Dr. Rachel Weinstock is a compassionate psychologist who treats children, adolescents, and adults. She specializes in evidence-based, culturally-sensitive cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and enjoys integrating approaches from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Dr. Weinstock is especially passionate about using CBT with exposure and response prevention (ERP) to help individuals navigate anxiety and related challenges, including OCD and selective mutism. She finds great joy in helping clients and their families approach previously feared situations with newfound confidence. She is licensed in Maryland and the District of Columbia and is PsyPact authorized to provide telehealth services in all PsyPact participating states.
Dr. Weinstock earned her PhD from Georgia State University where she focused her research on associations between parenting behaviors and youth anxiety. She completed her predoctoral internship in the Behavior Management and Child and Family Therapy clinics at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. During her predoctoral internship training, Dr. Weinstock provided evidence-based individual, family, and parent-focused services for children and families with a wide range of concerns, including behavioral dysregulation, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Anxiety Disorders Program at Children's National Hospital, where she specialized in the treatment of children and adolescents with concerns including OCD, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, selective mutism, and separation anxiety disorder. She has provided individual, family-based, parent-focused, and group therapy and assessment services in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient, hospital, and intensive outpatient programs.
Outside of the office, Dr. Weinstock enjoys vegetarian cooking, practicing yoga, and traveling with her husband.
