I provide psychiatric evaluation and medication management for adults across Texas coping with the emotional aftermath of cancer, chronic illness, ICU stays, surgeries, and other life-threatening medical experiences. Many people feel blindsided by symptoms like fear of recurrence, scan-related anxiety, hypervigilance, grief, anger, or feeling misunderstood. This is medical trauma—and it is real. I offer trauma-informed assessment, diagnosis, and medication management in unhurried, collaborative sessions grounded in shared decision-making. As both a clinician and a two-time breast cancer survivor, I understand how medical trauma impacts identity, relationships, and daily life. My goal is to provide a space where you feel believed, supported, and equipped with evidence-based care and genuine understanding.

I work with clients with anxiety in a collaborative, trauma-informed, and thoughtful way. Anxiety can show up in many forms, including constant worry, fear of recurrence, scan-related anxiety, hypervigilance, trouble relaxing, or feeling emotionally overwhelmed after a serious medical experience. I start with a comprehensive psychiatric assessment to understand each person’s symptoms, history, and current stressors, then develop an individualized treatment plan based on their needs. When appropriate, I prescribe medication to help reduce anxiety symptoms, and I use shared decision-making so clients feel informed and comfortable with their treatment. Because I offer medication management, I also coordinate closely with therapists and other providers to ensure care is well-rounded, supportive, and aligned with the client’s overall healing process.

I work with clients with trauma and PTSD through a trauma-informed, collaborative, and unhurried approach to care. I begin with a thorough psychiatric assessment to understand how trauma symptoms may be showing up, whether through anxiety, depression, hypervigilance, fear, grief, or difficulty feeling like yourself after a life-threatening medical experience. I provide diagnosis and medication management when appropriate, using shared decision-making so treatment feels supportive and personalized rather than overwhelming. Although I focus on medication management, I also work closely with therapists and other members of a client’s treatment team to support interdisciplinary care. My goal is to help clients feel believed, understood, and equipped with evidence-based treatment that can ease trauma and PTSD symptoms over time.

Trauma processing is important because difficult medical experiences like cancer, ICU stays, surgeries, or other life-threatening events can leave lasting emotional effects long after the body has healed. Many people continue to struggle with fear of recurrence, scan anxiety, hypervigilance, grief, anger, or a deep sense that life no longer feels the same. When trauma is not addressed, these feelings can continue to affect identity, relationships, daily functioning, and overall quality of life. Processing trauma helps people make sense of what they have been through, reduce emotional distress, and move toward feeling safer, more grounded, and more like themselves again. With the right support, including evidence-based psychiatric care and collaboration with therapists, trauma symptoms can be treated and eased over time.