Dr. Barton is excited to be a part of the Psychiatry Associates team. She is a board-certified adult psychiatrist with interests in mood and anxiety disorders, trauma and resilience, integrative treatments, nutritional psychiatry, and women’s mental health. With specialized training in women’s mental health, she has years of experience helping women as they manage complex hormonal changes throughout their lifespan, from PMDD to changes during peripartum, perimenopause, and menopause. 

She has a collaborative, holistic and trauma informed approach focused on understanding patient experiences and symptoms. She provides integrative care that weaves together and considers medications, therapy, nutrition, hormones, and lifestyle. She works with her patients to create a treatment plan that is individualized and aligned with their values.  

Dr. Barton is originally from Annapolis, Maryland. She went to college and played lacrosse at Stanford University. After medical school at Oregon Health and Science University, Dr. Barton was a Chief Resident at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In addition to general adult psychiatry training, she also completed an area of distinction and fellowship in Women’s Mental Health and Certification in Nutritional Psychiatry. 

Outside of work, you will usually find her running, gardening, skiing, doing yoga, reading, or exploring the outdoors with her husband, two children, and dog.

Degrees

Stanford University, BA in American Studies and minor in Human Biology

Oregon Health & Science University, MD/MPH Combined Program

Residency

University of California, San Francisco, Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry

Fellowship in Reproductive and Integrative Psychiatry

Integrative Psychiatry Institute, Certification in Nutritional Psychiatry

Awards and Scholarships

Resident Teaching Award, University of California San Francisco

Annual Award for Excellence, Oregon Health & Science University

Area of Distinction in Women’s Mental Health at UCSF

Member Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society

Certifications

Board Certification by American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology