I believe the most effective care
begins with being fully heard.

"Treating people well means slowing down enough to know the person behind the symptoms."

In her own words

Why I do this work

I became a psychiatrist because I believe the most effective care happens when someone feels truly heard. Not rushed, not reduced to a diagnosis, not handed a prescription and sent on their way.

Medication can be enormously helpful. But it works best when it's part of a larger understanding of what you're going through, where it comes from, and what you're trying to get back to. That's why I've always done both: therapy and medication management together.

Many psychiatric practices today are structured around brief medication-focused visits. This practice is designed differently. Sitting with someone long enough to actually understand them. That's where real progress happens.

If you've ever left a doctor's office feeling like a chart rather than a person, I want you to know that it doesn't have to be that way.