Los Alamitos to Irvine, the county's 34 cities
A Psychiatrist for Orange County, by Video and Next Door
Secure video psychiatric care for all 34 Orange County cities, and a Long Beach office close to the county line for north county patients.
Video first, office if you like
34
cities in Orange County, from Aliso Viejo to Yorba Linda
69.0%
of Orange County adults aged 19 to 64 carry commercial coverage
17 min
by car from Los Alamitos City Hall, sampled at 7.41am on a Monday
Nearly 1/3
of Orange County residents covered by CalOptima Health, by its own count
In short
Psychiatric care for Orange County, without the 405 every time
We see Orange County patients for psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis and medication management, mostly by secure video. Our one office is in Long Beach near the county line, about 17 minutes from Los Alamitos at 7.41am on a Monday, so north county patients can come in. We bill commercial plans; we do not currently take CalOptima or other Medi-Cal managed care.
- Our office
- 3646 Long Beach Blvd # 205, Long Beach, CA 90807
- Hours
- Mon–Fri · 8 AM–6 PM (Pacific)
- Phone
- (818) 286-3862
Telehealth available across California, with new locations coming to Northern California.
Get directions →Paying for care
Commercial plans, CalOptima and self-pay in Orange County
We do not currently take Medi-Cal managed care. If that is your coverage, we are a self-pay option rather than a covered visit, and it is better to know that now than at the front desk. Self-pay is $250 for a 60-minute initial psychiatric evaluation and $150 for a 30-minute follow-up visit, and there is a sliding scale. Please ask.
We are in network with 19 commercial carriers, including Aetna, Anthem, Beacon Health Options, Carelon, Cigna and others, and you can check your own plan below before you book. TRICARE and TriWest are on that list, so service members, veterans and military families are billed like anyone else here.
Coverage across Orange County
In Orange County, 57.6 percent of adults aged 19 to 64 have employer-based coverage only and 11.4 percent buy their own plan, which puts 69.0 percent on commercial insurance.
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In the same age band, 15.2 percent rely on Medi-Cal or another means-tested program alone and 9.0 percent have no coverage.
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CalOptima Health, a public agency and county organized health system, offers Medi-Cal to its Orange County members and says it covers nearly one in three county residents through Medi-Cal, OneCare and PACE.
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Among adults aged 19 to 64, 51.4 percent in Santa Ana carry commercial coverage and 26.0 percent rely on Medi-Cal alone, against 78.5 percent and 9.5 percent in Irvine.
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In-network with your insurance
We're in-network with most major plans, so care stays affordable. Not sure about yours? Verify your coverage in about a minute, or we'll gladly check it for you.
No card to hand? Leave your name, phone number and email, tick “look it up for me”, and we'll do the checking. Self-pay & sliding-scale options are also available.
Plans we accept
Paying out of pocket?
Self-pay ratesClear, upfront self-pay rates. No surprises, no fine print. You’ll know the cost before your first visit.
Initial psychiatric evaluation
$250/ 1 hour
Follow-up visit
$150/ 30 min
Sliding-scale options are available. Just ask.
Getting care
Drives from Los Alamitos, Anaheim and Irvine
Drive times are Google's, sampled once at the hour each note names, in that hour's traffic. Peaks that were not sampled will run longer.
Seeing us by video
In Orange County, 95.0 percent of households have broadband of some kind and 3.3 percent have no internet access at home.
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California requires the clinician starting telehealth to explain it and to get and document the patient's verbal or written consent before it begins.
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The same section says agreeing to telehealth does not preclude a patient from receiving in-person care during that course of treatment.
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Driving to the office
From Los Alamitos City Hall at 3191 Katella Ave, Google's recommended route ran 7.4 miles via E Willow St and I-405 N and took about 17 minutes at 7.41am Pacific on Monday 26 October 2026, in the morning peak. Late-morning and evening traffic were not sampled.
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From Anaheim City Hall at 200 S Anaheim Blvd, Google's recommended route ran 24.9 miles via CA-22 W and I-405 N and took about 46 minutes at 7.41am Pacific on Monday 26 October 2026, in the morning peak. Late-morning and evening traffic were not sampled.
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From Irvine City Hall at 1 Civic Center Plaza, Google's recommended route ran 25.3 miles via I-405 N and took about 37 minutes at 7.41am Pacific on Monday 26 October 2026, in the morning peak. Late-morning and evening traffic were not sampled.
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The care
An Orange County visit, start to finish
This is a psychiatric practice. We diagnose, we manage medication, and we keep seeing you so the plan keeps fitting your life. We do not run therapy groups or weekly talk therapy.
Psychiatry Services
Comprehensive psychiatric care, including diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing management led by a board-certified provider.
Medication Management
Careful selection, monitoring, and adjustment of psychiatric medications to maximize benefit and minimize side effects.
Psychiatric Evaluation
A thorough first assessment to understand your history and symptoms and build an accurate diagnosis and plan.
The first appointment
Plan on about an hour. We ask what brought you in, what has and has not helped before, your health and current medications, and what you would like to feel different. You leave with a working diagnosis where one is clear, a plan, and the next visit already on the calendar.
Follow-ups are shorter. They come every few weeks while a plan settles and spread out once it holds, and any medication change is made one step at a time so its effect stays readable.
Video is the whole visit
A video appointment is a full psychiatric visit, not a lesser version. Evaluation, diagnosis and medication follow-up all happen on screen, from anywhere in California.
New patients see Irine Achuamang, a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. Dr. Cho provides collaborating physician oversight.
