Integrative Medicine for Mental Health
A Botton-up Approach to Your Wellness
Integrative medicine for mental health takes a whole-person, root-cause approach to therapy. Within the scope of my training, I help you better understand how your mind and body respond to stressors, and how those responses may be impacting your overall well-being.
In our work together, I incorporate education on a range of factors that influence mental health including hormones, the gut microbiome, neurotransmitters, nutrition, supplements, nervous system regulation, meditation, movement and other complementary and alternative therapies. Because everyone’s body and life circumstances are different, we’ll work together to identify what supports your unique day-to-day functioning.
This approach helps uncover potential root causes of emotional distress and empowers you with tools to manage and improve your mental health from the inside out.
Nervous System Regulation
Our autonomic nervous system (ANS) is responsible for many unconscious activities we depend on each day - breathing, heart rate, digestion, blood pressure regulation, sexual arousal, etc. It is also disrupted and made less resilient by daily stressors, greatly affecting our overall health. The good news is that we can increase the resiliency of this system through regulating activities. This allows us to decrease overall stress, increase restorative sleep, decrease inflammation, stimulate memory and new learning and much more. In our work together, you will learn the function of the ANS, the different (autonomic) states of our nervous system and tools to develop more nervous system resiliency.
Safe & Sound Protocol
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is an evidence-based listening therapy designed to reduce sound sensitivities and improve auditory processing, autonomic state regulation, and social engagement behaviors through filtered music.
As a practical application of Polyvagal Theory, the SSP acts as a non-invasive, acoustic vagal nerve stimulator, helping to re-tune the nervous system to better support connection, collaboration and resilience.
The SSP involves listening to specially filtered music through headphones alongside a provider, in-person or remotely. Suitable for children and adults, the SSP has demonstrated benefits for individuals with trauma, anxiety, sensory processing differences and more.
Who Can Benefit from Integrative Medicine for Mental Health?
Have you tried everything but still feel like something’s missing? Are you looking for extra support, but hesitant to start with medication right away? Do you want to make sustainable lifestyle changes that support your long-term mental and physical health? If so, integrative mental health treatment may be a great fit for you.
This approach is effective for a wide range of concerns and diagnoses. Together, we’ll explore a variety of tools and strategies tailored to your lifestyle, preferences and limitations to help you feel more grounded, balanced, and empowered in your daily life.
It’s time to reclaim your health and well-being on your own terms.
While I fully support the appropriate use of psychotropic medication, I also honor the wishes of clients who prefer to explore other options first.
Ready to learn more about integrative medicine for mental health and how it can help you?
Reach out to me for a free 15-minute phone consultation.