Identifying The Deepest Root Problems Underlying Symptoms
From a holistic perspective, a person’s suffering from a particular condition may be hidden, possibly lost behind multiple symptoms and diseases that are causing them to suffer. We will look to explore the underlying reasons for the condition that causes suffering, exploring them in the context of multiple complementary healing systems, which you are invited to explore below. Behind every symptom there is a person with whom the medical professional needs to establish a therapeutic relationship in order to create an effective healing plan.
An Effective Approach To Physical And Mental Health
Perhaps you have tried other techniques which haven’t worked. I have particular expertise with psychiatric treatment-resistant patients who have failed to improve despite multiple medications and therapies. I offer safe ways to taper off medications or reduce dosages and regain happiness and well-being.
Building Relationships Based On Trust And Caring
I believe that the basis for effective treatment is mutual trust, respect and caring in an environment where you can feel safe and understood. More than forty years of helping patients allow me to truly understand the varieties of lived experience and prolonged illness, of anguish and psychological suffering, of confusion and frustration.
A Customized, Patient-centered Treatment Plan
We will begin to explore natural and benign treatments to maximize your potential. We will attend closely to your unique biological and psychological, social and cultural circumstances.
Identifying The Deepest Root Problems Underlying Symptoms
From a holistic perspective, a person’s suffering from a particular condition may be hidden, possibly lost behind multiple symptoms and diseases that are causing them to suffer. We will look to explore the underlying reasons for the condition that causes suffering, exploring them in the context of multiple complementary healing systems, which you are invited to explore below. Behind every symptom there is a person with whom the medical professional needs to establish a therapeutic relationship in order to create an effective healing plan.
An Effective Approach To Physical And Mental Health
Perhaps you have tried other techniques which haven’t worked. I have particular expertise with psychiatric treatment-resistant patients who have failed to improve despite multiple medications and therapies. I offer safe ways to taper off medications or reduce dosages and regain happiness and well-being.
Building Relationships Based On Trust And Caring
I believe that the basis for effective treatment is mutual trust, respect and caring in an environment where you can feel safe and understood. More than forty years of helping patients allow me to truly understand the varieties of lived experience and prolonged illness, of anguish and psychological suffering, of confusion and frustration.
A Customized, Patient-centered Treatment Plan
We will begin to explore natural and benign treatments to maximize your potential. We will attend closely to your unique biological and psychological, social and cultural circumstances.
Functional Medicine Is Personalized Medicine
My approach to integrative holistic psychiatry has a core perspective of functional medicine. It is primarily concerned with prevention of dis-ease and addresses the underlying causes rather than symptoms of disease, particularly useful for resolving serious chronic disease. I value a therapeutic partnership with the patient that is empowering. After eliciting the patient’s history, I then retell my understanding to the patient, based on my knowledge of the web-like interconnection of fundamental, physiological processes in the body-heart-mind-spirit continuum.
There are seven core clinical imbalances in the Functional Medicine Matrix, such as hormone and neurotransmitter imbalances, energy imbalances at a cellular level, digestion/absorption and microbiological gut imbalances, detoxification/biotransformation/excretory imbalances, transport imbalances such as cardiovascular and lymphatic system, imbalance in structural/membrane integrity, that underlie the expression of disease and form a pattern of dysfunction. For example, one imbalance such as inflammation can cause multiple influences: heart disease, depression, arthritis, cancer, and diabetes; or one condition such as obesity can have many imbalances: inflammation, hormones, genetics, diet and exercise, and mood disorders. It is the recognition of these patterns that is the art and science of functional medicine. In this way we can choose together the right mix of diagnostic methods and laboratory tests along with specific treatments.
Healing Illness And Resolving Problems
Combining Eastern traditions such as acupuncture, yoga, and meditation, for example, with modern Western Psychiatry, I employ an integrative blend of conventional and alternative healing strategies that support the whole person. Decreasing stress and boosting one’s immunity and psychological resilience can help the body cope better, heal more quickly, and maintain health. There are many healing techniques that help to reduce tension, anxiety, depression and insomnia, improving overall mental, physical and spiritual well being. They also provide tools that help increase control over one’s behavior in positive ways.
Integrative Holistic Psychiatric Treatment Options
The following categories of integrative medicine illustrate some of the key methods utilized in integrative psychiatric treatment. They represent several distinct disciplines, along with several options within each discipline. They can be applied individually or in combination to create a customized approach for each person:
varieties of psychotherapies for individuals, couples, families, and groups, varying from psychodynamic insight-oriented, supportive, relational, brief, interpersonal, cognitive, cognitive-behavioral, positive skill building therapies such as Buddhist psychotherapy, mentalization-based therapy; meditation; hypnosis and hypnotherapy; EMDR(eye movement-desensitization reprocessing); yoga;
various types of energy work including acupuncture, qi gong, tai qi, essential oils, cranial electrical stimulation, sound-work technologies incorporating toning, tuning forks, use of hemi-sync technology and specialized music to induce desired brain wave states of consciousness, chanting;
Western, Ayurvedic, and Chinese herbal medicine;
digestion, diet and nutritional supplementation;
judicious use of medications;
referral to appropriate professionals for musculoskeletal problems, pain syndromes, therapeutic bodywork and massage;
– counseling for social, family, and work functioning, exercise, spiritual issues
Mastering Both Art And Science For Optimum Results
Critical to effective treatment is knowing which techniques to employ when, and in what combination with other complementary methods. My thirty-five years of clinical experience, continuous education and training give me mastery for both the art of creative application and the science of healing disciplines.