Dr. Sundus Mari MD

Maybe it's your teenager, who used to tell you everything and now says everything's fine. Maybe it's you. Doing well by every outside measure, and tired in a way that getting enough sleep doesn't fix. Either way, you want someone who'll take the time to understand you deeply before deciding what to do about it.

Dr. Sundus Mari is a Harvard-trained, double board-certified Boston child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist who provides integrated psychotherapy and medication management for children, teens, young adults, and adults at Webster Clinic in Boston's Back Bay. Psychotherapy is at the center of her psychiatry work. Here's what that means for you: the person who hears your story is the same person making the medical decisions.

She earned her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, then came to Boston for psychiatry residency at Harvard South Shore, where she spent her final year on the intensive psychotherapy track. She stayed in Boston, as a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at Boston Children's Hospital, where she was chief fellow. She furthered her training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

From there she spent more than four years at The Dimock Center in Roxbury, caring for children, teens, and adults, and later served as its Clinical Director of Behavioral Health Integration. That job is getting mental health care and medical care to work as one team, so she's used to being part of a team, with your permission.

She has a soft spot for teenagers and young adults. She co-wrote a paper on online gaming for the Harvard Review of Psychiatry, so if games are a big part of your teenager's life, or yours, it's a world she's taken the time to understand. And as a resident, she helped design a resident-led project to reduce burnout at the Harvard South Shore psychiatry residency. A year later, scores had improved in every class. She takes exhaustion seriously, in students and professionals alike, particularly physicians.

On medication, she's careful. She prescribes when it's indicated, explains her thinking, and treats it as one part of a larger plan. Dr. Mari is also trained in mind-body medicine. Sleep, stress, and the body are part of the conversation too. Her care is culturally responsive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and collaborative. And she speaks English, German, and Arabic, which can matter a great deal to families living between countries and cultures.

She's welcoming new patients. Book a consultation or call us at 617.859.5953. We'll start with a call from our office to walk you through the basics and help you decide whether it's the right fit. It's a conversation, not a commitment.

All of our staff are adept at treating LGBTQIA+ individuals and families across the lifespan. Learn more information about our services to LGBTQIA+ individuals and families