Thoughtful Path Psychiatry

Too much of the mental health world is focused on an impersonal, almost assembly line-like approach to care where bandaids are put on symptoms that only bring about short term relief and it isn’t long until the next bandaid is needed.  We want the symptoms to get better but we also want to understand what is causing them in the first place so genuine long lasting healing can occur.  This is one of the reasons “thoughtful” is in our name.  Sometimes the causes of suffering are simple but often they are nuanced and complex - they aren’t always easy to identify but the work to find them is worth it.

It can be scary to reach out for help and when a person does it isn’t very useful if they are met with judgement or criticism.  We admire people who are willing to get help, and it is important to us that everyone we work with feels welcomed, respected and understood.

Depression and anxiety with thoughtful help gets better.  The wounds that trauma causes to the nervous system can heal. Cycles can be broken. Over and over again we have seen how powerful hope is.  There aren’t many tools mental health work that are more important than a realistic belief that the future is going to be better.