Service Appointment types:
Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluations: 60 minutes
This is the first visit for all patients even if you already had care elsewhere. The highlight of this visit is an opportunity to conduct a comprehensive review of your current concerns and of your background. We will learn of your medical history and order labs to uncover underlying medical causes of your symptoms; past psychiatric history and treatment; family history to explore genetic contributions; current events in your life and your social history including daily routine. We may order pharmacokinetic or genetic testing if suffering from severe side effects or uncover other reasons they may be beneficial. By the end of the initial consultation or sometimes the second visit I will offer my preliminary impressions, and we will discuss your treatment options. One of the most important curative aspects of a therapeutic relationship is the goodness-of-fit. This initial visit is your opportunity to determine for yourself if we are a good fit. After these decisions, we may establish a treatment relationship.
Hybrid Follow up and Maintenance visits with psychiatrist: 25-30 minutes
We believe that effective treatment for mental health related concerns and psychiatric illness goes beyond the use of medications by itself. While we utilize psychiatric medications when indicated, we strive to incorporate a variety of other interventions to improve mental wellness including treating any underlying medical issues; talk therapy; vitamins and supplements; exercise and yoga; nutritional and dietary changes; meditation etc. When medications are used, we aim to balance its use for quick resolution of symptoms initially with a goal to use the least required effective dose.
Our approach to treatment is collaborative. this means that you are always in the drivers seat in treatment decisions while your healthcare provider serves as your guide. We do this using education, information and expertise from the benefit of experience.
We do not offer traditional hour long therapy appointments at this time. However, the hybrid maintenance visits incorporate talk therapy that draws from a Supportive approach, Cognitive Behavioral approach and Acceptance and Commitment therapy approach.
We think of these therapy approaches as tools and draw on them as they fit your needs.
Services we do not provide:
Traditional hour long talk therapy: We do not offer weekly, hour long traditional talk therapy appointments at this time but hope to do so in the near future with a licensed mental health professional.
Sometimes we decide together that you need traditional therapy to augment your treatment. When that happens we refer to a growing network of therapists in the area that we are building relationships with. some of them are in network with insurances (**).
This is the first visit for all patients even if you already had care elsewhere. The highlight of this visit is an opportunity to conduct a comprehensive review of your current concerns and of your background. We will learn of your medical history and order labs to uncover underlying medical causes of your symptoms; past psychiatric history and treatment; family history to explore genetic contributions; current events in your life and your social history including daily routine. We may order pharmacokinetic or genetic testing if suffering from severe side effects or uncover other reasons they may be beneficial. By the end of the initial consultation or sometimes the second visit I will offer my preliminary impressions, and we will discuss your treatment options. One of the most important curative aspects of a therapeutic relationship is the goodness-of-fit. This initial visit is your opportunity to determine for yourself if we are a good fit. After these decisions, we may establish a treatment relationship.
Hybrid Follow up and Maintenance visits with psychiatrist: 25-30 minutes
We believe that effective treatment for mental health related concerns and psychiatric illness goes beyond the use of medications by itself. While we utilize psychiatric medications when indicated, we strive to incorporate a variety of other interventions to improve mental wellness including treating any underlying medical issues; talk therapy; vitamins and supplements; exercise and yoga; nutritional and dietary changes; meditation etc. When medications are used, we aim to balance its use for quick resolution of symptoms initially with a goal to use the least required effective dose.
Our approach to treatment is collaborative. this means that you are always in the drivers seat in treatment decisions while your healthcare provider serves as your guide. We do this using education, information and expertise from the benefit of experience.
We do not offer traditional hour long therapy appointments at this time. However, the hybrid maintenance visits incorporate talk therapy that draws from a Supportive approach, Cognitive Behavioral approach and Acceptance and Commitment therapy approach.
We think of these therapy approaches as tools and draw on them as they fit your needs.
Services we do not provide:
Traditional hour long talk therapy: We do not offer weekly, hour long traditional talk therapy appointments at this time but hope to do so in the near future with a licensed mental health professional.
Sometimes we decide together that you need traditional therapy to augment your treatment. When that happens we refer to a growing network of therapists in the area that we are building relationships with. some of them are in network with insurances (**).