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Let's Get To Better
By Getting To Whole First
Whole First Psychiatry is a Full Service Adult & Child Psychiatry Practice built around the idea that our modern living makes it hard for us to secure critical inputs that are essential for emotional wellness.
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At Whole First we don't stop at taking inventory of your symptoms and treating with medication.
We also have the option to take a deeper dive to explore all of your inputs for wellness (eg nutritional status, gut health, connection quotient, etc) from a functional and integrative lens to help OPTIMIZE all of your body's building blocks for emotional wellness.
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We are an OUT OF NETWORK practice offering psychiatric care for children and adults on-site in our Bethesda location and via tele-psychiatry to patients residing ANYWHERE in DC, MD, and VA.
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Address
6917 Arlington Rd
Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone
301-579-0818
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Whole First Psychiatry
Private Practice
We are conveniently located in Bethesda, MD and offer some evening and weekend appointments.
We routinely evaluate and treat symptoms related to:
-Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders
-Anxiety Disorders
-Depression
-Trauma Disorders
-Mood Disorders
-Autism Spectrum Disorders
-Post-viral Psychiatric Symptoms
-MORE
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Services Include:
-Traditional Psychiatric Medication Management
-Integrative Psychiatry Root Cause Evaluation & Treatment
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Meet Dr. Rene Stokes, MD, MPH
Dr Stokes is a board-certified Adult and Child Psychiatrist with well over a decade of experience working in outpatient settings, inpatient psychiatric settings, school-based mental health settings , forensic settings, and MORE. Dr Stokes has been designated a Washingtonian Top Doc in 2019 and 2020 and Maryland Magazine Top Doc in 2025.
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Dr Stokes completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University and then went on to medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr Stokes completed Adult Psychiatry Residency and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, MD.
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Dr Stokes additionally has Integrative and Functional Psychiatry Training and uses that to explore psychiatric symptoms through a root cause lens. Dr Stokes is a therapist at heart, and folds into all of her sessions elements of psychotherapy modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), trauma-focused CBT and Polyvagal Theory.
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Dr Stokes has cared for patients of all ages across every corner of our mental healthcare system and brings all of that expertise to the Whole First Psychiatry Private Practice where she is able to provide services​ in both English and Spanish.
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Dr Stokes also helps children, adults, parents, and organizations build cohesion, optimize daily functioning & wellness, and improve productivity through her wellness educational brand GOOD IN GOOD OUT LIVING. Dr Stokes personally curates solutions that meet you right where you are and highlight the pathway to BETTER.
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From Fortune 500 companies to law firms, and local schools, I've partnered with all sorts of organizations as well as individuals and families to curate unique pathways to wholeness and wellness.
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Let us begin crafting your journey to BETTER today!
Check Out Dr Stokes' Books
Dr Stokes' first Book Parenting The Whole First Way takes a look at the youth mental health crisis as a function of a crisis in access to inputs for emotional wellness born out of our typical modern living.
Dr Stokes' second book Adulting The Whole First Way (to be released in 2026) takes a look at the mental health challenges of modern day adulting with actionable steps included to reclaim what "normal" takes away from us all.
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Parenting The Whole First Way is Available on Amazon below!
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Address
6917 Arlington Rd
Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone
301-579-0818