Eating Disorders Psychiatrists in Houston, TX
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Aaron H Fink
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
I am a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist. I use a developmental biopsychosocial model to guide my clinical work. This model integrates biological (e.g. genetics), psychological (e.g. self concept), and sociological (e.g. family roles, culture) aspects of individuals at different stages of their lives. I find this model particularly useful in my work with athletes as well as people with ADHD and
eating disorders
. I also have a special interest in group psychotherapy and insight oriented individual psychotherapy.
Arianne Suarez Lago
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Hi, I am a board certified psychiatrist serving children, adolescents and adults: Though much of my current work is in partial psychiatric hospital setting, I also maintain a limited private psychiatric practice. This allows me to work with diverse patients outside of my typical clinical setting, while offering a high level of responsiveness and flexibility to my private patients. I am comfortable with a wide variety of psychiatric conditions- pharmacotherapy- managing mood disorders-
eating disorders
. Each person is unique and deserves a tailored approach in their psychiatric care.
Thoughtful Connections Houston, LLC
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
We are a small group practice providing mental health services, including medication management and individual, family, and group psychotherapy. Our diverse team is trained to treat a wide range of challenges including depression, anxiety, trauma,
eating disorders
, personality disorders, self-harm, substance use, grief, and relational/family conflict. We work with clients ranging from age four through adulthood.
Kerry E. Miller
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, LCSW, APRN, PMHNP, PMH-C
Verified
9 Endorsed
Verified
9 Endorsed
I have completed specialized training in the treatment of
eating disorders
, perinatal mental health, and Highly Sensitive People (HSPs).
Finding the right mental health provider can be a daunting and confusing process — whether you're starting treatment for the first time or struggling to find someone who understands you and your needs. I am trained as both a therapist and psychiatric prescriber, so if you're not sure if medication is the right step for you, I can help you thoughtfully weigh your options without pressure or judgment. If you're looking to get off your psychiatric medications safely, I can help with that, too. Visit personcenteredpsych.com to schedule or learn more about me.
Not accepting new clients
Donna Yi
Psychiatrist, MD, CHCQM
Verified
Verified
I was also privileged to serve as Director of Professional Assessments, Associate Chief of Staff, and
Eating Disorders
Program Medical Director at the Menninger Clinic.
Notice of Practice Closure - Please be advised that I will be retiring and closing my practice effective April 1, 2023. I am grateful for the opportunity and privilege of having participated in the healthcare of my patients, all of whom have enriched my life. Requests for records may be sent to Dr. Yi at the following forwarding address: P.O. Box 542174 Houston, TX 77254.
Francisca Ogu
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
Verified
Verified
I am a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with a wealth of experience in delivering excellent nursing care. I treat patients with various mental health disorders such as Depression, Mood Disorders, Anxiety,
Eating disorders
, PTSD, OCD, Schizophrenia, etc.
Geoffrey Agwata
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, NP
Verified
Verified
Among the disorders/illness include: Anxiety disorders, Behavioral and emotional disorders, Bipolar disorders, Depression, Dissociation and dissociative disorders,
Eating disorders
, Obsessive compulsive disorder, Paranoia, and Alcohol use disorders.
Geoffrey Agwata, ANCC board certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with profound experience in the management and treatment of mental health illness in all ages.
Cassidy Gillaspie
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
I have been blessed to practice psychiatry for the past 11 years. It is an honor to walk the journey of life with my patients, helping them work towards their goals free of burden. I have developed a pharmacologically conservative practice that is founded on listening and developing patient relationships, in the convenience of an accessible West Houston location. With a diverse practice background and the knowledge from being triple boarded in Adult Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine; I am able to offer experience in treating a wide array of mental illness.
Rahab Mbugua
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, NP
Verified
Verified
Rahab Mbugua is Dual Board-Certified Family and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. She earned her Family Nurse Practitioner from Chamberlain University and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner from Liberty University. She fosters a safe environment and an easy-going communication style that makes it easy for patients to express themselves. She believes the patient is an expert on his/her health and the goal is to work with the patient to navigate the mental health difficulties in his/her life.
Providence Medical & Mental Health Clinic
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, PMHNP
Verified
Verified
Dr. Esther Eke-Huber is a board-certified Adult and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She obtained a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in nursing from Texas Woman’s University, and her PMHNP certification from Maryville University. She has more than 10 years of experience as a nurse practitioner, spent almost 7 years working in psychiatric clinics, counseling, and providing quality health care to multicultural 10year-old and above, in both outpatient and in-patient settings. Dr. Esther prior to her nursing career was an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas in Denton. Her mental care approach is patient-centered.
Daniela White
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Daniela White is Board Certified in General Psychiatry and Board-Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She has been practicing since she received her training in general psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and followed it with her fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Daniela believes in addressing psychiatric conditions with pharmacotherapy and complementary alternative therapies ( light therapy, exercise, supplement augmentation, and neuromodulation through Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation).
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Kimberly Epperson
Christie's Family Health LLC
Nelly Okere
ConscientiaMD
Texas Psychiatry Group
Dawn K. Brown
Kaeside Unachukwu
Belle Meade Addiction Medicine & Psychiatry, PLLC
Monica Stout
Caroline Mose
Behavioral and Mental Health Awareness PLLC
Natalie J Tellez
Next Level Psychiatry
Chika Odili
Sandra Kolapo
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, ARNP, PMHNP-C
Verified
Verified
I am a board certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner focusing on mental health disorders for all ages and populations. The goal of my practice is to create a collaborative treatment plan with the patient and myself in order to improve mental health conditions with the assistance of evidence based practice pharmacological intervention. Currently , accepting new patients for medication management appointments only. No longer taking appointments for therapy sessions.
