Elif Yilmaz

Dr. Yilmaz  is a board certified psychiatrist. She received her medical degree from Hacettepe University School of Medicine and completed her residency in psychiatry both in her home city, Turkey in 2006 and here in US at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in 2016. She also has a fellowship in psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (BSPI).

Dr. Yilmaz believes in treating the person as a “whole” so her clinical effort involves medication management without neglecting the person’s spiritual or psychosocial needs. She has expertise in treating a variety of psychiatric conditions including:

​Depression
Anxiety disorders including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic disorder, Post-traumatic stress Disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Grief, traumatic loss, and other adjustment reaction
Bipolar disorder
Post-Partum Depression
Psychotic disorders
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
Immigrant/Refugee Mental Health Care
Sleep Disorders
Postpartum depression/Anxiety

In her free time, she loves playing board games or watch movies with her husband and her 3 children or spending time outdoors with her friends.