
David H. Brendel Verified Provider
Psychiatrist
About Me
David H. Brendel, Psychiatrist is a mental health provider in Belmont, Massachusetts offering adult psychiatric care. His practice blends medication management with psychotherapy and coaching-oriented support for stress, burnout and major life or career transitions, using approaches such as CBT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and integrative methods.
What types of concerns does Dr. Brendel work with?
Dr. Brendel provides psychiatry that may include psychotherapy and medication management along with coaching and philosophical counseling components. He works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, mood instability (including bipolar disorder), ADHD, insomnia, trauma/PTSD, grief and eating disorders, with additional focus areas like addiction, anger/impulse control, personality disorders and psychosis.
Who can get help at his practice?
Services are focused on adults ages 18 and older. Care is provided one-on-one, tailored to individual goals and functioning.
What is his approach like?
His work is patient-centered and aims to bridge science and humanism in psychiatry. Depending on your needs, sessions may focus on symptom relief and practical skill-building, while also supporting self-awareness, strengths and values-based decisions during stressful transitions.
Does he offer telehealth?
In-person appointments are available and telehealth sessions are also offered, which can be a helpful option for busy schedules.
Orientation & Focus
Ages Treated
Modalities
Specialties
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Dual Diagnosis
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Medication Management
- Men's Issues
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Other
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self Harm
- Sleep and Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
Treatment Options
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Eclectic Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Integrative
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Relational