Our gastrointestinal system is involved in every aspect of our mind and body. When your gut is out of balance, you can experience symptoms such as depression, anxiety, fatigue and problems with attention, focus and memory. Heal your glands and you heal your life! At Free Range Psychiatry, we specialize in helping people heal [...]
"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear." ― Aung San Suu Kyi Are you scared that if you show your true self, you won't be accepted? Would you love to experience true freedom, but don't know how? Watch the video below by Free Range Psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer [...]
Psychiatric medications are being prescribed more than ever, suicide rates are skyrocketing, and mental disability is at an all time high. If medications are the cure, why aren't we getting better? Conventional psychiatrists spend very little time with patients and push toxic pills. Medications are frequently the problem. At Free Range Psychiatry, we help patient [...]
You have probably heard the words "integrative," "functional" and "holistic" being used to describe various medical practices. In general, the idea is that these are all different words to describe an alternative to "conventional" medicine, which focuses almost exclusively on medication based treatments. At Free Range, we prefer to use the term "holistic" to describe [...]
We are very excited to announce that we are starting a new series at Free Range Psychiatry where patients will be sharing their stories. Our first patient story comes from Marie. In the video below, Marie talks about her mental health journey before and after finding Free Range Psychiatry. A huge thanks to Marie for [...]
I am super excited to announce that I will be a panelist on the upcoming virtual film viewing of the documentary "Medicating Normal." Join the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at Justice Resource Institute for a virtual community screening of Medicating Normal, a 76-minute documentary film exploring our current mental health care system's reliance on psychiatric drugs [...]
Psychiatry doesn’t have the most pristine track record. Although our intent has always been to help, throughout our history we have had some unfortunate views of what that help should look like. You might be surprised to learn that the Latin root of “psychiatry,” psychiatria, literally translates to “a healing of the soul.” However, what [...]
Our endocrine system is involved in every aspect of our mind and body. When your hormones are out of balance, you can experience symptoms such as depression, anxiety, fatigue and problems with attention, focus and memory. Heal your glands and you heal your life! At Free Range Psychiatry, we specialize in helping people heal [...]
“One love, one heart, one destiny.” ― Bob Marley For centuries our hearts have been known as a place of love. We say things like "I love you with all of my heart" and "I am so broken hearted." But this isn't what I learned in med school or what you probably believe. We have [...]
"Within you is the light of a thousand suns. Within you is unimaginable beauty." - Robert Adams Most of us are quite familiar with the phrase, "ask your doctor _________." We are told by the media and society to ask our doctor if our sadness is actually depression and we need to be prescribed Trintellix or [...]
