Jacqueline Buchanan MD
Jacqueline Buchanan MD, Webster Clinic staff psychiatrist
Jacqueline Buchanan MD
CHILD, ADOLESCENT, & ADULT PSYCHIATRIST
Dr. Jacqueline Buchanan is a Boston child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist who provides integrated psychotherapy and medication management for children, teens, young adults, and adults. She completed medical school at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, then adult psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship through Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, where she has been involved in clinical teaching.
Clinically, Dr. Buchanan works with anxiety and mood disorders, trauma and PTSD, bipolar spectrum disorders, ADHD, and complex developmental and family histories across childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. She has a particular interest in the inner lives of young adults and college students, as well as people working in creative fields such as music, writing, and the arts, who are seeking both symptom relief and a deeper understanding of themselves. Drawing on psychodynamic psychotherapy alongside CBT, DBT-informed, and trauma-focused approaches, she offers culturally responsive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and collaborative care. At Webster Clinic in Boston’s Back Bay, Dr. Buchanan partners closely with families, schools, and other clinicians to create continuity and stability for patients who want in-depth, relationship-based psychiatric care that still attends carefully to diagnosis and medication when needed.
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Families and young adults may especially seek Dr. Buchanan when trauma, bipolar spectrum symptoms, or chronic anxiety and depression intersect with developmental transitions such as starting college, graduate school, relationship endings, or creative careers, and they want a Boston child and adolescent and adult psychiatrist who offers depth oriented psychotherapy and careful medication work. Additionally, Dr. Buchanan has particular interest in expertise in couple therapy that centers all constellations of relationships to include LGBTQ+, polyamorous, or others. She is an excellent fit for adolescents, college students, and early career adults, including queer women, sapphic individuals, lesbians, and other LGBTQ+ people and families who are looking for a steady, thoughtful therapeutic relationship that understands queer lives and keeps an eye on both symptoms and meaning.
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Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Fellowship, Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School: General Psychiatry
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons: MD
Harvard College: AB
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Burke, T.*, Buchanan, J.*, Amira, L., Yershova, K., & Posner, K. (2014). The treatment of pediatric suicidal behavior. Current treatment options in psychiatry, 1 (1), 66-83. *co-first authors
Posner, K., Buchanan, J., Amira, L., Yershova, K., Lesser, A., & Goldstein, E. (2014). Identification and screening of suicide risk. In S. Koslow, C., Nemeroff, P. Ruiz, (eds.), A Concise Guide to Understanding Suicide: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Prevention. Cambridge University Press.
Posner, K., Brodsky, B., Yershova, K., Buchanan, J., & Mann, J. (2014). The classification of suicidal behavior. In M. Nock (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Suicide and Self-Injury. Oxford University Press.
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Phone
(617) 859-5953
Hours
Monday–Friday
9am–5pm