About Dr. Parsa Ravanfar
Training and Background
I am a psychiatrist and psychotherapist based in Brookline, Massachusetts. My training spans clinical psychiatry, psychotherapy, and neuroscience research.
Current Fellowship. I am currently completing subspecialty fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. While my private practice focuses on adult patients, the depth and breadth of fellowship training continues to inform my clinical work, particularly with young adults navigating developmental transitions.
Psychiatry Residency. I completed general psychiatry residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where I trained across inpatient, outpatient, consultation-liaison, and emergency psychiatry settings, with particular focus on integrated medication management and psychotherapy.
Doctoral Research. I hold a PhD in biological psychiatry from the University of Melbourne, Australia. My research focused on the neurobiology of psychiatric illness, and this training continues to shape how I read the literature, evaluate emerging treatments, and think carefully about diagnosis.
Clinical Philosophy
I believe psychiatry is at its best when it makes time for careful listening. Symptoms matter, but so does the context in which they arise: a person's history, relationships, cultural background, work, and the meanings they have made of their experiences. Medication, when indicated, is an important and often essential tool, and it tends to work best when integrated with thoughtful psychotherapy.
My approach draws on psychodynamic psychotherapy, which takes seriously the inner life and the ways earlier relationships shape current ones. I also draw on cognitive, behavioral, and supportive techniques as clinically indicated. When medication is part of treatment, I aim for evidence-based, conservative prescribing that considers the whole person.
Professional Memberships
American Psychiatric Association
American Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
American Psychoanalysis Association
Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
About Dr. Parsa Ravanfar
Training and Background
I am a psychiatrist and psychotherapist based in Brookline, Massachusetts. My training spans clinical psychiatry, psychotherapy, and neuroscience research.
Current Fellowship. I am currently completing subspecialty fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. While my private practice focuses on adult patients, the depth and breadth of fellowship training continues to inform my clinical work, particularly with young adults navigating developmental transitions.
Psychiatry Residency. I completed general psychiatry residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where I trained across inpatient, outpatient, consultation-liaison, and emergency psychiatry settings, with particular focus on integrated medication management and psychotherapy.
Doctoral Research. I hold a PhD in biological psychiatry from the University of Melbourne, Australia. My research focused on the neurobiology of psychiatric illness, and this training continues to shape how I read the literature, evaluate emerging treatments, and think carefully about diagnosis.
Clinical Philosophy
I believe psychiatry is at its best when it makes time for careful listening. Symptoms matter, but so does the context in which they arise: a person's history, relationships, cultural background, work, and the meanings they have made of their experiences. Medication, when indicated, is an important and often essential tool, and it tends to work best when integrated with thoughtful psychotherapy.
My approach draws on psychodynamic psychotherapy, which takes seriously the inner life and the ways earlier relationships shape current ones. I also draw on cognitive, behavioral, and supportive techniques as clinically indicated. When medication is part of treatment, I aim for evidence-based, conservative prescribing that considers the whole person.
Professional Memberships
American Psychiatric Association
American Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
American Psychoanalysis Association
Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
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