Psychiatric Care
Comprehensive evaluations, medication management and psychotherapy for adolescents and adults in Massachusetts and California.
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Trauma-Informed • Evidence-Based • Integrated
Psychiatric Care That Sees the Full Picture
Trauma-informed psychiatric care for adolescents and adults, considering mood, sleep, exercise, nutrition and physical health together.
Our Perspective
Mental health is connected to whole-body health.
Chronic stress, trauma, depression and anxiety are rarely confined to mood alone. They show up in sleep, appetite, energy, concentration and pain — and in how the body responds to the ordinary demands of a day.
So care here reads the person and the life around them, and explains the reasoning. Patients should understand what is happening in their bodies and why a particular course of care is recommended.
What Care Considers
Eight factors, weighed together.
Care considers eight interconnected areas of health. Treatment is individualized, so the areas emphasized depend on each patient's needs.
Mood & thought
Symptoms, emotional patterns, concentration and how they change over time.
Sleep & rest
Sleep quality, timing and recovery — often the first system stress disrupts.
Exercise & movement
How much movement your week actually holds, and what is realistic to build on.
Nutrition
Appetite, eating patterns and nutritional support where it is clinically relevant.
Therapy
Talk therapy, including trauma narrative and psychodynamic work, when it is indicated.
Medication when needed
Prescribed and monitored deliberately, with the reasoning explained to you.
Stress & trauma
Current pressures and past experiences treated as clinical information, not background.
Physical health
Medical history, pain, energy and other physical findings that shape mental health.
Ways to Work With Beryllium
Choose the pathway that fits where you are.
Life Coaching
Available Nationwide
Non-clinical, forward-looking guidance for transitions, professional demands and personal goals. Not psychiatric treatment.
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Professional-grade nutritional supplements through Beryllium's Pure Encapsulations dispensary.
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Groups, workshops, seasonal nature walks and community programming throughout the year.
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Peripartum & Postpartum Mental Health
Mental health is an essential part of maternal health. Beryllium provides culturally responsive psychiatric care addressing emotional and psychological concerns that can arise during pregnancy, following childbirth and throughout the transition into motherhood.
Beryllium is also committed to Black maternal mental health — to care that recognizes the unique stressors, disparities and lived experiences that can affect Black mothers and their families, and to conversations and community work that make support easier to reach.
Conditions We Treat
Support at every stage of life.
- Perinatal & Postpartum Mental Health
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma & PTSD
- ADHD
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Mood Disorders
- Burnout
- Stress-Related Concerns
Concerns are clarified through a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation rather than assumed in advance.
Meet Dr. Karen Abdool
Compassionate Care. Lasting Wellness.
Dr. Karen Abdool is a psychiatrist, physician-scientist, educator and founder of Beryllium Psychiatric Services. Evaluation, medication management and psychotherapy can all be held within one physician-led treatment relationship.
- MD and PhD, Howard University · Psychiatry residency, Brigham and Women's / Harvard Medical School
- Certified in the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma and Global Mental Health
- 2026 Black Excellence on The Hill award nominee, Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus
- Licensed in Massachusetts and California
Begin Your Journey to Better Health
New Patients
Start with a complimentary 15-minute phone conversation to discuss your needs and determine the right next step.
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A non-clinical service available nationwide. Coaching begins with the same complimentary 15-minute phone conversation.
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Schedule appointments and message the practice securely through the client portal.
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