About Us

Blossom Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Blossom Center for Integrative Psychiatry was borne of the understanding that treating mental health requires treating the entire person. We offer a broad range of services to address mental, emotional, and physical well-being in order to help our patients grow and overcome their challenges.


Meet
Dr. Mao

Integrative Psychiatry

I have always been interested in people and in what creates both meaning and suffering in their lives. To understand that question, I have explored many educational paths over time, including humanities, economics, medicine and ethics. As a medical student, I found psychiatry to be the discipline that really got to the heart of the matter. As a practicing psychiatrist, I have seen these fundamental issues unfold time and time again: Why do I feel the way that I feel? How can I become the person that I want to be?

I believe that at its best, psychiatric treatment is a partnership. My goal is to help my patients better understand themselves to become informed and efficacious authors of their own stories.

Education and Training

  • George Washington University, BA/MD Program, BS in Economics

  • George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences

  • George Washington University, Psychiatry Residency

  • George Washington University, Residency Fellowship in Health Policy

  • University of New England, Acumed Integrated Structural Acupuncture Course for Physicians

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certification in Psychiatry

Awards and Scholarship

  • Summa cum laude, George Washington University

  • Departmental Honors in Economics, George Washington University

  • Washington DC Academy of Medicine Annual Bioethics Essay Contest Winner

  • If. cream city review, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Issue 40.2

  • AMA Journal of Ethics, Conley Ethics Essay Contest, Honorable Mention

  • AMA Journal of Ethics, editor, Ethics in Mental Health and Oncology

  • George Washington Confucius Institute Shih Scholarship, 2018

  • Jerry M. Weiner Award in Psychiatry, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences

  • George Washington Confucius Institute Shih Scholarship, 2021

  • "Dr. Mao clearly cared deeply about her patient's well-being and improvement, striving to further develop insights in our supervision discussions to take back to the therapy sessions. I believe she will continue to develop her knowledge throughout her career, greatly benefiting those patients who choose to work with her.”

    Dr. Christian Linton, MD, psychoanalyst

  • "Dr. Mao is an excellent psychiatrist with great qualities that are required for a caring and professional physician. We were so lucky have her in our team."

    Elham Bayat, MD

    Associate Professor of Neurology, GWU

    Director of John J Kelly ALS Clinic

  • "Dr. Weisheng Mao consulted with me about her therapy cases during her psychiatry residency; in my view she is a diligent and empathic therapist.”

    Dr. J David Miller, MD, psychoanalyst

  • "Both the members of our therapy group and I feel gratitude and admiration for Dr. Mao’s clinical skills and dependability in the role of co-therapist. Dr. Mao is committed to being an strong advocate for group therapy services and to becoming a skilled and experience group therapist practitioner".

    Robert Schulte, MSW, CGP


Meet
Andrea

Integrative Psychiatry

As Manager of the Blossom Center, I strive to provide my patients with the care and attention they require. Holistic care has always been at the core of my personal and professional path, including through traditional nutrition, meditation, martial arts, yoga, and qi gong. The Blossom Center is the result of a vision to provide adequate mental care to those who need it.