Psychiatrist in Walnut Creek, California Deborah Raphael, Psychiatrist

Dr. Raphael is a Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist who has been practicing since 2009. She graduated from UC San Diego with a major in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience and a minor in Sociology. She then continued on at UC San Diego for Medical School. She completed her General Adult Psychiatry Residency, and then also her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, at UC San Francisco.

Although Dr. Raphael currently provides mainly medication management services, she has been trained in multiple modalities of therapy including Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and enjoys working in a collaborative care setting. Dr. Raphael believes in an integrative approach to care. Her main current areas of focus include mood and anxiety disorders.

In her spare time, Dr. Raphael enjoys reading, walking her dog, seeing musicals, and spending time with friends and family.