Our team members are all fully licensed by state boards and credentialed by major insurance companies
to provide Heath-care services in the State of Maryland.
At SFM, Lisa helps individuals gain an understanding and manage issues that may be interfering with their everyday life, relationships, and personal growth. Her passion is to help individuals find their strengths, courage, and confidence to build resiliency. Lisa has an integrative approach which includes trauma work, CBT, Solution Focus, Person-Centered, Mindfulness, and Behavioral therapy.
Mental health symptoms may emerge or worsen during times of uncertainty, major life decisions, and transitions. Therapy can help individuals navigate through life and maintain stability. Lisa works with SFM’s leadership to make quality care accessible to those in need.
Dr Onwuanibe has been Board Certified since 2001.
After Completing her training she joined the faculty of the University of Maryland and stayed there for many years in many various positions, as an assistant professor then becoming a service director for Adult inpatient psychiatry and Master clinician for the psychiatry service line. she received multiple awards during her time at the university of Maryland including,
The Virginia Huffer Award for excellence in medical student teaching and the Walter Weintraub award for teacher of the year 2012.
She is very passionate about advocacy and health care disparities in psychiatry which led her to spend Over 10 years with the State of Maryland Forensic services, where she practiced forensic psychiatry and was privileged to work with patients with significant mental illness, and advocate for patients with mental health in our legal system
Dr Onwuanibe has practiced evidence based and compassionate care psychiatry in Columbia, Maryland for over 10 years. She started with her role as the Medical Director for Solutions For Mindfulness, which enabled her to reach out to clients, patients and colleagues and build a collaborative care model for delivery of psychiatric services in Maryland.
In her current role as the Group Medical Chair for Solutions for Mindfulness and the Director for Quality improvement, she looks forward to continuing to work with patients with Mental health needs, help and seek solutions for patients in crisis, and work collaboratively with patients families and health care partners to deliver quality, psychiatric services.
I have been in psychiatry since 1995, I enjoy working with patients and being a partner as they to strive to reach their mental health goals. I started my career as a General medicine/Family medicine physician in 1985. I found that I very much enjoyed spending more time talking to patients about things that were going on with them and in their lives.
After completing my residency at Georgetown University in Psychiatry, I joined the University of Maryland, Department of Psychiatry as faculty and an Assistant professor in 1999. During my time there as both the Medical Director of the Psychiatric outpatient clinic and the Acting Division Director for Adult Psychiatry Services , I was privileged to teach medical students and other doctors about psychiatry and its importance in our every day lives. My role as Master Clinician Designee at The University of Maryland Medical Center afforded me the opportunity to work closely with a variety of physicians to improve their understanding of the importance of sound mental health in all our patients lives.
I truly believe that stable mental health is crucial to enjoying other parts of your life. I became board certified in 2001. As a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, I have been able to combine my interest area in psychopharmacology and background in general medicine to provide up to date, and evidence based compassionate care to my patients for a wide variety of psychiatric conditions. We are open to providing options for adults, either seeking treatment, a second opinion or an evaluation. We have special interests in the areas of concentration difficulties, Anxiety treatment and weight management especially as it relates to this being a side effect of medication.
My goal with every patient is to listen with patience and empathy, together we can come up with a plan that addresses your needs.
At our practice we truly believe that good treatment outcomes are based on team effort. We are feel privileged that you have chosen us to be part of your team.
Please call or email us so we can continue this conversation.
Angela Onwuanibe, M.D
Our NEW Office
We have moved offices to better serve our clients and participate in collaborative care with other physician groups and mental heath providers.
Our peaceful and serene office environment provides you with the ideal opportunity to sit back and relax, whilst enjoying our calming meditation music.