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Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS

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Specializes in: Psychology
Professional interests include: depression, behavioral disorders, anxiety, and more.
1440 North Harbor Boulevard Suite 900
Fullerton, CA 92835
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Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS is a psychologist in Fullerton, CA specializing in psychology. Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS is affiliated with Providence, Providence Medical Foundation, Providence St. Jude Medical Center and Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Jude.

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Office Locations

Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Jude

1440 North Harbor Boulevard Suite 900
Fullerton, CA 92835
(714) 687-5150
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Some issues Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS can help you with:

Anxiety

Anxiety is a generic name given to a variety of conditions characterized by unusual amounts of fear and worry, especially unrealistic fears and tension. People who suffer from anxiety often are aware that their fears are irrational, but that knowledge does not make the feeling of being scared and anxious go away. To qualify as anxiety, symptoms must last for 6 months or more and interfere with the way a person lives their daily life. Some cases may be mild, where, for example, a person simply avoids certain situations. Other cases can be severe enough to be disabling.

Some of the specific conditions covered under the general label of anxiety include:

  • Generalized anxiety disorder
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Phobias
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Social phobia
  • Panic disorder

Collectively, anxiety disorders are the most common mental health issues diagnosed in the United States -- even more common than depression. Women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with anxiety, and it is extremely common for a person with anxiety to have another illness at the same time, such as depression, a physical illness, or substance abuse.

Treatment for anxiety usually involves medication and psychotherapy together. Medications used may include antidepressants (which also work for anxiety), anti-anxiety medications, or beta blockers (which can be used to control the physical symptoms of anxiety). Psychotherapy can be useful to teach patients new ways of thinking and reacting so that they can manage their feelings of worry and fear. Support groups can also be very effective for anxiety, and they can be a form of treatment themselves for social phobias. Stress management, relaxation techniques, and meditation all help reduce feelings of anxiety or of being out of control. Finally, having a strong support network of family and friends is an excellent way to help manage the difficulties of life with anxiety.

Depression

Everyone knows what it feels like to get the blues once in a while. But depression is a serious illness that is more severe than a bad day and lasts much longer. Symptoms of depression stop a person from being able to function and enjoy daily activities for weeks or months at a time. It can happen to anyone, and it isn't something that people can control by force of will or "snap out of it."

Some common symptoms of depression include:

  • Feeling sad, guilty, empty or hopeless
  • Fatigue and a lack of energy and motivation
  • A loss of pleasure in activities that were previously enjoyed
  • Unusual sleep or eating habits
  • Mental fog -- trouble concentrating, remembering, or making decisions
  • Physical aches and pains
  • Suicidal thoughts or a preoccupation with death

We don't yet know what causes depression, but it's thought that it is a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and social influences. Because of this, the most effective treatments for depression combine medication with psychotherapy. Therapy, especially cognitive-behavioral therapy, can be extremely helpful in resolving the negative thoughts and feelings that come with depression. It gives patients new tools that they can use themselves to cope when their depression is making them feel down.

Some of the common medications used to treat depression include antidepressants such as SSRI's (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft) or atypical antidepressants (Cymbalta, Wellbutrin). It's important to remember that these medications have different effects on everybody, and no one medication works right for everyone. Patients may have to try a couple before finding the one that works just right for them. If the first medication they try doesn't work, they should talk to their doctor about trying something else. In extreme cases where medication is not enough, electro-convulsive therapy and hospitalization may be the answer to keeping a severely depressed person safe.

Depression is a difficult illness to deal with, but it is more common than believed and there are many people who can help. With the right treatment, individuals with depression can get back to fully enjoying life again.

Family Therapy Services

Family therapy is sometimes also called family counseling or marriage and family therapy. It is a form of mental health care and therapy that treats a couple or entire family as a unit, paying special attention to how the members of the family interact with each other. Each family has a unique personality, communication style, and unique problems they face together. In family therapy, all members of the family attend counseling sessions as a group, and together they learn how to identify conflicts within and without the family, as well as how to communicate better and problem-solve together.

Some topics commonly addressed in family therapy include:

  • Bullying
  • Abuse
  • Divorce
  • Adoption or Infertility
  • Marriage conflict
  • Substance abuse

Family therapists may work in group practices, private practices, schools, or hospitals. They work with families of all different kinds to help them live together as a stronger unit.

In The News 

“Gary Baffa has heard it.”—"Rekindling a Patient's Desire for Life", Los Angeles Times, February 2005

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 25%

By Volume:

individual therapy

In 2012, Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS performed more individual therapy procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within California.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2012 were mental health therapy and diagnostic evaluation.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

diagnostic evaluation 15
mental health therapy 396

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2013 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 454

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Gender
Male 11
Female 18
Age
From 65 to 74 0
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2013

Hypertension 45
High Cholesterol 55
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2014 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 408

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Gender
Male 13
Female 23
Age
From 65 to 74 0
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 16

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2014

Hypertension 56
High Cholesterol 42
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 31
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2015 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 381

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Age
From 65 to 74 0
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2015

Hypertension 55
High Cholesterol 55
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2016 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 423

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Gender
Male 11
Female 20
Age
From 65 to 74 12
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2016

Hypertension 68
High Cholesterol 61
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2017 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 414

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Gender
Male 11
Female 19
Age
From 65 to 74 15
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2017

Hypertension 75
High Cholesterol 47
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2018 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 416

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Age
From 65 to 74 11
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2018

Hypertension 52
High Cholesterol 61
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2019 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 579

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2019

Hypertension 54
High Cholesterol 57
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 39
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2020 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 709

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Gender
Male 12
Female 15
Age
From 65 to 74 11
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2020

Hypertension 56
High Cholesterol 56
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2021 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 647

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Gender
Male 13
Female 14
Age
From 65 to 74 11
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2021

Hypertension 56
High Cholesterol 59
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA during 2022 were mental health therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

mental health therapy 619

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Gender
Male 13
Female 15
Age
From 65 to 74 14
From 75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS in 2022

Hypertension 57
High Cholesterol 68
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 0
Depression 75
Chronic Kidney Disease 0
Asthma 0
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated as a psychologist in Fullerton, CA were mental health therapy and diagnostic evaluation.

diagnostic evaluation 15
mental health therapy 495

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS.

Gender
Male 7
Female 11
Age
75 to 84 0
85 and over 0
Less than 65 4
65 to 74 6

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS treated were depression, hypertension, high cholesterol and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension 52
High Cholesterol 51
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 2
Depression 68
Chronic Kidney Disease 3
Asthma 0
Osteoporosis 0
Heart Failure 0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 0
Diabetes 0
Atrial Fibrillation 0
Dementia 0
Cancer 0

Education & Training

He has a state license in California.

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Providence
Providence Medical Foundation
Providence St. Jude Medical Center
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Jude

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS appears to accept the following insurance providers: Anthem Blue Cross HMO, Health Net HMO, Aetna HMO, CIGNA HMO, Medicare Advantage, Anthem, Blue Shield of California and United Healthcare HMO.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Gary Angelo Baffa, PSY, PHD, MS accepts the following insurance providers:

Anthem Blue Cross HMO
Health Net HMO
Aetna HMO
CIGNA HMO
Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Blue Shield of California
United Healthcare HMO

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Biography

Dr. Gary Baffa is a specialist in psychology in Fullerton, CA. His areas of expertise include obesity, depression, and behavioral disorders. He is an in-network provider for several insurance carriers, including United Healthcare HMO, Anthem, and Blue California. Dr. Baffa is professionally affiliated with Providence Medical Foundation. According to Doctor.com, he is currently accepting new patients at his office in Fullerton, CA.

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