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My approach to Mental Health
My approach to psychiatric care is multidimensional and personalized, using different therapeutic techniques as I deem appropriate in a particular case.
My approach to psychiatric care is multidimensional and personalized, using different therapeutic techniques as I deem appropriate in a particular case.
Philosophy of care: I believe in basing my clinical work on scientific evidence whenever possible, but I don't allow this "evidence" to get in the way of seeing patients as people instead of as "numbers." Hence, I address people's problems on the clinical principle of "the case by case." This approach means that each individual patient is different and therefore his or her treatment must be personalized. This philosophy of treatment--tailoring interventions to the individual--is important, I believe, because we live in an era of scientific depersonalization in which human beings are lost in morass of numbers and statistical data that dehumanize people. And my goal in treatment, as it is in teaching and writing, is to put Human Beings first.
Mental processes are extremely complex. Therefore, no single theory can account for the multiple phenomena that contribute to the development of mental health disorders. For that reason, I have endeavored to study in depth the most important currents of psychiatric and psychological thought. To achieve this goal of understanding the mind in a holistic way, I have trained in Biological Psychiatry in and Psychodynamic Psychiatry.I believe in tailoring treatment to the individual. I 
stand for applying biological methods and tools when they are necessary (in those situations in which there are biological/chemical componentsto the individual's problem). But, I also rely on treating and referring patients to other clinicians and programs that apply psychosocial modalities of intervention when their problem is substance-related, intra-psychic, interpersonal, or social in origin.
stand for applying biological methods and tools when they are necessary (in those situations in which there are biological/chemical componentsto the individual's problem). But, I also rely on treating and referring patients to other clinicians and programs that apply psychosocial modalities of intervention when their problem is substance-related, intra-psychic, interpersonal, or social in origin.