Care & Services

Psychiatric care that looks beyond the symptoms.

Your symptoms are real. They deserve to be understood—not dismissed.

Care at Mind & Microbiome Psychiatry is psychotherapy-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, and thoughtfully paced. We look at what you're experiencing now while also considering the patterns, experiences, stress responses, relationships, and biological factors that may be shaping your mental health over time.

The goal is not simply to make symptoms quieter.

It is to help create enough stability for deeper work to begin—and to help you build the understanding and skills to carry forward.

Complimentary 15-Minute Consultation

A brief conversation to ask questions, share what you're looking for, and explore whether my approach may be a good fit.

No treatment is provided during the consultation.

Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation

A comprehensive assessment of your current concerns, symptoms, psychiatric and medical history, functioning, strengths, goals, and the biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual factors that may be relevant to your care.

The evaluation is designed to understand the fuller picture of your experience, clarify diagnostic considerations, and identify the most appropriate treatment recommendations for your individual needs.

Recommendations may include psychotherapy, behavioral or lifestyle interventions, medication when clinically appropriate, laboratory testing, additional evaluation, referrals, or a combination of these approaches.

This is where we begin to understand the person behind the symptoms—not simply the symptoms themselves.

Psychotherapy & Ongoing Psychiatric Care

Ongoing care is centered on psychotherapy, with medication management incorporated when clinically appropriate.

Together, we may work on:

• Anxiety, depression, and stress-related symptoms

• Emotional regulation and nervous-system patterns

• Sleep and chronic stress

• Burnout and emotional exhaustion

• Grief and life transitions

• Relational and behavioral patterns

• Self-understanding, identity, and meaning

• Recovery and healthier ways of coping

Care evolves with you. Treatment recommendations are reviewed and adjusted as your needs, response, and goals change.

Thoughtful Medication Management

Medication can sometimes provide the stability needed for the deeper work of healing to begin.

When medication is clinically appropriate, I approach it thoughtfully and collaboratively—considering potential benefits, risks, alternatives, your preferences, and your overall treatment goals.

Medication is one tool, not the whole treatment.

The hope is that the skills, insight, and therapeutic work you develop along the way remain with you.

Meaning, Spirituality & Faith-Informed Care

For those who desire it, spiritual perspectives may be thoughtfully integrated into psychotherapy.

You do not need to share my beliefs.

You can bring your faith, your questions, your uncertainty, or simply your curiosity.

Wherever you are with God, you can bring that here.

Spiritual exploration is always optional, patient-led, and respectful of your beliefs, values, and autonomy.

A different way of thinking about treatment

Sometimes we need relief before we can do deeper work.

Sometimes we can begin the deeper work without medication.

Sometimes we need both.

There is no single path to healing, and treatment is not one-size-fits-all.

Psychotherapy is an important part of my approach because I believe the skills, insight, and understanding developed through psychotherapy can become resources you carry with you long after a particular episode of care has ended.

My role is to help you understand what you need now while keeping sight of where you want to go. When ongoing or specialized psychotherapy would be beneficial, I will help connect you with an appropriate therapist or specialist so that your care can continue to grow beyond the scope of our work together.

The goal is not to make you dependent on treatment. It is to help you build the capacity to keep moving forward.

Because care isn't only about feeling better.

It's about becoming better equipped to live, respond, recover, and remain rooted through what life brings.

Bend. Recover. Stay Rooted.™

A few important things to know

Mind & Microbiome Psychiatry provides outpatient psychiatric care for adults.

• Care is provided through scheduled appointments.

• Telehealth is available across Arizona, with in-person appointments in the Gilbert area.

• Medication is prescribed only when clinically appropriate.

• This practice does not provide emergency, crisis, detoxification, inpatient, or intensive outpatient services.

If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, call 911 or call/text 988.