About Zeba Ahmad, PhD
Dr. Ahmad is a staff psychologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, and an Instructor in Psychology at the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry. She primarily treats anxiety disorders and depression, specializing in working with individuals coping with cancer or other chronic illnesses. Dr. Ahmad has formal training and experience in providing evidence-based therapies including Interpersonal Therapy, CBT, DBT, ACT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy. She integrates these tools to support people from diverse backgrounds and identities in finding acceptance and pursuing meaning despite their health challenges. In addition to treating general anxiety, PTSD, OCD, panic disorder, insomnia, depression, and other disorders, Dr. Ahmad also provides targeted therapy for health-related quality-of-life concerns such as coping with physical pain and fatigue, addressing disruptions in intimacy/sexuality, and treating traumatic and prolonged grief in caregivers. She offers individual, couples’, and group-based psychotherapy. She has worked in a range of healthcare settings, including with individuals undergoing treatment for infertility, those with inflammatory bowel disease, those in treatment for morbid obesity, memory disorders, and other chronic health concerns.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Anxiety
- Chronic pain
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- Depression
- Fatigue
- Group psychotherapy
- Health Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Mindfulness
- Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS)
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Prolonged Grief Disorder
- Psychotherapy
- Sexual Health and Wellness
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Psychiatry
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-5600
Medical Education
- PhD, CUNY Graduate Center
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Behavioral Health
- Wellpoint
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Ahmad's research uses quantitative, qualitative, and intervention development methods to understand and address the impact of chronic physical illness on mental health. Dr. Ahmad conducts research at the Health Promotion and Resiliency Intervention Research (HPRIR) Center, the Cancer Outcomes Research and Education (CORE) Program, and the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program at MGH. She has served as principal investigator on two funded qualitative studies investigating young adults' emotion, cognition, and problem-solving regarding cancer survivorship. Currently, Dr. Ahmad is working on research to understand and treat post-traumatic stress associated with physical illness. She aims to develop a program of research in applying evidence-based intervention strategies to improve mental health among young adults with cancer.
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