How we treat
Our approach to psychiatric care is grounded in careful listening, respect for your history, and evidence-based medicine. We aim for treatment that fits your life and goals.
We offer two primary treatment techniques:
What to expect
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Reach out
Request an appointment online, or send a note through our contact page. Either works.
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We connect
We reach back out to talk timing, fit, and any questions you have.
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Your first visit
A 60-minute consultation: an unhurried conversation about your history, what has and hasn't worked, and what you want from care.
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Return visits
Focused 30-minute appointments to track progress, adjust the plan, and answer what has come up since.
Wondering about insurance and costs? See our Resources page for accepted plans and self-pay rates.
Philosophy
Why patients come to us
Many patients arrive at psychiatry after trying multiple medications that did not work, worked only partially, or caused side effects that outweighed their benefits. In our experience, this is rarely because someone is truly treatment-resistant. More often, it reflects that the right questions were never fully explored.
We specialize in thoughtful, medication-based psychiatric care for adults who want a more deliberate and individualized approach. We take time to understand not only current symptoms, but how prior treatments have affected mood, sleep, energy, cognition, and overall functioning, and what life circumstances were present at the time. This allows treatment decisions to be guided by patterns and context, rather than trial-and-error alone.
How we decide
Our additional training in family and acute care informs a whole-person approach to psychiatry. Sleep physiology, stress response, medical comorbidities, and medication tolerability all play a role. We aim to use the lowest effective dose, establish clear goals, and define exit criteria, avoiding unnecessary polypharmacy whenever possible.
We believe patients deserve to understand why a medication is being recommended, what we are monitoring, and how adjustments will be made if something is not working. You will always know the reasoning, and you get a say.
We would rather take the time to find the right medication than rush to the next one. That is the kintsugi mindset: what has already been tried becomes part of the repair.
What kintsugi means here
You are not broken. You are becoming.
Our name reflects how we think about psychiatric care. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of repair, we view prior treatments, setbacks, and lived experience not as failures, but as essential information. Each piece matters. Careful integration of what has already been tried often leads to stronger, more durable outcomes.
- Pain gets acknowledged, not hidden.
- Healing means growing stronger through what you have been through.
- The goal is repair and growth, not just quieting symptoms.
Healing is not the absence of scars, but the ability to carry them differently.
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"Kiran is personable, understanding and very knowledgeable!"
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"I never feel judged when discussing my health."
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