The Myth of Mental Illness
The focus on blocking neurotransmitter receptors has been the mainstay of psychiatric treatment. While it has led to suppression of symptoms, it has also suppressed the exploration and treatment of the underlying causes of mental health symptoms. Over the years, as I integrated both functional and energy medicine approaches, it has become clear that mental illness is hardly just mental.
Read More →Can Thoughts Make Us Sick–or Help Us Heal?
Explore an insightful conversation with Dr. Elisa Medhus on energy medicine, scalar healing, and the power of thought. Discover how intention, visualization, emotions, and self-perception may influence the body’s healing process — offering a broader view of wellness that goes beyond the physical body alone.
Read More →Discovering the Long-term Effects of SSRI Use
This article examines the often-overlooked long-term effects of SSRI use and why some people experience protracted withdrawal after stopping antidepressants. It shares clinical insights into how nutrition, detoxification, functional medicine, and holistic support may help patients recover from persistent withdrawal symptoms.
Read More →Exploring Amanda’s Easy Withdrawal Coming Off Three Psychiatric Medications
Explore Amanda’s inspiring journey of coming off three psychiatric medications with surprising ease after decades of treatment. Discover how holistic support, self-responsibility, emotional healing, trust, boundaries, and root-cause understanding helped create a smoother path toward recovery, freedom, and renewed hope.
Read More →The Hidden Neurotransmitter System
When patients have been on a carousel of medications for decades without finding relief, there may be a deficiency in a hidden (less well-known) neurotransmitter system that could be undermining mental health.
Read More →The Energy Field
For the past two decades, I have been interweaving functional, energy, and allopathic medicine into a cohesive healing approach. This article explains how I integrated energy medicine into my holistic psychiatric approach to help my patients come off their medications. The Energy Field, a published magazine from the Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology, invited me to summarize my work in a nutshell.
Read More →SSRI Withdrawal’s Effects on Stress Resilience and Sleep
SSRIs are best known for their effects on neurotransmitters, but their influence extends deeper into the body. This article explains how these medications—and especially the withdrawal process—can disrupt key hormonal systems that regulate stress, sleep, and overall well-being. Understanding this hidden connection can make SSRI withdrawal safer and more manageable for both patients and clinicians.
Read More →Announcing New Office Location! Stamford, Connecticut, here I come!
On August 19, 2025, my office moved near downtown Stamford, Connecticut. My new location is in a beautiful, cherry tree-lined residential neighborhood, a block away from Stamford Hospital, a five-minute drive from the Metro North train station, and a 20-minute drive to the HPN/White Plains airport. Read on to learn more about how I used energy techniques to support the positive social changes I wanted.
Read More →Copy and Paste: A New Shortcut to Healing
Energy healing techniques can work remarkably well, but then “stop working” after a few days. In this article, I share a new, 20-second method to reactivate the benefits of an energy healing session using a simple “copy and paste” method. This method allows patients to replicate the benefits of a previous effective energy session.
Read More →Getting Out of the Carnival Fun House Using (I∞T)® Advanced Level: Story Form
Story Form, an advanced form of the Infinite Intention Technique, uses metaphor, visualization, and story to heal. In this podcast, a recorded healing session uses the metaphor of a carnival fun house to help patients process disorienting and chaotic experiences. The patient found the experience so immersive and healing that she lost track of time during the session but emerged feeling grounded and calm.
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