Our Doctors
Cara Erkut, MD
Psychiatrist, Center for Anxiety and Depression,
Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Dr. Erkut began her career 20 years ago working as a psychiatry research assistant at UC San Francisco. She attended undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley where she double majored in Psychology and Integrative Biology. She went to the Mayo Clinic for medical school in 2006. She loved her time at Mayo, especially her classmates and studying medicine. Her most cherished rotation was, of course, psychiatry, and she chose a psychiatry residency at the University of Washington in Seattle. At the UW, she was chief resident of the outpatient clinic and she founded the psychotherapy career track. She completed additional training at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Institute where she graduated as a psychoanalyst in 2018.
Dr. Erkut has worked in a variety of settings including outpatient private practice, forensics, inpatient, the VA, partial hospitalization, and residential treatment. At the Center for Anxiety and Depression, she provides medications, TMS, and supportive/psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adults and adolescents ages 13 and up. She enjoys working with adolescents and has a special interest in women’s health.
Dr. Erkut has published 4 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented at 6 scientific meetings by invitation only. She is on staff at Seattle Children’s Hospital. You can view her full CV on LinkedIn.
Please feel free to call our front desk to schedule an appointment with Dr. Erkut, she is currently accepting new patients.
INSURANCE
Dr. Erkut accepts Regence/Blue Shield, Aetna, First Health, Premera/Blue Cross, LifeWise, Optum Behavioral Health/United, and First Choice.
