Metropolitan Hospital of NY Medical College, an internal medicine residency at Ford Hospital of the University of Michigan, and a Nutrition Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of the University of Cornell and Columbia.
While in private practice, Dr. Weiss started the second largest outpatient aftercare program at St. Bernard’s Hospital in Chicago. He taught residents and medical students at Michael Reese Hospital and Chicago Osteopathic Hospital. In addition, from 1991 to 1999, Dr. Weiss did forensics work for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation and Medical Disciplinary Board as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Prior to this, Dr. Weiss did bench research in nutrition while an undergraduate at MIT, followed by a straight medical internship at Metropolitan Hospital of NY Medical College, an internal medicine residency at Ford Hospital of the University of Michigan, and a Nutrition Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of the University of Cornell and Columbia.
While in private practice, Dr. Weiss started the second largest outpatient aftercare program at St. Bernard’s Hospital in Chicago. He taught residents and medical students at Michael Reese Hospital and Chicago Osteopathic Hospital. In addition, from 1991 to 1999, Dr. Weiss did forensics work for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation and Medical Disciplinary Board as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration.
- 30+ years of experience.
- B. S. in Mathematics from MIT (Cambridge, MA)
- M.D. from Wayne State University School of Medicine, (Detroit MI)
- Post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital of the University of Michigan (Detroit MI)
- Post-graduate training in Psychiatry at Michael Reese Hospital (Chicago, IL)
- Nutrition fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital (NY, NY)
- Board-Certified in each of the following specialties:
- Psychiatry
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Addictionology
- Internal Medicine
- Nutrition
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