About Practice

Dr. Heidi Erickson

Dr. Erickson takes a whole person approach to care and recognizes that there are many aspects to who you are.  She welcomes the opportunity to get to know you and your needs and is happy to collaborate with your other physicians, family, and your healthcare team as needed.  As an experienced Physician/Psychiatrist, she can help you work towards your health and happiness goals. She values patient privacy and time and offers a flexible schedule to fit your busy lifestyle. She provides services VIRTUALLY to those in the South Florida area where she lived for the last 10 years and INPERSON services to those in the Oklahoma City area where she now resides. 

Dr. Erickson received her medical degree from the Uniformed Services of the Healthy Sciences- F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland (in 1996) after serving eight years as an enlisted member of the United States Navy. She completed a combined residency and fellowship program in Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Cincinnati Childrens/University of Cincinnati. She then returned to federal service (USPHS/USA) where she completed 10 years of service before retiring in 2011. She maintained a busy private practice in South Florida before returning to Oklahoma to be closer to family. Dr. Erickson is board certified in Psychiatry, Fellowship Trained in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and has been Board certified in Pediatrics. She is very comfortable in working with many different psychiatric disorders as well as those who struggle with medical disease. Finally, she has spent many years working in the field of addiction and mTBI and works to stay current on emerging treatments and can help you sort through the many “integrative” and “alternative” treatments that exist and work to objectively evaluate these and potential benefit or lack thereof. 

FAQ

What type of insurance does Dr. Erickson accept?
Dr. Erickson is not participating (Not “In Network”) with any insurance plans. This allows her to provide personalized care, ensuring adequate time is spent understanding you and your needs, and allows her to tailor your individual care to what is needed.
Dr. Erickson’s office will collect a cash payment (discounted/day of service payment) at the time of the visit which will cover your visit even when your insurance does not. (If you have out-of-network benefits a claim can be filed on your behalf and when successful, your day of service payment will be refunded.) Payment is due at the time of your appointment irrespective of any insurance.
To schedule an appointment, you can either call us directly at 561-807-9132 or fill out our Contact Form, and we’ll reach out to you to arrange a convenient time.

Need Immediate Help?

If you are in crisis or you know of a person that may be in danger, call 911 immediately or contact one of these services for immediate assistance.

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

Crisis Text Line: Text “DESERVE” TO 741-741

Lifeline Crisis Chat (Online live messaging):
https://988lifeline.org/chat

Self-Harm Hotline: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288)

Essential local and community services: 211
https://www.211.org/

American Association of Poison Control Centers: 1-800-222-1222

National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Hope Line: 
1-800-622-2255

National Crisis Line – Anorexia and Bulimia: 1-800-233-4357

LGBT Hotline: 1-888-843-4564

TREVOR Crisis Hotline: 1-866-488-7386

AIDS Crisis Line: 1-800-221-7044

Veterans Crisis Line:
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TransLifeline: 877-565-8860
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