A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the treatment of emotional, thought, and behavioral disorders.

We are experts in talk therapy and interviewing to gather information and gain a deeper understanding of your unique needs.

Sometimes, questionnaires are used to gather more specific details in a validated, measurable form, further clarifying diagnoses.

Methods of treatment may include medication, lifestyle modifications, and goal setting. Meeting regularly with your psychiatrist enables growth over time and enables accountability.

Lifestyle Medicine is an evidence-based approach that applies preventive lifestyle modifications shown to prevent and treat disease.

Lifestyle Medicine aims to address the underlying causes of disease. For example, fatigue is a symptom of many disorders. A lifestyle medicine approach might explore sleep habits and nutrition as possible avenues for intervention.

In other words, it involves prescribing healthy habits as therapeutic tools.

All Lifestyle Medicine interventions as based in scientific study and scientific evidence, monitored dilligently by the American Academy of Lifestyle Medicine.

According to Dr. Drew Ramsey, a leader and founder in the field: “nutritional psychiatry is the use of nutrition to optimize brain health and to treat and prevent mental disorders.”

Whole Food, Plant-Based Nutrition is a pillar of Lifestyle Medicine. Evidence supports the use of a whole-food, predominantly plant-based eating pattern as strategy in the prevention of chronic health conditions. Foods included are predominantly: minimally processed vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds.

1. Whole Food, Plant-Based Nutrition.

2. Physical Activity

3. Stress Management

4. Avoidance of Risky Substances

5. Restorative Sleep

6. Social Connection