Where
North, central and south county
How Orange County is defined
The County of Orange lists 34 cities, from Aliso Viejo to Yorba Linda.
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Orange County had 3,165,820 residents in the Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 estimates.
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The county covers 792.9 square miles of land, about a fifth of the land in Los Angeles County.
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In the Census geocoder, Los Alamitos City Hall and Anaheim City Hall fall in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove county subdivision and Irvine City Hall in the Irvine-Lake Forest subdivision.
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Other places we hear from
Los Alamitos, Cypress and Seal Beach
Cities on the Long Beach side of the county; we timed the drive from Los Alamitos.
Anaheim, Fullerton and Buena Park
North-central Orange County, on the 5 and the 91.
Santa Ana and Garden Grove
Central Orange County, in the Census subdivision named for Anaheim, Santa Ana and Garden Grove.
Huntington Beach and Newport Beach
Coastal cities along Pacific Coast Highway, down the 405 from Long Beach.
Irvine and south county
From Irvine down to Mission Viejo, where we would start you on video.
Just over the county line
Our office is in Long Beach, close to the Orange County line. In a Monday sample at 7.41am, Los Alamitos City Hall was about 17 minutes from our door. Anaheim City Hall took about 46 minutes by the 22 and the 405, and Irvine City Hall about 37 minutes up the 405, so on that morning Irvine was the quicker of the two. Drives like those add up over months of follow-ups, so for Anaheim, Irvine and the rest of central and south Orange County, video is where we start.
The care does not change with the format. The same clinician, the same length of visit and the same careful approach apply whether you sit in our office or on your own sofa in Irvine.
Insurance first, because it decides a lot
Orange County is a strongly insured county. Close to seven in ten working-age adults carry commercial coverage, and our coverage check on this page will tell you quickly whether your plan is one we bill. CalOptima Health, the public county organized health system that offers Medi-Cal here, says it covers nearly one in three residents. We do not currently take Medi-Cal managed care, which includes CalOptima. If that is your coverage, CalOptima’s own Behavioral Health line is where it points members for mental health care, OC Links connects any resident to the county’s services, and we can still see you as a self-pay patient with a sliding scale.
North, central and south county are not the same place
Orange County lists 34 cities on about 793 square miles of land, roughly a fifth of the land in Los Angeles County, yet the differences inside it are large. Coverage is a good example. In Santa Ana, about half of working-age adults carry commercial insurance and a quarter rely on Medi-Cal alone. In Irvine, close to four in five carry commercial coverage and fewer than one in ten rely on Medi-Cal. That gap often decides whether your first call should be to us or to CalOptima’s Behavioral Health line.
Distance follows a similar line. The north county sits beside Long Beach, so an office visit is realistic from Los Alamitos. Our sampled drives from Anaheim and Irvine ran 46 and 37 minutes, and Mission Viejo and San Clemente lie further down the 5 again, so video is the sensible default for routine follow-ups there, with the office open on weekdays for the times you want it.
A minute of consent, then the visit
Before it starts, California asks us to explain telehealth and record your consent, which takes a minute. After that, the appointment is the same one we would hold across a desk in Long Beach.
Privacy at home
Orange County homes are well connected; Census figures put broadband in about 95 of every 100 households. The harder part is often privacy. A closed bedroom, a parked car or an empty office at work all do the job, as long as you can talk freely and you are in California during the visit.
If you need help between appointments
OC Links answers around the clock by phone and chat, and its clinicians can send a mobile crisis team. You can also call or text 988 at any hour. If you are in danger, call 911.
Orange County questions
Do you take CalOptima?
Not at this time. CalOptima Health offers Medi-Cal in Orange County, and we do not currently take Medi-Cal managed care. If CalOptima is your coverage, its own Behavioral Health line at 1-855-877-3885 is the first call for mental health care. We remain a self-pay option, with a sliding scale.
Is your office close to Orange County?
Close to the north of it. From Los Alamitos City Hall, Google's recommended route took about 17 minutes at 7.41am on a Monday, in the morning peak. Anaheim City Hall was about 46 minutes away and Irvine City Hall about 37. For the rest of the county, video visits remove the drive altogether.
Can I start on video and come in later?
Yes. Under California's telehealth law, agreeing to video does not preclude in-person care later in the same treatment, so you can move to the Long Beach office if that suits you better.
Do you have an office in Orange County?
No. Our one office is in Long Beach, near the county line. Orange County patients see us there or by video.
Who can I call at night in Orange County?
OC Links answers by phone and chat around the clock, and its clinicians can send a mobile crisis team. The 988 Lifeline also answers at any hour.
How do I check whether my plan covers you?
Use the coverage check on this page, or ask when our office calls to confirm your appointment. If CalOptima is your plan, see the CalOptima answer above.
Public resources
Orange County's own behavioral health help
Listed because they are useful. We have no referral arrangement with any of them.
CalOptima Health tells members who want help with mental or behavioral health care to call its Behavioral Health line, toll-free at 1-855-877-3885 (TTY 711), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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OC Links, the Orange County Health Care Agency's free and confidential line at (855) 625-4657, connects residents to county behavioral health services by phone or live chat, 24 hours a day.
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OC Links calls are answered by licensed clinicians and trained behavioral health staff, who can refer callers or send a mobile crisis team.
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The county says its crisis services run 24 hours a day, every day of the year, for people of all ages.
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The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline answers calls, texts and chats from Orange County at any hour.
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Begin on video, wherever you are in the county
Request a time online and we will phone you to confirm. North county patients can choose the Long Beach office instead.