Psychiatric care for Los Angeles residents.

Serving Los Angeles via telehealth

Los Angeles has no shortage of psychiatric providers — but availability is another matter. Wait times for new patient appointments can stretch months. Umbrella Mental Health serves adults throughout LA County via telehealth: no commute across the city, no traffic, no parking structure.

Whether you're in Downtown LA, the Westside, the Valley, Long Beach, or anywhere in between, all you need is a device with a camera, internet access, and a private space for your appointment.

Services available to Los Angeles patients

• Psychiatric evaluations — 60-minute comprehensive initial evaluations
• Medication management — 30-minute ongoing follow-up appointments
• Treatment planning — individualized, structured care plans
• Supportive psychiatric care — long-term relationship-based care

Conditions treated include ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, and insomnia.

Why telehealth psychiatry works especially well in Los Angeles

Getting to a psychiatric appointment in Los Angeles — finding a provider who's taking new patients, making it across town, parking, and getting back — adds up to a significant time and energy cost. For many people, that friction is enough to delay care indefinitely. Telehealth removes most of it.

A secure video appointment requires a private space, a device with a camera, and a working internet connection. The clinical substance is the same as in-person care. California's telehealth parity law requires most insurance plans to cover telehealth psychiatric visits at the same rate as in-person appointments — so cost is generally not a reason to choose in-person over telehealth.

Telehealth also works well for patients with unpredictable schedules, those who work long hours in demanding environments, and anyone whose condition — anxiety, ADHD, depression — makes navigating logistics harder on difficult days. The goal is to make care easier to access, not harder.

Getting psychiatric care in Los Angeles

Los Angeles County has roughly 10 million residents and a significant shortage of outpatient psychiatrists accepting new patients on commercial insurance. Wait times for a first in-person psychiatric appointment commonly run six to twelve weeks. Many providers maintain closed panels or operate on private pay only, with session rates that reflect that reality.

The shortage is concentrated in communities without concierge-priced private practices: working adults in the Valley, residents in East LA, patients in Long Beach or Inglewood who aren't within easy reach of a Westside office. Even patients with good insurance often find that most in-network providers have stopped taking new patients.

Telehealth doesn't fix the psychiatrist shortage, but it removes geography from the equation. A patient in Pomona can see the same provider as someone in Santa Monica. Time spent commuting becomes time available for the rest of the day. That's a real change in access, not a cosmetic one.

Conditions commonly evaluated and treated

Anxiety and depression. The most common reasons adults seek psychiatric care, and they frequently occur together. Anxiety can look like persistent worry that doesn't respond to reasoning, difficulty sleeping, physical tension, or avoidance of situations that used to be manageable. Depression often feels like flatness more than sadness — low motivation, difficulty concentrating, fatigue that doesn't lift with rest. Treatment typically involves medication, often alongside therapy, with regular follow-up to adjust as needed.

ADHD. Adults with ADHD often arrive having spent years developing workarounds: elaborate organizational systems, relying on last-minute pressure, managing inconsistent performance at work. Evaluation covers current symptoms and history, since ADHD in adults can look quite different than it did in childhood. A thorough evaluation determines whether the presentation fits ADHD and what treatment makes sense.

Bipolar disorder and mood disorders. Mood cycles that include periods of elevated energy, reduced sleep, impulsivity, or rapid thinking — followed by depressive episodes — warrant careful evaluation. Bipolar disorder is frequently underdiagnosed because the elevated phases don't always register as a problem. Medication management for bipolar disorder requires ongoing monitoring, particularly early in treatment.

PTSD, OCD, and insomnia. All three respond well to psychiatric evaluation and medication management as part of a broader treatment plan. Each has a specific medication profile and often benefits from coordination with a therapist trained in the relevant approach. See the condition-specific pages for detail.

Areas served in Los Angeles County

Umbrella Mental Health accepts patients located anywhere in California at the time of their appointment, including throughout Los Angeles County:

Downtown LA, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Culver City, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Long Beach, Torrance, Inglewood, Compton, East Los Angeles, Alhambra, Whittier, El Monte, Pomona, the San Fernando Valley, and surrounding communities.

The requirement is that the patient be physically located in California during the appointment. There is no geographic limitation within the state.

Insurance accepted for Los Angeles patients

Accepted plans: Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross California, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Optum, Oxford, Quest Behavioral Health, and UnitedHealthcare. Don't see your plan? Call (323) 970-2625. See insurance details.

How to get started

1. Request an appointment using the booking link below
2. Receive a confirmation within one business day
3. Complete a brief intake form before your appointment

Your first appointment is 60 minutes. Bring a list of current medications. Prior records are useful but not required.

What to expect at your first appointment

Your first appointment is 60 minutes. The provider reviews your current symptoms, how long they've been present, your psychiatric and medical history, any medications you've tried before, relevant family history, sleep, and how you're functioning day to day. The goal is a complete clinical picture — not a check-box intake.

By the end of the appointment, you'll have a working diagnosis and a proposed treatment plan. The next step might be a prescription, a follow-up to gather more information, a referral to a therapist, or some combination. The reasoning behind those decisions gets explained. You'll leave knowing what the provider found, why, and what comes next.

Bring a list of current medications, including any supplements. Prior records are useful if you have them, but not required. If you've seen other providers before and it didn't go well, that's worth mentioning — it's clinically relevant.

Medication management — what ongoing care looks like

Follow-up appointments are 30 minutes. How often depends on where you are in treatment: monthly at first while a medication is being established, then every two to three months once things are stable.

Each appointment covers how the medication is working, any side effects, and whether the dose or timing needs adjusting. The provider tracks patterns across visits, not just how you're doing that day. If something isn't working, the conversation about why happens at the appointment — not in a portal message.

Medication decisions get explained. You'll know what the provider is recommending, what the alternatives are, and what to watch for before the next visit.