Psychiatrist
525 Cordova St.
Pasadena, CA
Top reviews
Maya was helpful as always in providing perspective on the issues I shared with her and strategies to handle them in the future; she’s a great listener and very calm and patient
Dr Niazi is kind, caring, compassionate, accessible, responsive to patient portal messages, and very knowledgeable. I trust him and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to others.
Maya Smolarek, MD, is a board-certified adult psychiatrist at Adelpha Psychiatric Group in Pasadena, California.
Dr. Smolarek graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley with a degree in Religious Studies. Although she pursued medical training to enter palliative care, she could not escape the allure of focusing on internal experience, meaning, and personal narrative in the specialty of Psychiatry.
Dr. Smolarek graduated from UCLA medical school with a leadership award and induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society for her merits in compassionate care. During Psychiatry Residency at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, she and a colleague co-founded the Women in Psychiatry group in order to further the education of trainees on issues related to women. She developed curricula for medical students and residents on sexual harassment during training and delivered talks on the subject at two national conventions. She continues her interest in teaching and mentorship as a Volunteer Clinical Faculty member at UCLA within the Interpersonal Therapy Clinic.
Dr. Smolarek is experienced in treating the gamut of mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. She has specialty training in reproductive psychiatry (pertaining to menstrual, menopausal, and peripartum issues), geriatric psychiatry, PTSD, treatment-resistant depression, and bipolar disorder. She brings a background study of mysticism and Buddhism to her psychodynamic psychotherapy. Her holistic approach to care also includes an interest in affect-oriented and somatic therapy.
Addiction
Medication Management
ADHD
Adult Psychiatry
Anxiety
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Child Psychiatry
Couples Therapy
Depression
Eating Disorders
Gender Dysphoria Disorder
Grief and Stress Management
Mood Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychiatric Evaluation
Psychotherapy
Psychotic Disorders
Reproductive Psychiatry
Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizophrenia
Telehealth
Womens Mental Health
Marriage and Family Therapy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Location
Adelpha Psychiatric Group
525 Cordova St.
Pasadena, CA, 91101
More About Dr. Maya Smolarek, MD
NPI Number
1902267800
Provider's Gender
Female
Reviews
Dr Niazi is the best. He is knowledgeable, dependable, and committed to helping his patients.
Office was clean, staff friendly, snacks for kids. Love this office and team!
Extremely thankful to Dr. Smolarek incredible Doctor. Professional.
Really helpful and knowledgeable!
always enlightening
Dr. Smolarek is incredibly professional and has been a dire asset to my mental health journey.
Dr. Niazi genuinely cares for our son and is incredibly kind and supportive. Best Dr. We have ever had for our family
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I am Lily’s father and we are thrilled with Dr. Niazi.
Dr Niazi is kind, caring, compassionate, accessible, responsive to patient portal messages, and very knowledgeable. I trust him and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to others.
Very caring, accommodating, and helpful.
Maya was helpful as always in providing perspective on the issues I shared with her and strategies to handle them in the future; she’s a great listener and very calm and patient
