Dr. Grace Matheson is a board-certified psychiatrist and child & adolescent psychiatrist who brings deep clinical experience, a passion for precision medicine, and a heartfelt commitment to helping patients reclaim their best brain health. She recently joined Amen Clinics, where she combines functional and integrative psychiatry with cutting-edge brain SPECT imaging to deliver truly personalized care—moving beyond symptom checklists to identify and treat the root causes of mental health challenges.
At Amen Clinics, Dr. Matheson uses advanced brain SPECT imaging to reveal patterns of brain function that guide every evaluation and treatment plan. This innovative approach allows her to tailor interventions specifically to each individual’s unique neurobiology, lifestyle, and goals, creating pathways to lasting healing. Her expertise in functional and integrative psychiatry, firmly rooted in scientific evidence, emphasizes nutrition, lifestyle medicine, targeted supplementation, and mind-body practices integrated with conventional treatments—always with the goal of optimizing brain performance and whole-person wellness.
Dr. Matheson sees patients of all ages and has particular experience supporting children, adolescents, and families facing ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and a wide range of developmental and mental health conditions. She is known for her warm, collaborative style and her ability to translate complex neuroscience into clear, hopeful strategies that families can actually use.
Before joining Amen Clinics, Dr. Matheson practiced at Inova Kellar Center in Sterling, Virginia, where she provided specialty psychiatric care for child and adolescent patients. Prior to that, she served as Associate Chief of Psychiatry at Dayton Children’s Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. She simultaneously served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves in the Mental Health Clinic at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and held academic appointments as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. Her career began as an active-duty USAF psychiatrist, including a deployment to Kuwait, followed by five years of service with the National Health Service Corps at Rocking Horse Community Health Center in Springfield, Ohio, caring for underserved populations.
Dr. Matheson earned her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 2000 and holds a second doctorate (PhD), bringing a rare combination of advanced scientific training, military leadership, and clinical excellence to her work. She completed her residency in psychiatry and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry through the integrated Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center / Wright State University program.
What drew Dr. Matheson to Amen Clinics was a lifelong, innate interest in psychiatry that has been deepened by personal and family experiences with brain health. She moved to Virginia to be closer to her aging parents—both 96 and still modeling the healthy lifestyle principles she now shares with patients every day. She is especially passionate about the BRIGHT MINDS approach to brain health and loves staying physically and mentally vibrant herself through regular exercise at Pure Barre, which combines all the key aspects of brain healthy movement – intervals, flexibility, balance and strength. Whether guiding a child toward focus and calm or helping an adult rediscover joy and resilience, Dr. Matheson is deeply grateful to use the most advanced tools in functional and integrative psychiatry—paired with brain SPECT imaging—to uncover each person’s path to a healthier, brighter brain and a more fulfilling life.