Ruth A Arbit, LCSWC MS| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
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Ruth A Arbit

Ruth A Arbit, LCSWC MS
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Psychiatry

Languages: English

Clinical areas of focus

  • Case Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Mental Health Assessment
  • Parenting Classes
  • Suicide Intervention
  • Trauma Therapy
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Aggressive Behavior
  • Agoraphobia
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Antisocial Behavior
  • Anxiety
  • Appearance And Behavior Symptoms
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Behavior Problems In Children
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Body Region Injury
  • Child Abuse
  • Child Speech Disorders
  • Compulsive Behavior
  • Conduct Disorders
  • Depression In Children
  • Depressive Episode
  • Disorders Of Social Functioning
  • Divorce Counseling
  • Domestic Violence
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Disorders
  • Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
  • Family Conflict
  • Fear Of Public Speaking
  • Impulse Control Disorder
  • Insomnia
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Maternal Diseases
  • Mental Health Counseling
  • Mental Health In Pregnancy
  • Panic Attacks
  • Personal Risk Factors
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorder
  • Phobia
  • Problems Related To Upbringing
  • Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
  • Relationship Issues
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Skills Training
  • Substance Abuse
  • Suicidal Thought
  • Trauma Counseling
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Procedures I perform

  • Addiction Recovery Coaching
  • Alcohol Abuse Counseling
  • Anxiety Management
  • Assisted Living Placement
  • Assistive Technology Evaluation
  • Behavioral Modification
  • Benefit Verification
  • Caregiver Support And Counseling
  • Case Consultation
  • Case Management
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Communication Tool Development
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Counseling For Chronic Illness
  • Crisis Management
  • Depression Counseling
  • Dream Analysis
  • Executive Coaching
  • Existential Group Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
  • Family Counseling For Divorce
  • Family Education
  • Family Mediation
  • Geriatric Anxiety Counseling
  • Grief Counseling
  • Group Therapy
  • Health Promotion Counseling
  • Mental Health Assessment
  • Mental Wellness Programs
  • Mentorship Program
  • Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
  • Methodology Development
  • Movement Analysis And Training
  • Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
  • Pain Medication Management
  • Parenting Classes
  • Pediatric Advocacy
  • Play Therapy
  • Psychiatric Social Work
  • Psychological Evaluation
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Relationship Therapy
  • Risk Assessment
  • Self-Care Counseling
  • Social Skills Training
  • Stress Reduction
  • Suicide Intervention
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Violence Prevention Counseling
  • Wellness And Prevention
  • Wellness Fitness
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Practice locations

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2115 Wisconsin Ave NW
Ste 200
Washington, DC, 20007

202-944-5400
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Fax 855-771-6849

Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • IH-POS
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • United Student Resources
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Choice POS II
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Employee Health Plan
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • HighMark
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Sentara Health
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • TRICARE East Select
    • Optimum Choice
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Network OA
    • Aetna Basic
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Aetna HMO
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • IH-POS Plus
    • IH-PPO
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • Medicare FFS
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • POS OA
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Beech Street PPO
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • First Health PPO
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Medicare Direct
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • IH-HMO
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • CIGNA EPO
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • UHC Passport
    • Choice POS
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • First Health PPO
    • Navigate
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • IH-Open POS II
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • OA Plus
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage

Education

Graduate: Columbia University (2012)