Psychiatrists in Montana
Sarah Stockham Johnson
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Bozeman, MT 59718 (Online Only)
I have special interest in women’s mental health, metabolic psychiatry, and how chronic physical illness like inflammation and autoimmune diseases can affect mental health.
I’m a compassionate and highly skilled board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with additional training and certification in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. I have trained with the leading physicians in evidence-based integrative, metabolic, and functional psychiatry resulting in an effective and compassionate psychiatric practice. I carefully consider and utilize new and emerging treatments with conventional or traditional therapies to treat disorders such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, ADHD, and bipolar disorder. I work with people who are ready to take a new approach to their mental health.
I have special interest in women’s mental health, metabolic psychiatry, and how chronic physical illness like inflammation and autoimmune diseases can affect mental health.
I’m a compassionate and highly skilled board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with additional training and certification in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. I have trained with the leading physicians in evidence-based integrative, metabolic, and functional psychiatry resulting in an effective and compassionate psychiatric practice. I carefully consider and utilize new and emerging treatments with conventional or traditional therapies to treat disorders such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, ADHD, and bipolar disorder. I work with people who are ready to take a new approach to their mental health.
Nesrin Abu Ata
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Billings, MT 59102
We all tend to seek help when what we are doing is no longer working, or we feel stuck , dissatisfied or our life is out of control, or someone we care about says that we should get help. I view these pivotal moments as potential moments of alchemy, if we are willing to be mindful with what is, staying with our experience and working through it. Remaining mindFUL allows the experience to teach us what we are supposed to learn, if we are open to it. I am here to support you as you go through your journey, face your challenges, identify patterns with you that keep you feel stuck so that you can be more free to be your best self.
We all tend to seek help when what we are doing is no longer working, or we feel stuck , dissatisfied or our life is out of control, or someone we care about says that we should get help. I view these pivotal moments as potential moments of alchemy, if we are willing to be mindful with what is, staying with our experience and working through it. Remaining mindFUL allows the experience to teach us what we are supposed to learn, if we are open to it. I am here to support you as you go through your journey, face your challenges, identify patterns with you that keep you feel stuck so that you can be more free to be your best self.
Trivita Health Center
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, ARNP-BC, PMHNP
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Bozeman, MT 59715 (Online Only)
Online, holistic, Telepsychiatry visits for Children, Adolescents and Adults in the states of Nevada, New Mexico, California and Montana. I specialize in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions. While comfortable with treating all psychiatric disorders, my specialties include anxiety, depression, stress, OCD, PTSD, binge/emotional eating, and insomnia. I also use the the Sinclair method for alcohol cessation and am well versed in mild cognitive impairment and the Bredesen protocol for brain health. Additionally, I often discuss relationships, life transitions, emotional challenges among oth
Online, holistic, Telepsychiatry visits for Children, Adolescents and Adults in the states of Nevada, New Mexico, California and Montana. I specialize in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions. While comfortable with treating all psychiatric disorders, my specialties include anxiety, depression, stress, OCD, PTSD, binge/emotional eating, and insomnia. I also use the the Sinclair method for alcohol cessation and am well versed in mild cognitive impairment and the Bredesen protocol for brain health. Additionally, I often discuss relationships, life transitions, emotional challenges among oth
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Chronic Pain Psychiatrists
How does chronic pain therapy work?
Engaging with a psychotherapist to help treat chronic pain does not mean that one’s pain is all in their head. Therapy for chronic-pain patients has been shown to benefit both the mind and the body, targeting physical symptoms and increasing daily functioning. In other words, for many, addressing their emotional health through therapy affects their physical health. A therapist can help a client challenge unhelpful thoughts about pain and develop new ways to respond to it, such as distraction or calming breathing techniques. Studies have found that therapy can be as effective as surgery for certain cases of chronic pain and many doctors recommend trying psychotherapy in advance of considering invasive surgery.
What are the most effective treatment options for chronic pain?
Stress, anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, ruminating, lack of activity, and social withdrawal all make chronic pain worse. Addressing these issues, research shows, can help people gain control over their pain symptoms. Therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, biofeedback, and mindfulness-based stress reduction, along with greater pain-management education, have been found to help people reduce fear and disability.
Are there new treatments for chronic pain?
Many cases of chronic pain, particularly those involving back pain, remain medically unexplained. But there is evidence that changes in the brain or nervous system are caused by previous physical ailments such as tissue damage; in such cases, the brain may continue to send out pain signals despite the physical cause having healed. To aid patients under these circumstances, a recently developed treatment known as pain reprocessing therapy (PRT) is designed to help the brain “unlearn” this response. A PRT practitioner helps individuals to reduce the “threat value” of their ongoing pain signals until they can reappraise them as less threatening and fear-inducing. They also help an individual to develop new emotional regulation skills.
How long does therapy for chronic pain take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from chronic pain, especially as there may be a range of physical and psychological causes for any individual’s discomfort, but most patients should expect to see a therapist for a number of weeks or months, typically spanning at least 12 sessions. Studies of pain reprocessing therapy found that many individuals’ experience of pain lessened in eight sessions over four weeks.