Clinical depth, human warmth, and care that makes room for the whole person.
Dr. Mariam Aboukar is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and the CEO & Founder of EMPATH Medicine, a private psychiatric practice created around one core belief: excellent mental health care should be clinically strong, emotionally intelligent, and deeply human.
Her work brings together psychiatry, psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, mind body medicine, emotional intelligence, and thoughtful medication management. Patients are given space to be heard, understood, and actively involved in the decisions that shape their care.
Medicine grounded in presence, curiosity, and connection.
Dr. Aboukar built EMPATH Medicine to create the kind of psychiatric experience she believes patients deserve: thoughtful, collaborative, unrushed, and centered on the full story behind the symptoms.
Her clinical perspective has been shaped by rigorous medical training, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, trauma work, psychotherapy, academic medicine, and advanced studies in emotional and social intelligence.
Symptoms matter. So does the story around them.
Care considers mood, attention, sleep, relationships, life stress, physical symptoms, trauma, environment, routines, and the emotional patterns influencing daily life.
Feeling understood is part of treatment.
Dr. Aboukar is especially skilled at creating a space where patients feel safe enough to speak honestly, ask questions, and work collaboratively instead of feeling judged or reduced to a diagnosis.
Medication is one tool, not the whole conversation.
When appropriate, treatment may combine psychiatric medication management with psychotherapy, trauma-informed strategies, emotional regulation, behavioral skills, and mind body support.
Care for children, adolescents, students, professionals, and adults.
Her work spans young people and families, college and graduate students, working professionals, medical trainees, trauma survivors, and adults navigating complex psychiatric or mind body concerns.
A career shaped by leading medical institutions.
Dr. Aboukar’s path brings together academic medicine, psychiatry, child and adolescent care, hospital based practice, emotional intelligence, and the human side of healing.
Emotional intelligence, social intelligence & coaching.
Her graduate work at Wright Graduate University expanded her training beyond traditional medical models and into emotional intelligence, social intelligence, transformational coaching, human development, and the skills that help people understand themselves and relate more effectively to others.
EMPATH Medicine
Dr. Aboukar founded her private practice to bring these disciplines together in a more personal, flexible, and human-centered model of psychiatric care.
Specialized care for seasons of life that can feel especially heavy.
Her clinical interests reflect both psychiatric expertise and a strong understanding of the emotional realities behind school, family, professional pressure, trauma, and major transitions.
College & graduate student mental health
Support for school and career stress, anxiety and depression, healthy relationships, existential concerns, identity and life direction, eating concerns, and drug or alcohol issues during young adulthood.
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Developmentally thoughtful psychiatric care that considers the child or adolescent in the context of family, school, relationships, emotional regulation, and the larger environment around them.
Burnout, pressure & emotional exhaustion
Dr. Aboukar is particularly passionate about helping medical trainees and professionals navigate burnout, chronic pressure, performance demands, identity, and the emotional weight of caring for others.
Trauma survivors & war affected youth
Compassionate, trauma-informed care for individuals whose nervous systems, relationships, sense of safety, or daily functioning have been shaped by traumatic experiences, including children and adolescents from war-torn regions.
Evidence based care without losing the human connection.
Dr. Aboukar’s approach is integrative. She draws from medical psychiatry, psychotherapy, emotional intelligence, trauma-informed care, and behavioral regulation rather than relying on a single treatment lens.
Her goal is to help patients understand what is happening, why it may be happening, and what options are available so treatment feels collaborative and informed.
A broad psychiatric scope, organized so it is easier to explore.
Select a category below. This page is designed to show the breadth of care without turning Dr. Aboukar’s About page into a wall of diagnoses.
Treatment recommendations are individualized after psychiatric evaluation. The presence of a condition on this page does not guarantee that every presentation can be treated through telepsychiatry or within this practice setting.
Specialized care designed around real schedules and real lives.
EMPATH Medicine offers telepsychiatry with evening and weekend availability designed to better accommodate students, working professionals, parents, medical trainees, and others who may have difficulty fitting care into traditional office hours.
Dr. Aboukar currently offers EMPATH Medicine services in multiple states, allowing more patients to access her integrative and collaborative style of care.
Virtual care makes it possible to receive thoughtful follow up and continuity without losing the personal relationship that is central to the practice.
She believes a balanced life matters for physicians, too.
Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Aboukar enjoys singing, practicing yoga, and spending meaningful time with loved ones. Those parts of life reinforce a principle that also shows up in her work with patients: health is not only about reducing symptoms. It is also about building a life that feels sustainable, connected, and worth being present for.
That perspective is especially important in her work with students, physicians, medical trainees, and professionals who are often expected to function at a high level while carrying enormous emotional pressure.
Care can be clinically serious and still feel warm, personal, and human.
If you are looking for psychiatric care that combines thoughtful medical treatment with real listening, emotional intelligence, and a broader understanding of your life, you are welcome to reach out.