Holistic Approach

My goal for you is to feel relaxed and happy, settled in your own skin and enthusiastic about what life has to offer.  Sound unrealistic? I am confident that a wellness model of psychiatry offers these types of benefits because I have seen it time and time again. 

For many people, medication will be an important part of healing. I am a medication prescriber and feel that I have a good awareness of  the strengths and limitations of medications. Truly, the right medication can be life changing. However, many people will benefit from multiple strategies to improve their mental wellbeing. I have listed some of those strategies below.

• Extensive history taking and use of psychiatric assessment measures leading to improved diagnoses, medication choices, interventions and outcomes

• Team based wellness approach: I will gladly coordinate with your therapist or any other health professionals involved in your care to get a more robust sense of your needs and help facilitate an effective treatment plan

• Evidence based use of supplements such as methylated folate for depression, B12 for cognition and energy, magnesium for sleep and anxiety and many other clinically validated choices

• Education and coaching on Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry principles, ie the use of food and nutrition to improve even serious mental health burdens

• Evidence backed mindfulness techniques such as meditation and breathing exercises

• Use of exercise to vastly improve ADHD, anxiety, restlessness, depression and lethargy

• Education on how alcohol affects sleep, mood and anxiety and strategies to create a shift in your relationship with alcohol

• Effective strategies for goal setting, personal growth and development