Alecia Greenlee, MD
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Women’s Psychiatrist. Centering Your Story.
Your Story Is Where Our Work Begins.
UNDERSTANDING IT IS WHERE CHANGE HAPPENS
Too many women are feeling dismissed and not heard. The woman who is "doing fine" on paper, whose exhaustion is chalked up to stress. The mother whose cyclical symptoms get waved off as part and parcel of the times. The executive who has been told her ADHD isn't "real" because she's successful.
Many are carrying the weight of perfectionism, the pressure to constantly prove to themselves, and the physical symptoms that speak what they have not been able to say aloud.
Despite their achievements, they go to bed feeling invalidated, replaying their in their heads, sleepless again.
I work with women who have spent years holding everything together while feeling internally unclear, overwhelmed, or disconnected. The systems are built on simple instruction: think, do not feel, and deliver. Feelings were cast as obstacles to outputs. Something to disconnect from in the name of optimal performance.
“Diagnosis matters, but it is often not the most important thing in the room. Your story is.”
As a practicing psychiatrist, I know that emotional and relational capacities are necessities to thrive. They are the foundation of healthy families, and the bedrock of strong organizations.
My work is about helping you strengthen these capacities. To think and feel at the same time. To understand what is happening internally, not just manage what is visible externally. To act in alignment with your values.
Even when life feels overwhelming. Even when your values conflict with each other. To move through that complexity with clarity, instead of over-functioning or staying in control.
Over time, my approach has shifted. Diagnosis matters, but it is often not the most important thing in the room. Your story is. Whether you are navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, PMDD, or other hormonal mood changes, you deserve care that slows down enough to understand you. Not just manage symptoms, but understand you clearly.
You are here because you know, even if quietly, that change is necessary and possible.
Cultivating a Different Kind of Practice
I founded Bloom & Build Integrative Psychiatry to offer a different kind of psychiatric care. Much of medicine, including psychiatry, has been built on research that did not center women.
My fellowship and clinical focus have deepened my understanding of how reproductive hormones impact mood, how ADHD presents differently in women, and how these factors influence relationship patterns, career decisions, and sense of self.
That perspective informs my work with every patient, not only the women I treat. Care here begins with active listening and asking clarifying therapeutic questions. We include your relationships, physical health, and the systems you are navigating to garner understanding beyond a diagnosis.
These details are a part of the clinical landscape.
What Working With Me Looks Like
The first appointment is extensive. Either 60 or 90 minutes, a decision we make together during our screening call based on your needs.
I want to understand how you got here, what you have tried, who you are when you are well, and the challenges that you are currently facing. We will talk about your medical history, mental health history, lifestyle, relationships, and how you are hoping I can be helpful to you.
I take notes. I think out loud. I ask questions your previous clinicians may not have asked.
Maybe you will laugh during our session. Maybe you will cry.
No matter what, you will be seen and heard.
Appointment Structure At A Glance
First visit
60 or 90 min
Decided together during our screening call
Therapy
60 min
Usually weekly or biweekly
Medication
30 to 60 min
Monthly at first, then every 1 to 3 months
After the first visit, the shape of our work depends on what we are doing together. For patients doing both therapy and medication with me, we meet for 60 minutes and fold both into the same visit.
Location
Downtown Campbell
+ telehealth across California
Insurance
Out-of-network
Superbills provided
For current session rates and billing details, see Services + Fees →
I prescribe when prescribing is the right call, and I am honest when it is not. I often treat patients who have been medicated for years without anyone asking whether the medication is actually doing what they hoped. Part of my work is helping you evaluate that.
For some patients, therapy is part of what we do together. For others, I provide medication management while they work with a therapist elsewhere, and I collaborate with that therapist when it helps your care.
My Education & Training
- Bachelor's Degree: California State University, Sacramento
- Medical Degree: University of California San Francisco
- Psychiatry Residency: Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School
- Master of Public Health: University of California Berkeley
- Consultation Liaison Psychiatry & Maclean Medical Ethics Fellowships: University of Chicago
- Family Therapy Intensive Training - Certification
- Reproductive Integrative Fellowship - Certification
- Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry - Member
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine - Member