Black Female Psychiatrist, Dr. Alecia Greenlee. Online therapy in California for BIPOC & Urban Women can help you manage anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Alecia Greenlee MD, MPH

Integrative Cultural Psychiatry for Black Women & Melanin-Rich Communities

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Let Your Mental Health Journey Begin

There's a particular kind of wisdom that comes from walking between worlds – from being both healer and human, from navigating elite institutions while carrying generations of ancestral knowing in your bones.

As a psychiatrist trained in those marble halls of UCSF, Harvard, and University of Chicago, I've learned that true healing happens in the spaces between – between the scientific and sacred, between ancestral wisdom and modern medicine, between what we show the world and what we hold within.

Integrative Mental Health Treatment: Blending Modern Medicine & Cultural Wisdom

My approach weaves together the reproductive, lifestyle, and integrative psychiatry with the respect for cultural wisdom. Like a tapestry, each thread serves its purpose:

The evidence-based practices that ground us.
The ancient healing traditions & family work that honors our connections.
The narrative approaches that help us reclaim our stories
The reproductive health connection that acknowledges how our physical body impacts our mental health.

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Here, healing isn't just about alleviating symptoms – it's about writing a new story. One where your achievements don't come at the cost of your peace. Where your professional success flows from your personal truth. Where your mental health journey honors both your struggles and your strength.

Black Women's Mental Health: Breaking Free from the Superwoman Syndrome

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Perhaps you've worn it too – that invisible cape of expectations. The one that whispers, "be stronger, work harder, and smile." I see you, carrying the weight of excellence while navigating spaces not built with you in mind.

In our work together, we create space to:

Dig deeply into the questions that keep you awake

Untangle the threads of generational patterns
Find strength in vulnerability
Build boundaries that honor your spirit
Transform wounds into wisdom

In this space, we acknowledge that sometimes the heaviest burdens are the ones society tells us we shouldn't feel. The exhaustion of code-switching. The weight of representing an entire community. The careful calculations before speaking your truth in rooms where you're the "only one."

Cultural Trauma & Anxiety Treatment: A Path to Authentic Healing

As someone who has navigated these waters – from being a first-generation college student to building a practice that centers our community's needs – I bring both professional expertise and personal understanding to our work. My training equips me with tools, but it's our shared journey of understanding that creates true healing.

What if your next chapter could be different?

What if healing could feel like coming home to yourself?

In this space, your experiences are validated, your struggles are honored, and your path to wellness is uniquely yours.

“Here, you don’t have to shrink or explain or justify. Here, you can simply be – in all your complexity, with all your questions, carrying all your dreams. Let’s explore what healing looks like when you’re truly seen, heard, and understood.”

— Alecia Greenlee, MD, MPH