Traditional and Specialty Psychiatric Care

In addition to traditional psychiatric services, I offer focused treatment for:

  • individuals with a history of trauma

  • treatment-resistant depression (TRD)

  • patients who were diagnosed with Bipolar disorder and are interested in a second opinion

  • athletes at all levels of performance from professional cyclists, yogis, climbers, to the twice a week jogger

  • those planning to become or who are pregnant

I offer psychiatric services to children, adolescents, and adults suffering from a wide variety of mental health challenges in the mild to moderate range.

  • depression, major depressive disorder (MDD), treatment-resistant depression (TRD)

  • trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), severe reactions to stress

  • attention deficit disorders (ADHD, formerly ADD)

  • affective disorders (Bipolar Disorders, Cyclothymia)

  • psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder)

  • substance use disorders (alcohol, benzodiazepines, tobacco, harm reduction)

  • managing anxiety and panic disorders without benzodiazepines*

Treatment Modalities

The world is big and humans have differing ways of creating mental wellness. I believe in meeting an individual where they are and finding interventions that will work for them to help address their symptoms and goals. In addition to listening to a client’s wisdom for their own wellness, it is critical that any treatment I recommend be evidence-based and low risk. Rooted in that doctrine, I utilize not only conventional or western psychiatric medications but also: integrative psychiatry options like complementary and alternative medications, also known as nutraceuticals and supplements; talk therapy; eco therapy; mindfulness or meditation; exercise; sleep hygiene; nutritional psychiatry; and other modalities.

Benzodiazepines and treatment for benzodiazepine dependence

Due to the abundant evidence that benzodiazepines (Xanax, Klonipin, Ativan, Valium, and others) can worsen depression and anxiety, disrupt sleep architecture, interfere with learning and memory consolidation, interfere with recovery from trauma, and place patients at a higher risk for abuse and dependency, they are not a form of treatment I offer for sleep, trauma, or anxiety. I do not prescribe these medications to manage symptoms but regularly work with patients to find effective alternatives and then slowly, gently, reduce and discontinue benzodiazepines and controlled sedative medications.