Virginia Beach, Virginia
Anxiety Treatment in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach holds down deployments at Oceana and Dam Neck, runs a seasonal oceanfront economy, and waits on the same Hampton Roads psychiatric lists as everyone else. Spouse stress, reintegration friction, and tourist season burnout all get carried quietly because the systems that could help feel like systems that could see you. When worry runs most days for months and starts steering decisions, that's a treatable condition. shrinkMD brings evidence based anxiety treatment to Virginia Beach as soon as availability allows, by secure video.
Medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA, board certified psychiatrist · Published June 7, 2026 · Last reviewed July 7, 2026 · Editorial policy
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Why shrinkMD
Made to fit life in Virginia Beach
We sit outside every system that worries a military household: nothing billed to TRICARE or any insurer, records only with written authorization, and adult family members, veterans, and civilians seen within days.
Care flexes with deployments and tourist season alike, heavier during workups and the summer crush, lighter otherwise, by video from Great Neck to Kempsville to Sandbridge.
What's included
From spiral to skills
The work begins by mapping your specific pattern, when the worry spikes, what it costs your sleep and your decisions, and whether panic, social fear, or constant background dread leads the picture. That map decides the plan: medication when it earns its place, typically helping within two to six weeks, and skills training matched to your pattern, exposure for avoidance, interoceptive work for panic, containment for rumination.
Every follow up measures your progress on validated scales, every two to four weeks while we tune, then monthly or quarterly as you stabilize. You learn tools that work in real time, in traffic, before meetings, at 3 a.m., and the plan keeps adjusting until the numbers and your life both say better. No controlled substances, stated before you book.
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Care and next steps in Virginia Beach
Frequently asked questions
Good questions, clear answers
Do you serve all of Hampton Roads?
Identically, Virginia Beach through Chesapeake and Norfolk, under the same Virginia coverage.
Does anything reach TRICARE or Navy systems?
No. We bill no insurance at all, no claims exist, and nothing reaches military systems unless you authorize records in writing.
What if it's anxiety and depression together?
Common, and treatable together. The evaluation maps both, and first line treatments overlap enough that one coherent plan usually covers the pair.
My anxiety is mostly physical symptoms. Is that normal?
Extremely. Racing heart, chest tightness, stomach trouble, and dizziness are anxiety's most common costumes, and we screen carefully in both directions before treating.
Why do you not prescribe Xanax or other benzodiazepines?
Because they relieve an hour and reinforce the disorder, with real dependence risk. The durable path, SSRIs or SNRIs plus skills, actually shrinks anxiety, and that's what we practice.
About Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach is home to about 456,000 people, the largest city in Virginia. It's the site of Naval Air Station Oceana, the Navy's East Coast master jet base. Our patients here range across military families, active-duty service members, veterans, and professionals.
Serving Virginia Beach
Care should reach every corner of Virginia Beach. As a coastal city on the Atlantic in Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach stretches from Town Center, First Landing State Park, and the resort area, and shrinkMD brings board-certified telepsychiatry to all of it by secure video, with the same psychiatrist over time.
What it costs
Transparent, published pricing
Our self-pay prices are the same in every state where we practice. No insurance billing, and no surprise statement later.
| Service | Self-pay price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Initial evaluation | From $295 | A full 50 to 60 minute evaluation, diagnosis, and written plan. |
| Follow-up visits | $110 to $215 | Per visit, depending on length and complexity. Member rates are lower. |
| Membership (optional) | $49 per month | Priority scheduling, member rates, and the Unstuck and QuitScrolling apps. First month free. |
Your care team
Who you will see
Your care is delivered by shrinkMD clinicians, and you keep the same one over time. You meet by secure video with a clinician licensed in your state.
- Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA, founder and board certified psychiatrist (ABPN), dual board certified in psychiatry and in sports and performance psychiatry.
- Matthew George, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, dual board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with more than two decades of clinical experience.
Learn more
More from a trusted source: Anxiety Disorders - National Institute of Mental Health.
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Call 1-877-747-4656 now, appointments are available as soon as availability allows for Virginia Beach residents, by secure video from home.
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