About Me

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Hi there! I'm Dr. Weston Ferrer

I'm honored to be part of your journey towards better mental health. I am a medical doctor who specialized in adult mental health by completing residency training in 2014 at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), a prestigious institution known for its excellence in training expert clinicians and leaders in psychiatry. After training, I was recruited to the faculty and served as a professor for eight years, practicing clinically and training medical students and future psychiatrists. During this time I co-directed the UCSF Anxiety and OCD Clinic, and honed my skills as an expert in these areas. More recently I transitioned to volunteer faculty and, after a brief stint in the health technology world, I opened the Anxiety Relief Clinic so that I could dedicate myself more fully to working directly with those seeking treatment.

My focus lies in leveraging options, including medications, to help adults facing challenges related to anxiety disorders such as:

  • General Anxiety Disorder
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Panic Attacks
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Trichotillomania
  • Excoriation Disorder
  • Specific Phobias

I'm here to guide you through these challenges and support your journey to mental well-being.

Beyond the Clinic Walls

My journey includes diverse roles – from a professor and administrative leader to a health tech industry executive. I like to think outside the box and examine ways to improve how we interact with the world and how the world impacts our day to day lives.
Here's a glimpse of some of my non-patient care accomplishments:

  • Helped train dozens of psychiatrists in anxiety disorder treatment and mental health quality improvement
  • Shaped more efficient ways to elicit patient feedback for the country's largest related vendor
  • Published in the use of technology to pick up and distinguish patterns of depression
  • Launched a digital health solution for depression
  • Coordinated the swift adoption of telehealth for a multi-system healthcare department during the COVID-19 pandemic
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