Adam Nelson, MD, Psychiatry

Dr. Nelson received his Psychology degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also inducted into the Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, and his Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine on a full scholarship from the U.S Air Force. He completed his internship and residency in Adult Psychiatry at The Albert Einstein – Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Hillside Hospital, where he trained in both psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.

Dr. Nelson has been practicing psychiatry for more than 30 years and has been practicing in Marin County since 1999. He has been on the medical staff at Marin Health Medical Center since 2000 during which time he served as the Chair of the Psychiatry Department, Service Chief of Consultation and Emergency Psychiatry, and Medical Director of Outpatient Behavior Health Services. He currently maintains a general office practice in psychiatry, seeing individuals, couples, and families with a wide variety of problems. He specializes in patients with complex or treatment-resistant emotional and mental problems or disorders, often complicated by a history of trauma or difficulties in childhood and development. Much of his treatment approach is informed by his background and previous work experience.

Services in Mental Health: Consultation and Treatment

Medication management means the use of medication to alleviate symptoms of mental illness or maintain stability during recovery from illness. Although we rarely think of treatment in psychiatry in terms of “cure”, many persons with mental illness have been able to lead seemingly normal and symptom-free lives, even in the public eye, with the help of medications. Several celebrities and other famous personalities have recently gone public about their struggles with mental illness, overcome with the help of treatment. I will try to highlight some of these stories elsewhere on my website.

Psychotherapy is the use of talk and communication between patient and therapist to improve a patient’s condition and to facilitate recovery from mental illness, traumatic events, emotional difficulties, loss, etc. In my office, I provide psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups. Each of these therapy settings require a unique style and approach to the therapy process, and each can be rewarding in its own way. Most of my therapy patients see me from one to three times per week. Length of treatment can last anywhere from 2-3 sessions to as much as 2-3 years, or even longer.

For correspondence, my mailing address is:
145 Corte Madera Town Center, PMB 594
Corte Madera, CA 94925