Mental Health/Counseling

 

We are pleased to part­ner with Opti­mal Vital­i­ty Concierge to offer elite, pri­vate Men­tal Health Ser­vices includ­ing: coun­sel­ing, med­ica­tion man­age­ment, and a vari­ety of holis­tic men­tal health services.

Dr. Gretchen A. Boules and Dr. Bran­di K. Boan are well trained in mul­ti­ple the­o­ret­i­cal ori­en­ta­tions and ther­a­peu­tic inter­ven­tions. As a result, they can pro­vide you with the best treat­ment plans that are col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly developed.

THERAPY/COUNSELING

Coun­sel­ing is the appli­ca­tion of psy­cho­log­i­cal prin­ci­ples to pro­mote and enhance cog­ni­tive, men­tal, and emo­tion­al health. It is a treat­ment for men­tal health prob­lems that involve talk­ing with a trained men­tal health pro­fes­sion­al. By pro­cess­ing our thoughts, feel­ings, and behav­iors we bet­ter under­stand our pat­terns in life. The col­lab­o­ra­tive process of coun­sel­ing cre­ates the space for pos­i­tive growth and men­tal wellness.

MEDICATION MANAGEMENT

Psy­chotrop­ic med­ica­tion man­age­ment is a type of bio­chem­i­cal inter­ven­tion. Our high­ly expe­ri­enced providers lis­ten to your symp­toms and will col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly devel­op a cus­tomized phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal treat­ment plan with you.

NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gy looks at how brain health affects think­ing skills and behav­ior. Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gists use test­ing to eval­u­ate, diag­nose, and treat neu­ro relat­ed dis­eases and con­di­tions. Types of test­ing that may be per­formed are mem­o­ry, cog­ni­tion, ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and/or motor tests.

Neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal test­ing is a way to mea­sure the cog­ni­tive skills of an indi­vid­ual. It is used to assess the men­tal con­di­tion of peo­ple who have suf­fered from brain injury, stroke, or oth­er neu­ro­log­i­cal conditions. 

Areas includ­ed in test­ing are: the abil­i­ty to think, under­stand, learn, and remem­ber, mem­o­ry, motor func­tion (walk­ing, coor­di­na­tion, etc.), per­cep­tion (how well you take in what you see or read), prob­lem-solv­ing and deci­sion-mak­ing, as well as ver­bal ability. 

Test­ing helps to deter­mine if your change in think­ing and mem­o­ry are relat­ed to con­di­tions such as: Dis­ease (Alzheimer’s), Brain injury, Emo­tion­al dis­or­ders like depres­sion or anx­i­ety, or nor­mal brain changes relat­ed to get­ting old­er. Repeat test­ing is also used to mon­i­tor pro­gres­sion in dis­eases like Demen­tia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. 

Dr. Boules and Dr. Boan incor­po­rate knowl­edge of biol­o­gy and psy­chol­o­gy to devel­op a treat­ment plan.  These plans may include psy­chotrop­ic med­ica­tion, over the counter phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, vit­a­mins, min­er­als and oth­er holis­tic inter­ven­tions.  Their plans are tai­lored to your needs and increas­ing your health.