Our Approach
Mental health must be treated comprehensively, with a wide range of approaches.
By combining the best elements of conventional medications, psychotherapy, health assessments, and holistic treatments, we go beyond simply treating the symptoms. We address all factors leading to mental health challenges including biology, mind, and spirit. Psychiatric medications are only effective when the whole person is taken into consideration. Our providers take a comprehensive approach to medication management and focus on long term recovery rather than short term symptom management.
Depending on your needs, your treatment plan might also involve therapy, nutritional counseling, or functional medicine assessment. Our team stays on top of emerging treatment options and strive to find the option that best fits you in your recovery.
Integrative treatment may include:
Perspective
What Is the Approach of Integrative Psychiatric Medicine?
"We Think Outside the Prescription Pad"
Partnership
Patient and practitioner are partners in the healing process. Patients are not rushed leaving ample time during session to develop mutual goals.
Inclusive
Integrative psychiatric medicine accepts the value in both conventional western medicine and alternative approaches to health.
Safety
Use of psychiatric medications and holistic medicines can be safely used when the practitioner is highly experienced and the patient is well educated on the risks/benefits.
Consideration
All factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration, including chemistry, physiology, genetics, mind and spirit.
Scientific
Good medicine is based in good science. It is inquiry-driven and open to new paradigms.
Natural
Effective interventions that are natural and less invasive should be used whenever possible.