Our Approach
Psychiatry Austin believes in meeting people where they are and custom-tailoring a plan to meet their specific concerns.
Leonard Weiss, M.D., founder of Psychiatry Austin, works with each individual to create a comprehensive plan for mental health wellness.
Dr. Weiss brings to his Psychiatric practice decades of additional experience in Internal Medicine and Nutrition. He understands how to look at symptoms through multiple lenses. This approach helps patients to stabilize physically and medically, as a cornerstone in their psychiatric health.
Dr. Weiss adds, as indicated, the component of his own personalized brand of psychotherapy. He combines a combination of psychotherapy, 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.
Leonard Weiss, M.D., founder of Psychiatry Austin, works with each individual to create a comprehensive plan for mental health wellness.
Dr. Weiss brings to his Psychiatric practice decades of additional experience in Internal Medicine and Nutrition. He understands how to look at symptoms through multiple lenses. This approach helps patients to stabilize physically and medically, as a cornerstone in their psychiatric health.
Dr. Weiss adds, as indicated, the component of his own personalized brand of psychotherapy. He combines a combination of psychotherapy, 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
Treatment of Psychiatric conditions, therapy, medical conditions that affect mental health, coping strategies.
Addiction Specialist: Dr. Weiss is doubly Board-Certified in Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry, the treatment of Addictive Disorders, by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). 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.
Addiction Specialist: Dr. Weiss is doubly Board-Certified in Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry, the treatment of Addictive Disorders, by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). 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.
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Leonard Weiss, M.D.Dr. Weiss is Board-Certified in Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry.
He is uniquely qualified to help patients achieve personal goals and learn tools to manage the relationship between their emotions and behavior. If you have a physical illness that complicates the road to mental health, Dr. Weiss factors that into his treatment. Dr. Weiss has been in medical practice for more than 30 years. For over 2 decades he has been a practicing Psychiatrist, with additional specialization in Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry. |
Background
Dr. Weiss pursued medicine following obtaining a degree in mathematics at MIT. It became obvious to him that medicine was the more interesting discipline. He received training in Internal Medicine at the Henry Ford Hospital of the University of Michigan Medical School, Psychiatry at Michael Reese Hospital of the University of Chicago Medical School, and a Fellowship in Nutrition from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York Hospital, Cornell University Medical School. He obtained his medical degree at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.
He is sought for the depth and breadth of his expertise surrounding psychiatric and medical issues.
Dr. Weiss' additional specialization in Addiction Psychiatry including alcohol, street drugs, prescription medications, gambling, and smoking.
He is called upon in to conduct testify as an Expert Witness when his expertise is needed.
Dr. Weiss has presented and published extensively about the psychiatric impact of stress, pain, and addiction, geriatric psychiatry, and diseases and injuries of the brain.
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 Hospital. He works with adults of all ages, including young adults and senior adults. He taught geriatric psychiatry while a member of the faculty of Rush Medical School and is published in the Internal Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Early in his career, 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.
Board-Certified in each of the following specialties:
Dr. Weiss pursued medicine following obtaining a degree in mathematics at MIT. It became obvious to him that medicine was the more interesting discipline. He received training in Internal Medicine at the Henry Ford Hospital of the University of Michigan Medical School, Psychiatry at Michael Reese Hospital of the University of Chicago Medical School, and a Fellowship in Nutrition from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York Hospital, Cornell University Medical School. He obtained his medical degree at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.
He is sought for the depth and breadth of his expertise surrounding psychiatric and medical issues.
Dr. Weiss' additional specialization in Addiction Psychiatry including alcohol, street drugs, prescription medications, gambling, and smoking.
He is called upon in to conduct testify as an Expert Witness when his expertise is needed.
Dr. Weiss has presented and published extensively about the psychiatric impact of stress, pain, and addiction, geriatric psychiatry, and diseases and injuries of the brain.
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 Hospital. He works with adults of all ages, including young adults and senior adults. He taught geriatric psychiatry while a member of the faculty of Rush Medical School and is published in the Internal Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Early in his career, 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 as a physician.
- 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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Phone: 512.646.0880
E-mail: office@psychiatryaustin.com Address: 3006 Bee Caves Road, Suite D-208, Austin, TX 78746 |
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