NE Behavioral Health

Psychotherapy

Olga Arrufat-Tobon, LCSW sees patients for psychotherapy at UW Northeast Family Medicine. She provides short-term/culturally competent counseling for the individual, families and couples. She also provides mental health/crisis intervention services by phone or face- to- face. In addition, she works closely with residents and she is a valuable resource to answer any behavioral health questions. Olga accepts most insurance except: Dean, Unity-MA, Physician-Plus-MA or some commercial insurance that requires pre-authorization. Contact Olga for direct referral for counseling.

Bethany Garcia, PsyD is another provider who provides therapy and counseling at Northeast who joined the team this last year.

Psychiatry

Julie Nielsen-Witkovsky, a consulting psychiatrist, is available on a limited basis, seeing patients for one afternoon session each month. She evaluates pediatric as well as adult patients. Dr. Nielsen accepts most insurance.

Jantina Vonk, a consulting psychiatrist provides consultation and follow-up visits, every Tuesday afternoon for adult patients at the UW Northeast clinic. She also works at The Journey Mental clinic. Dr. Vonk accepts most insurance except Dean and GHC. Unity-MA and Physician Plus-MA require pre-authorization.

If you have a patient who would benefit from a one-time consult or short term medication evaluation and management, please contact Olga Arrufat-Tobon to schedule an appointment with Dr. Nielsen-Witokvosky or Dr. Jantina Vonk.

Primary Care Behavioral Health Collaborative

This program is designed to be short term therapy for depression and/or anxiety. However, there are occasions where Olga or Bethany do “bridge” treatment for patients due to problems with access to behavioral health care both in the community and within UW. Through this program, a patient will receive therapy, and a consulting psychiatrist will review the case and make medical recommendations. If you have any questions about whether a patient would be a good candidate for this program, don’t hesitate to send them an Re:patient message.