Kimberly Epperson
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, APRN , PMHNP, BC
Verified
Verified
Here at Epperson's Behavioral Healthcare, I can promise you that you will be delivered the best quality care possible. I come with many years of experience dealing with patients, young and old, including veterans who suffer from mental illness. From all nursing spectrums from a licensed vocational nurse to a master's prepared Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, I have had the privilege with working with children, adolescents, older adults and the elderly suffering for an array of mental illnesses.
Christie's Family Health LLC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-B, FNP-BC, Ed
Verified
Verified
Many individuals lack medical and mental health services due to literacy, social support, and community resources. These barriers limit access and reduce motivation. Christie's Family Health LLC offers mental health services to all ages with a number one goal of ensuring clients receive services that reduce stigma, limit barriers, and improve health in the comfort of their home. My number one goal is to build trust and develop a long lasting collaboration with you that works to improve physical and cognitive health.
Uzochukwu Emukah
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I am a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, committed to providing quality, professional and patient-centered care. My practice style utilizes a collaborative approach to assist clients to reach their goals with the integration of pharmacological management and psychotherapy. Though I believe medication is a viable treatment method, it is not the only method. As an attentive provider and collaborator with clients, the best approach is planned to promote optimal health.
Integrated Psychiatry
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
We provide treatment for patients 18 years and above for a full array of mood disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, ADHD, intellectual disability, and psychosis. We tailor each individual to a treatment plan that is unique to their specific needs.
Alyx Bui
Psychiatrist, DO, MA
Verified
Verified
I find the brain to be a fascinating part of the human body and there’s so much we still don’t know. The part that really intrigues me about psychiatry is that ne joined Mindful Health Solutions due to their drive to practice evidence-based medicine. Everyone is incredibly knowledgeable and performs well in their respective roles. I developed a profound interest in interventional psychiatric treatment such as TMS and Esketamine during residency after witnessing a great deal of success in helping patients improve. The medications that we have are wonderful, but for some people, these types of interventional treatments are superior.
Ayesha Rashid
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Dr. Ayesha Rashid, MD is a licensed Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She received her training in Adult Psychiatry at State University of New York, Upstate University Hospital at Syracuse, NY where she went on to complete her fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She worked in the capacity of Attending Physician, Psychiatry at Syracuse Veterans Hospital before moving to Houston.
Nelly Okere
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, FNP-C, PMHNP, BC
Verified
Verified
Accepting NEW clients. Are you feeling overwhelmed by stressful life events and finding it difficult to function in your day-to-day life? Mental illness can affect every aspect your life. As a dual certified family nurse practitioner and psychiatric nurse practitioner, I have seen how untreated depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder and other psychiatric illnesses lead to overall poor health outcomes. For these reasons, I'm passionate about helping clients to get prompt mental health diagnosis and treatment so that they can live their life to the fullest.
Karen Hughes
Psychiatrist, DO
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
At One Behavioral, we treat a variety of patients that include all age ranges and all socioeconomic ranges. Between our six locations, our psychiatrists, counselors and psychologists aim to provide our patients to compassionate and judgement free care they need through advanced technology and treatment.
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Eating Disorders Psychiatrists
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.
About Psychiatrists, meds and Psychiatric Nurses.
A Psychiatrist in Houston is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Houston Psychiatrists differ from other mental health professionals in that they may prescribe medication as well as practice psychotherapy in treatment. Sometimes, Psychiatrists form part of a clinical team in which they will diagnose and prescribe, while psychologists or therapists provide the client's psychotherapy.
As part of a clinical assessment, Psychiatrists may conduct physical examinations, take blood tests, and order and interpret lab tests and brain image scans, such as CT scans, CAT Scans, and MRIs.
The field of psychiatry in Houston has many sub-specialties, including pediatric psychiatry. Those who work with the elderly are called geriatric psychiatrists.
Other related sub-specialties include cognition psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, forensic, reproductive medicine specialties, psychopharmacology , psychiatric genetics, neuroimaging, and clinical neurophysiology.
Psychiatric nurse practitioners in Houston, or mental health nurse practitioners, generally have an MS degree in nursing (MSN) and a number of years of training to become certified. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are able to assess and diagnose mental health conditions and prescribe medication. Houston Psychiatric nurse practitioners also have training that enables them to include psychotherapy with treatment.
A Psychiatrist in Houston is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Houston Psychiatrists differ from other mental health professionals in that they may prescribe medication as well as practice psychotherapy in treatment. Sometimes, Psychiatrists form part of a clinical team in which they will diagnose and prescribe, while psychologists or therapists provide the client's psychotherapy.
As part of a clinical assessment, Psychiatrists may conduct physical examinations, take blood tests, and order and interpret lab tests and brain image scans, such as CT scans, CAT Scans, and MRIs.
The field of psychiatry in Houston has many sub-specialties, including pediatric psychiatry. Those who work with the elderly are called geriatric psychiatrists.
Other related sub-specialties include cognition psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, forensic, reproductive medicine specialties, psychopharmacology , psychiatric genetics, neuroimaging, and clinical neurophysiology.
Psychiatric nurse practitioners in Houston, or mental health nurse practitioners, generally have an MS degree in nursing (MSN) and a number of years of training to become certified. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are able to assess and diagnose mental health conditions and prescribe medication. Houston Psychiatric nurse practitioners also have training that enables them to include psychotherapy with treatment.