History
Welcome to the private psychiatric practice of Dr. Shawn Hersevoort. The goal of the practice is to deliver both quality and individually tailored treatment in a flexible, accessible, and affordable way. Dr. Hersevoort practices general adult psychiatry in San Francisco, California. He also provides consultation for patients in a variety of other treatment settings. In his private practice, the doctor provides evaluations, medications, and psychotherapy to individuals. The treatment approach is primarily psychodynamic, using a biopsychosocial model to evaluate and understand patient difficulties. Depending on the circumstances and the nature of the difficulties each patient will benefit from a different treatment plan based on their individual needs. Psychiatric difficulties can range from primarily biological to fundamentally psychological with very different treatments shown to be effective. These interventions may include medications, psychotherapy, both, or neither.
Specialties
Dr. Hersevoort has work experience in virtually all environments of mental health services including inpatient, outpatient, crisis, and emergency psychiatry. In the past 5 years these have included consultation or teaching relationships with the inpatient services at Alta Bates, in Berkeley, the Consultation-Liason service at the University of California at San Francisco, and the emergency department at John George Psychiatric Pavilion, in San Leandro. In 2009, Dr. Hersevoort was elected as a Councilor-at-Large for the Northern California Psychiatric Society, which is the American Psychiatric Association division for Northern California. Here he will help with organization, planning, and delivery of psychiatric services for the state of California. He is currently on staff at California Pacific Medical Center as an adjunct professor of psychiatry. He has worked as a consultant to, and evaluator for, several law practices in both San Francisco and Los Angeles.
