I am a psychiatrist with practice in the state of Kansas [Kansas City, Olathe, Lenexa, Topeka] with a focus on severe and persistent mental illness in both adolescents and adults. I strongly believe in a team centered approach to repairing foundational well being as a cornerstone of mental health treatment.

Traditionally, the medical community has encouraged the use of the scientific approach to diagnose and treat disease. Illness, whether mental or physical, has been the primary focus. These common clinical features do not adequately convey the personal connections to disease and illness as seen with the broader issue of wellness. With the rise of modifiable risk factors, such as smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical activity, which leads to a number of chronic diseases, the concept of wellness is becoming more prominent in discussions about health care. Wellness is recognized as far more than just encouraging certain lifestyle changes. Instead, wellness is the constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and achieve the highest potential for total well-being.