Meet Vihasa Govada, MD

A Remote Psychiatrist Providing Virtual-Only Mental Health Care for Patients from Bucks County, Newtown, and All of Pennsylvania

Finding the right remote psychiatrist is an important step in your mental health journey. Connecting with a provider who listens attentively, values collaboration, and offers personalized care can make all the difference in achieving lasting wellness. Accessing high-quality online psychiatric care is now more convenient than ever. As a fully remote psychiatrist serving Bucks County, Newtown, Philadelphia, and surrounding areas at Buckingham Psychiatry, Vihasa Govada, MD understands that mental health care extends beyond simply treating symptoms. With a commitment to building trusting, collaborative relationships, online psychiatrist Vihasa Govada, MD approaches each patient who accesses care through secure telehealth visits as a whole person, addressing both the challenges they face and the deeper questions that shape their well-being. Grounded in evidence-based practices and a personalized approach, she strives to help patients find balance, resilience, and meaningful growth throughout their mental health journey. All appointments with Dr. Govada are conducted virtually.

Convenient, Fully Remote Psychiatric Care for all of Pennsylvania

Remote psychiatry, also known as telepsychiatry, allows patients to receive comprehensive psychiatric care through secure virtual appointments rather than in-person office visits. This convenient approach makes it easier to access expert mental health support from the comfort and privacy of home. Vihasa Govada, MD exclusively offers fully remote psychiatry services, providing patients throughout Pennsylvania with ongoing psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and personalized treatment planning through secure telehealth visits. With a fully remote psychiatry model, patients can receive consistent, compassionate care without the need to travel to an office, making quality mental health treatment more accessible and flexible. Vihasa Govada, MD provides her virtual-only care exclusively to patients located in Pennsylvania. Her remote appointments, delivered exclusively through telepsychiatry, offer a flexible and convenient way to access support and stay connected, with the same thoughtful, personalized care, all from the comfort of home.

About Vihasa Govada, MD | Virtual-Only Psychiatric Care for Pennsylvania

Thoughtful, Personalized Telepsychiatry for Meaningful Change

Virtual psychiatrist Vihasa Govada, MD approaches telepsychiatry as a partnership grounded in curiosity, trust, and honesty. Her work is guided by evidence-based practices, but it’s also deeply human. She believes treatment is most effective when it’s built collaboratively and when it accounts not only for symptoms, but also for the deeper questions people bring to the room: “Who am I becoming?” “What truly matters to me?” “How do I stay grounded in a world that’s constantly accelerating?” Vihasa Govada, MD has worked across inpatient, outpatient, and consultation-liaison psychiatry settings, using both medication management and psychotherapy. In your work together, she’ll focus on your strengths, your story, and what wellness looks like for you. That may include individually- tailored therapy, medication, mindfulness practices, journaling, or behavioral strategies. Her clinical approach draws from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), psychodynamic therapy, and CBT for insomnia (CBTi). She also brings in Eastern philosophies such as mindfulness, presence, and non-attachment to help cultivate clarity and inner resilience. Where medications are useful, Vihasa Govada, MD is direct and transparent about their benefits and limitations, so that she and her patients can make a collaborative decision on what fits. Vihasa Govada, MD cares deeply about building strong, long-term relationships with patients receiving virtual psychiatric care. The most meaningful part of this work for her is seeing lasting growth unfold over time.

Specialties

Vihasa Govada, MD specializes in mood and bipolar disorders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She also offers care for various life contexts, including burnout, moral injury, life and role transitions, perfectionism, work-life balance, impostor syndrome, grief and loss, relationship issues, cultural trauma, and meaning-finding.

A Contextual, Culturally Attuned Lens for Remote Psychiatry

Vihasa Govada, MD believes that mental health does not exist in a vacuum. She works with individuals navigating not just internal struggles, but also the complexity of identity, relationships, technology, and modern work culture. Her practice is strengths-based, culturally responsive, and LGBTQ+ affirming. She brings a sensitivity to how systems, culture, and lived experience shape how we suffer and how we heal.

Background

Vihasa Govada, MD is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist with a foundation in both biological science and humanistic care. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Duke University, her Medical Degree from Florida Atlantic University, and completed her psychiatry residency at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She sought out experiences that went beyond textbook psychiatry, focusing on burnout, identity, and the search for meaning in high-performance environments. Vihasa Govada, MD also created a podcast for physicians-in-training, exploring how to build a life, not just a career, during medical training. While her clinical practice now serves a broader audience, she remains passionate about helping individuals navigate life transitions with greater alignment and self-awareness.

What to Expect When You Meet Virtually with Vihasa Govada, MD

Convenient Remote Care for Pennsylvania Patients

Online psychiatrist Dr. Govada’s style is warm, collaborative, and clear. She will listen deeply and speak directly. She is not afraid to ask difficult questions or name the patterns she observes, but always in service of growth, clarity, and healing. She wants your telepsychiatry sessions to feel both safe and useful, like somewhere you can be fully yourself, and leave with something meaningful. Through secure telepsychiatry appointments, patients can meet virtually with Vihasa Govada, MD without the need for in-person office appointments.

On a Personal Note

Outside of work, Vihasa Govada, MD enjoys rock climbing, playing tennis, experimenting in the kitchen, and occasionally watering her drought-stricken houseplants. She especially values time with loved ones, whether it’s a cozy night playing board games or a picnic outdoors. She believes that connection and belonging are not just therapeutic ideas but essential human needs, and she works to intentionally weave them into her own life even when time is short or energy is low. These everyday efforts reflect her broader belief that healing often happens through small, deliberate choices we make to show up for ourselves and each other.