Psychiatry
Goucher College B.A. Phi Beta Kappa
University of Maryland Medical School M.D.
Dr. Sokal has been in private practice for over twenty years. She has also worked in agencies specializing in foster care, residential treatment for seriously emotionally disturbed adolescent girls, outpatient community mental health clinics, and several schools for children and teens with emotional issues. She has been active in the Maryland Psychiatric Society and was President for a year.
Dr Sokal Is available to provide psychiatric services for children, adolescents, young adults, adults and the senior population. When completing psychiatric evaluations, she addresses the issue of probable diagnoses and whether medication is a good option. She considers both past and present issues that may be contributing to the symptoms as well as any biological factors. In providing medication monitoring, she pays attention to ongoing issues and sorts out whether the issues need to be addressed in therapy as versus by changing the medication dose or type of medication. I provide support and help maintain medication compliance.
She is experienced in working with the following mental health issues
- Depression/Mood Disorders
- Anxiety
- Stress/Burnout
- Loss/Bereavement
- Life Changes/Transitions
- Relationships
- Trauma/PTSD
- Homosexuality/Gender Identity
- Menopause
Certifications: Board Certified in Adult as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Two years of psychodynamic psychotherapy training at the Psychoanalytic Institute for Children and Adolescents
Memberships in professional organizations: Maryland Psychiatric Society, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, and Maryland Regional Council of Children and Adolescents.
