Dr. Balaraju Katta

Dr Katta has treated me as an outpatient for 2.5 years. I suffer from anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. Dr Katta is a warm, gentle, caring man who has been instrumental in helping me through some very dark times, including suicidal ideation. He also has helped me to wean off of opiates and benzos with remarkably little side effects (after long-term usage). He is always professional and perceptive--easily able to identify key issues that I am often unaware of. He always makes sure to leave me with some kind of action plan to alleviate my suffering. I would highly recommend him as a psychiatrist.

Dr. Katta recently re-entered my life at a critical point and very possibly spared it. I have known him off and on for years, but this last time we worked together I was suicidal due to PTSD and no one was listening. At Bridge House he took me in, with his having a background working with PTSD, he patiently listened, and as he gave me a voice - & new coping strategies, made major medication changes, gave me encouragement, the new ability to apply counter-balance the bad with the good in my life, & in recommending the life-changing book The Upward Spiral, when I was able to return home once again - this time I managed to cope with everything that once overwhelmed me. I wish Dr. Katta could be my long-term psychiatrist, I make such long strides when we work together. Thanks to Dr. Katta for caring, for his patience, attentiveness to being thorough, his deepest compassion, and for never giving up on me even when I was ready to.