Private Practice Goals

Evidence-based conventional and alternative treatments of psychiatric disorders

Goals

  • Comprehensive evaluation and treatment of adult and adolescent psychiatric disorders
  • Working collaboratively with patients and health-care providers to develop interdisciplinary treatment plans
  • Using evidence-based conventional, complementary and alternative approaches to optimize treatment outcomes
  • Developing expert medical resources on complementary, alternative and integrative treatments in psychiatry for both health care professionals and patients

Services and Resources

  • Comprehensive integrative medical-psychiatric evaluations and treatment-planning
    combining evidence-based conventional and alternative therapies
  • Conventional psychopharmacological medication management
    where indicated in the context of a broader interdisciplinary treatment plan
  • Consultations on safe evidence-based uses of natural products
    in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, including herbs, vitamins, other natural products and dietary factors in mental health
  • EEG biofeedback
    addressing anxiety disorders and attention-deficit disorder
  • Alpha-Stim™
    for selected anxiety disorders, insomnia, and chronic pain disorders 
  • Acupuncture
    where indicated for selected disorders including depression, anxiety, pain disorders, etc
  • Website for both healthcare practitioners and patients emphasizing clinical and research findings pertaining to evidence-based conventional, alternative and integrative assessment and treatment approaches in mental health care
  • Conventional long-term insight-oriented psychotherapy
  • Cognitive-behavioral therapies
    for anxiety disorders including Obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and phobias
  • Guided imagery
    for anxiety disorders, chronic pain disorders, etc.
  • Comprehensive consultations on patients in treatment elsewhere
    who are seeking a second opinion and have not responded to conventional therapies

Future Services and Resources

  • Virtual-Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET) Virtually-reality-based exposure therapy for treatment of anxiety disorders, eating disorders, ADHD, and others
  • Support Group
    on conscious living and conscious dying
  • Web-based integrative consultations using teleconferencing addressing unique treatment needs and preferences of each patient
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