Treatment Paths

We offer two different paths for patients

The reason for this is we have found there are two main categories of patients who generally come to our practice,
  • Those who have not tried many traditional psychiatric treatments before
  • Those who have more complicated histories and have tried many traditional treatments that haven’t worked or have caused side effects and need a different approach.

Essential Psychiatric Assessment & Treatment

Integrative Psychiatric Assessment & Treatment

Which treatment path is best for you?

Primary Path​

Essential Psychiatric Evaluation & Treatment

To relieve your symptoms and improve your life with the judicious use of medication management and/or solution-focused psychotherapy.


You are a good fit if:

  • You are new to seeing a psychiatric provider or your experience with psychiatry has generally been positive, neutral, or “good enough” (although you may be looking for something better)
  • You haven’t yet tried “traditional” psychiatric approaches, or haven’t tried many medications or therapists
  • You are looking for treatment for symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Spectrum, or PTSD, or looking for general support to cope with life changes or stress
  • You are looking for treatment for symptoms or you have one, or maybe two main problems/diagnoses you are looking for help for
  • Your general physical health is good
  • You are open to the use of psychiatric medications if appropriate

It Includes:

  • Comprehensive pre-session questionnaire to assess psychiatric history, medical history, lifestyle habits, and goals for treatment
  • 75-minute initial consultation
  • Follow up appointments scheduled as needed (25 or 50 minutes)
  • Treatment can include medication management and/or psychotherapy
  • Can include ordering and interpretation of follow up labs (basic lab work only)
  • Can include genomic testing to optimize medications (separate fee charged for test & lab review)

Secondary Path

Integrative/Functional Psychiatric Assessment & Treatment

The Integrative Psychiatric Assessment & Treatment path includes everything in the Essential path or primary path, and more.
The goal in our work together will be to relieve your symptoms, improve your life, and optimize your mental and emotional health with a combination of judicious medication use (where applicable), solution-focused psychotherapy and holistic/functional medicine approaches.


You are a good fit if:

  • You have a complicated medical and/or psychiatric history
  • You are looking to reduce medication use and take advantage of all holistic approaches available
  • You have tried “traditional” psychiatric treatment and it hasn’t worked
  • You have tried multiple psychiatric medications and they haven’t worked, or you have a tendency to be very medication sensitive
  • Your psychiatric diagnosis is unclear, you have multiple diagnoses, or don’t think you’ve been diagnosed properly in the past
  • You suffer from chronic medical issues, such as chronic fatigue, hormone dysfunction, gut issues, autoimmune or inflammatory conditions, etc
  • While you would like the focus to be on holistic treatments, you are OPEN to considering the judicious use of psychiatric medication where appropriate

It Includes:

  • Comprehensive pre-session questionnaire to assess psychiatric history, medical history, lifestyle habits, and goals for treatment
  • Additional pre-session questionnaires to assess symptoms of inflammation, thyroid dysfunction, and adrenal dysfunction, and GI/gut dysfunction (common contributors to psychiatric issues)
  • 2 hour initial consultation
  • Follow up appointments scheduled as needed (25 or 50 minutes)
  • Review of past medical records and lab work if applicable
  • Ordering and interpretation of follow up labs, including both basic lab work (done at Quest) and Advanced Functional Testing
  • Treatment can include medication management, psychotherapy, and functional psychiatric assessment and treatment
  • Creation of customized supplement plans based on results of functional lab testing
  • Review and optimization of supplements currently taken.