What is Integrative Mental Health?

Integrative mental health care is a holistic approach combining conventional psychiatric treatments with complementary and alternative therapies to support overall well-being. It recognizes that mental health is influenced by biological, psychological, social, environmental, and spiritual factors and seeks to address these dimensions of health. This approach aims to go beyond symptom management to create long-term well-being. 

Clients can expect their first few sessions to include a comprehensive assessment that includes an integrative approach and collaborative treatment planning (your goals are my goals). These first few sessions are also an opportunity for you to get to know me and determine if I am the right fit for your therapy needs. It's always okay to go another direction if it's not the right fit.

Personalized Treatment - Tailored care that considers an individual's unique needs, preferences, culture, and health history.

Evidence-Based Conventional Care - Includes evidence-based traditional psychotherapy approaches. No, you are never required to re-live a traumatic event in order to do trauma therapy.

Lifestyle - Focuses on the impact of nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, and restorative relaxation.

Mind-Body Practices - Is it all in your head? Sometimes - that is where your brain lives, but it's also in your body and spirit. Includes whole health techniques to build capacity in the nervous system including breathwork, meditation, and mindfulness without toxic positivity and self-gaslighting.

Nourishment - Discusses the use of nutrition, vitamins, minerals, adaptogens, and botanicals to support mood and cognitive function through collaboration with your primary care provider, as well as referrals to consult with functional/holistic medicine providers and pharmacists.

Holistic Therapies - Incorporates trauma-informed approaches like Internal Family Systems IFS, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing EMDR, and somatic therapies. Considers Complimentary and Alternative therapies such as massage, acupuncture, and alternative pain management techniques. 

Connection - Considers the impact of community, social relationships, and environmental stressors. Supports exploration of life purpose, spiritual, and existential meaning-making as part of whole person health care.