Annabelle Dampier, MD, Joins Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center in Washington State
Annabelle Dampier, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, has joined the leadership team at Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center in Washington state. With treatment centers In Seattle and Bellevue, Pathlight treats children, teens and adults with primary mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders.
Dr. Dampier adheres to a clinical style inclusive of cultural identity. Her areas of clinical expertise include medical management and support therapy for adults, children and adolescents. She collaborates with individuals and families to help identify specific treatment goals and comprehensively uses both medicine and therapy to attain these goals.
"I'm tremendously excited for the opportunity to join Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center to work in a team-based environment and get to treat patients from diverse backgrounds," Dr. Dampier said.
Dr. Dampier is a graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine where she obtained a M.D. Subsequently, she completed a General Psychiatry residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Dampier further enhanced her expertise by completing a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Fellowship at University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital. During her tenure at both, Dr. Dampier conducted research, trained clinicians and published in the area of Cultural Psychiatry.
Pathlight offers comprehensive treatment for anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder; mood disorders such as major depressive disorder; and trauma-related conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder. Pathlight bridges the gap between acute psychiatric treatment and weekly outpatient therapy by offering higher levels of care: Residential, Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) treatment. An all too common scenario for patients suffering from mental illness is having an emergency psychiatric event that brings them to the ER, followed by a short stay in an inpatient psychiatric stabilization setting, then being discharged back to outpatient therapy visits only to repeat the cycle again in the future. Pathlight interrupts that cycle of crisis care by providing evidence-based, individualized treatment that supports the patient and their family in building the skills and tools they need to make lasting change for the better.