She has also received advanced training for psychoanalytic psychotherapy through the Columbia Psychoanalytic Fellowship, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy through the Polaris Insight Center, and completed the Public Psychiatry Fellowship at UCSF, focusing on methods to treat patients struggling with depression and high-acuity cases of mental illness.
Dr. Bendahan’s clinical work has focused on using technology to improve mental health care access and delivery. As a UCSF fellow, she developed and implemented an adapted Collaborative Care program for patients with depression and provided psychiatric consultation to primary care providers.
She worked as a Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry at the UCSF San Francisco General Hospital, providing education and consultation to primary care providers, residents, and behavioral health clinicians.
Dr. Bendahan brings a deep understanding of the gaps in mental healthcare quality and delivery in the U.S. and experience from the public, academic, and private sectors in addressing these clinical challenges.
As the Director of Psychiatry at Options MD, she will focus on providing holistic, high-quality, and accessible care to patients with treatment-resistant mental illnesses.