MLC Of Greater Atlanta

Mental health issues, symptoms and challenges that really benefit from a holistic approach (An integrative, comprehensive and collective approach) include issues like insomnia (trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep), depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, grief/bereavement, and panic symptoms. Unless it’s absolutely necessary, I strongly recommend that anyone suffering from any of these issues try a holistic approach (An integrative, comprehensive and collective approach) prior to just taking a medication. Common medications with addictive potential include opioid narcotics (Oxycontine, Hydrocodone, Percocet, etc.), benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, etc.), and stimulants (Ritalin, Adderall, Vyvanse, Focalin, Concerta, etc.).

In my opinion, it’s all about QUALITY. Just like with restaurant and food choices, cars, homes, clothes or furniture, you always have a choice between QUALITY and QUANTITY. Many, but not all, mental health practices that take insurance focus on getting the highest possible number of patients/clients through the doors every day (i.e., QUANTITY) in order to maximize their profits. While other practices, like my practices, focus on treating each client as a unique individual with unique insights, perspectives, personality characteristics, coping skills, psychological strategies and life challenges and working individually with that client to help them become more resilient, empowered, improved, abundant, prosperous and successful in a holistic way (i.e., QUALITY). My practice focuses on the QUALITY of therapy and care that I provide instead of pushing clients through like a cattle call or a factory conveyor belt (i.e., QUANTITY).

A “Holistic Approach” (An integrative, comprehensive and collective approach) to mental health is an approach based upon looking at the totality of the person, not just their symptoms or diagnoses, when creating and designing treatment, therapy and wellness options. It’s also an approach based upon a natural approach to wellness that considers the least harmful means of helping the client move forward and helping them overcome their present challenges, obstacles, complaints and symptoms with the least amount of side effects or unintended consequences. It’s also an approach the embraces the concept that the first response to helping someone from a mental health and wellness shouldn’t be reaching for a prescription pill. In my opinion, a high quality, proactive, holistic mental health and wellness approach helps the client build the mental muscles and a resilient mindset before just handing them a pill to solve their problems.