Have you been frustrated with not being able to understand your thoughts or being able to talk to your psychiatric provider? Have a complex family, medical or mental health illness that has frustrated other providers? I am very experienced: 25 years of working as a nurse and marriage and family therapist combined with an additional 13 years of prescribing holistic and traditional medications resulting in significant experience seeing patients for significant mental illnesses, I work to keep patients healthy, prescribing holistic as well as traditional methods of psychiatry and focused on improving functioning at home and work. Life is hard, getting your brain chemistry well and balanced has been my focus. I use interview skills that tease out elements in personality and home life that are triggering distress, and if puzzled by brain chemistry recommend genetic assays to determine personal biology. I believe in TMS (trans magnetic stimulation) and have been working to develop a practice that will bring psychedelics into mental health treatment to enable recover function and long-term stability. I work with you, your family or partner, and your healthcare team to develop a solid treatment plan that enables recovery.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

I value our time together, needs that prompted call. I will introduce myself, experience and options, then very interested in what lead up to the decision to call. During the initial session I will do a Psychiatric evaluation and discussion on treatment recommendations are important to establish during the first session. Please bring vital information about past medication and psychiatric treatment. I have an office that creates an environment that opens the options to treatment. In office psychiatric evaluation encouraged. Subsequent sessions can be virtual.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

I advocate for patient care and development of mental health skills. I have had a lot of treatment resistant depression and bipolar patients seeking better care. I am going to be able to offer TMS and psychedelics in my office in Abington or refer to my colleague in Narberth.

Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.

Depression (treatment resistant, medical complexity) , Bipolar and psychotic disorders, Anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD, Elder depression and family issues. Ages 10-90

About Sharon R. Katz