Psychiatric Medication Management
Quiet Mind’s focus is on psychiatric medication management. Medication plans are carefully selected:
- Based on the initial psychiatric evaluation of each patient’s history, past trials of psychiatric medications, current diagnoses, and symptoms.
- Include multiple options so patients are involved in themaking.
- Influenced by patient’s input and response.
- Follow-up medication management visits are typically scheduled for 15 to 30 minutes.
- My approach is therapeutic; I aim to create an alliance and partnership.
My mission is to be a thoughtful, conservative prescriber. Review of current scientific research about medication’s effect on the brain, and my work in an acute psychiatric and substance dependency hospital influence my approach.
Counseling
If a patient chooses to actively pursue therapy with me, I offer different session lengths: 30, 60, and 90 minute visits.
Therapeutic approaches are tailored to each individual’s current symptoms, stressors, needs and goals. I mix many techniques and styles of therapy, including:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Client-centered care
- Psychoanalytic
- Motivational Interviewing