Corelli Richard J MD

05/17/2026

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03/29/2026

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Dr. Richard Corelli, Psychiatrist. MD (Medical Degree), Stanford University School of Medicine. Residency in Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine. Accepts Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Quest Behavioral Health.

03/20/2026

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02/04/2026

Blog 1 — Depression in Silicon Valley: When Progress Loses Meaning
In Silicon Valley, depression rarely looks like stopping.
People continue to work, lead, publish, and ship—yet feel internally muted.
This form of depression is less about sadness and more about loss of resonance. Life keeps moving forward, but the inner sense of why begins to thin. Motivation persists, meaning does not.
In achievement-driven cultures, depression often signals not failure, but misalignment. Something essential has been bypassed for too long. When understood rather than overridden, depression can become an invitation to recalibrate—not productivity, but direction.
About the Author
Dr. Richard J. Corelli is a Stanford-trained, board-certified psychiatrist offering teletherapy to professionals across California. He specializes in working with individuals in technology and academic settings, helping them address burnout, anxiety, mood disorders, and questions of meaning through a psychodynamic approach

01/28/2026

Blog #3. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] - Complex PTSD / Developmental Trauma

PTSD often appears as watchfulness and guardedness. The face may seem calm, yet the eyes remain alert, carrying a memory the body refuses to forget.

Narrative: Many trauma survivors look exceptionally capable.
They are organized, self-reliant, emotionally contained.

Trauma often lives not in memory, but in the nervous system—showing up as hyper-control, emotional distance, or sudden overwhelm.

High functioning doesn’t mean uninjured.
It often means adaptation came early and at a cost.

Here the face conveys endurance rather than collapse. Pain is muted, self-contained, and long-standing—adaptation layered upon adaptation.

Narrative: A nervous system that cannot stand down

Always alert. Rarely safe.

Accessible explanation:
PTSD isn’t about the past—it’s about a present body still preparing for danger.

Silicon Valley lens:
High competence can coexist with chronic internal threat.

Narrative: Survival that became a personality

Accessible explanation:
Long-term emotional stress shapes how people relate, regulate feelings, and trust others.

Silicon Valley lens:
Hyper-independence often reflects early necessity, not preference.

Trauma lives less in memory than in the nervous system.
You may function well—yet remain internally braced.

High performance does not mean uninjured.

When stress is chronic and early, adaptation becomes identity.
Hyper-independence often reflects necessity, not preference.

Healing restores flexibility—not weakness.