Compassionate, Personalized Mental Health Care
Kristen Lee MD, UCLA Trained Psychiatrist
Welcome
I’m Dr. Kristen Lee, a UCLA-trained, board-certified psychiatrist based in Santa Monica. My work is grounded in over 12 years of medical and psychiatric education and training.
Before becoming a psychiatrist, I served as a U.S. Army combat medic attached to a bomb squad, providing frontline care in high-pressure, life-and-death situations. That experience deeply shapes my calm, nonjudgmental, and trauma-informed approach to care.
I provide evidence-based, personalized mental health treatment that integrates therapy, medication management, and holistic strategies. This can include nutritional and lifestyle approaches alongside traditional Western psychiatry, so we can address both mind and body. My goal is to help you move toward stability, resilience, and a renewed sense of balance.
My Experience
In addition to my private practice, I have worked in Partial Hospitalization/Intensive Outpatient Programs (PHP/IOP) and in street psychiatry, providing care to unhoused individuals living in shelters, on the streets, and in encampments. These settings allow me to offer nuanced, flexible treatment whether you’re looking for ongoing support or navigating an acute crisis.
I also have extensive experience treating OCD and OCD spectrum disorders across a wide range of subtypes, such as contamination, harm, relationship, hoarding, pedophilic OCD, postpartum OCD, etc. Treatment may include exposure and response prevention (ERP), medication management, and Habit Reversal Training (HRT), tailored to your specific symptoms and goals.
I hold advanced training through AACAST (American Association of Couples and Sex Therapists), the Seleni Institute in reproductive mental health and perinatal bereavement, and Postpartum Support International (PSI) in perinatal mental health. These programs are rigorous, evidence-based, and clinically focused—they deepen my expertise in relationships, intimacy, reproductive journeys, and grief, and enhance the specialized care I can provide to you and your family.
Treated Conditions
I work with individuals navigating a wide range of concerns, including but not limited to:
OCD
ADHD
Reproductive psychiatry and perinatal mental health
Trauma, grief, and loss
Schizophrenia and psychosis
Anxiety and panic disorders
Depression and mood disorders
Bipolar disorder
Care Options
In-office appointments in Santa Monica
Telehealth sessions across California
In-home or concierge care upon request
Outdoor sessions in natural settings (ecotherapy) when appropriate
