Conditions We Treat
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Depression is a very common and very serious mental illness that negatively impacts the way you feel, decisions you make, how you think, and how you behave. Depression can cause a sense of sadness, exhaustion, and lack of interest in life or things you once enjoyed. It is among the most common disabling clinical diagnoses in the world. Living with depression can lead to an individual developing other emotional and physical issues. Depression can have severe impacts on quality of life.
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Occasional anxiety is normal, however when it becomes a consistent part of daily life this is known as anxiety, or panic disorder. This is defined as a chronic condition of intense, excessive and persistent sense of apprehension or fear toward everyday situations. This feeling is difficult to control and begins to interfere with a person’s ability to navigate their normal daily activities, such as caring for themselves and their children, or preventing them from going to work. For people suffering from anxiety and panic disorders, their fears are entirely disproportionate to their circumstances.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a severe form of anxiety and panic disorder. It can occur in those who have either witnessed or suffered through a traumatic event. Individuals living with PTSD often experience intrusive, intense, and disturbing thoughts related to their trauma. When a PTSD event is triggered, debilitating panic attacks are common. These are often so severe that sufferers remake their entire lives in ways to avoid triggers. This leads to limited activity, impaired job performance, and negative impacts on relationships.
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A neurodegenerative disorder is a disease that attacks the central or peripheral nervous system, causing it to progressively deteriorate. These disorders typically worsen over time, and currently they have no known cures. The most commonly known neurodegenerative disorders are Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Parkinson’s Disease.
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A concussion is a form of mild traumatic brain injury. A concussion results in abnormal brain function, and can have a profound impact on an individual’s quality of life. Concussions are the most common form of mild traumatic brain injury, or mTBI. TBIs are usually the result of a blow to the head of some kind, however they can also be the result of rapid rotational forces that injure brain cells.
Our services
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) uses a targeted pulsed magnetic field, similar to an MRI machine. While the patient is awake and alert, TMS therapy stimulates areas of the brain that are under-active in depression.
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We engage our patients with an eclectic and supportive therapy approach; drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptace and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
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We offer years of experience managing medications. We take an educational approach–offering the latest in clinical neuroscience and genetic approaches to prescribing. We make sure that our patients always understand our medical decision-making and have confidence in our shared choices.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS, uses an MRI-strength magnet with a focal beam to activate parts of the brain that are not functioning appropriately. TMS helps people with neurological problems improve their function by directly stimulating brain pathways with gentle magnetic pulses.
TMS is widely used for the treatment of chronic depression, and has been shown to be extremely helpful for the treatment of concussions, dizziness, headaches, cognitive problems, chronic pain, neurodegenerative disorders, and many other neurological conditions.
If you have been struggling with depression, vertigo, anxiety, movement problems, memory difficulties, or chronic pain, TMS may be able to turn this around and help you heal. TMS has helped people to gain control of emotions and compulsions, stop headaches, restore motor control, and improve memory. Get the relief you deserve from our professional and compassionate staff; book a consultation to begin your healing.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Counseling
Ultimately, the purest expression of your framework will be the cognitive strategies you employ to cope with life events. We often move through life without awareness of the influences of these strategies. Psychological counseling allows us to reveal our strategies, examine them for weaknesses and strengths, and refine them into more effective constructs that enhance our ability to cope with the realities of our lives.
We utilize an eclectic therapy approach, and ensure that our interventions are tailored to your specific needs at all times. We draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and a host of other techniques to help you overcome your challenges and live your fullest life.
Medication Management
Your emotional responses are directly reflective of your brain function. Neurons in your brain need three things to function appropriately: oxygen, glucose, and activation. Metabolism involves your neuron’s ability to burn glucose in an oxygen-rich environment to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the molecule that powers reactions in your brain and body. Inefficient or impaired metabolic function leads directly to inefficient neurological function, and inevitably constrains your ability to cope with the stresses of your life.
We address the relevant metabolic aspects of your framework via laboratory testing. When appropriate, we assess all of the factors that can be contributing to metabolic problems, including inflammation, blood flow, glucose, oxygenation, hormones, and other underlying pathologies. We intervene where needed on whatever level is necessary, using the best of both medication and functional medicine.
