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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 20 A holistic approach to psychiatry By Jim Cornelius News Editor Audry Van Houweling named her practice in Sisters She Soars Psychiatry because she wanted to evoke resilience, empowerment and the overcoming of obstacles. “We specialize in work- ing with women and girls,” she said. “We take a holis- tic approach to restoring wellness.” While she can prescribe and manage medication, her practice goes much deeper. Van Houweling is commit- ted to a functional medi- cine model that gets at root causes of emotional and psy- chological disruptions. Audry has worked in community mental health, residential, outpatient, and emergency settings. Audry has experience treating a wide range of mental health conditions including mood disorders, psychosis, anxi- ety disorders, co-occurring disorders, personality dis- orders, pre-menstrual dis- orders, post-partum disor- ders, autism spectrum dis- order, and attention-deficit disorders. “I came to the conclu- sion that I wanted to open a private practice and pursue psychiatry from a holistic angle,” she told The Nugget. Having grown up in Tumalo and with family in the area and her love of the outdoors — especially horseback riding — Sisters was a natural choice. She is particularly inter- ested in helping people seeking a comprehensive approach to restoring emo- tional wellness – people grappling with depression, mood swings, fatigue, diffi- culty focusing. She provides lab testing to get at just what is happen- ing physiologically and gets to know individual history so that she understands the context for what a person is currently experiencing. “I love to hear people’s stories,” she said. Understanding the full range of a person’s state h e l p s Va n H o u w e l i n g develop a broad-based approach to restoring emo- tional wellness. She notes that men- tal health services are still scarce in Central Oregon and • Psychotherapy • Medication management • Perinatal mental health • Affordable concierge care for individuals & families • Health coaching, nutrition therapy & doula care • Specializing in functional medicine that there’s still a stigma to seeking help. “I think there’s pres- sure for people to ʻpull themselves up by the boot straps,’” she said. Today’s world is at once more connected than ever — and more isolating. Social media can create new strains on emotional health. Women in particular are often subject to invidious comparisons with other people’s lives — and feel acutely a sense of their shortcomings. “Women can fall into that trap quite a bit,” she said. “There’s almost a constant need to compare or cri- tique yourself or somebody else. People think they’re connected, but at the same time they’re lonely and isolated.” In order to make sure her services are within reach for those who need them, She Soars Psychiatry offers an affordable concierge pro- gram. Sessions are transfer- rable to other family mem- bers, including men and boys. For more information visit www.shesoarspsych. com. Free talk on health offered in Sisters Joyce Burk Brown com- bines her 38 years of west- ern medicine in occupational therapy with 15 years of eastern medicine — Qigong and more recently Reiki and Awakened Heart Healing (trauma release through energy work). Each of these approaches looks at the whole person – body mind and spirit. She will be giving a free lecture on a new way to look at health on Wednesday, October 18, 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. at the office of Ann Griffin, Chiropractor. Big Foot Wellness is located at 329 E. Main Ave., Suite 1A in Sisters. The focus of the talk will be on OT, Qigong (like Tai Chi) and Reiki (Japanese relaxation and energy work) including some exercises and movement experiences. Those attending will have a opportunity to learn more about working with Qi or vital energy and how it fits in to our health. RSVP if you plan to attend the talk by contact- ing her at 541-420-5875 or joyce52brown@gmail.com. WELLNESS: Changing way of life can actually be fun jump start the year on better footing. “I don’t see anybody who doesn’t benefit from this,” Willitts said. And it’s not an arduous process of self-denial. That doesn’t work in the long run. Getting to a better way of liv- ing and feeling better in mind, body and spirit should be a pleasure. “All of this stuff,” Willitts said, “is related to fun.” Continued from page 18 organized program. For Willitts and Littrell, the detox program at Shibui is about a journey. Some peo- ple come every year to take a bit of time to reconnect with themselves; some use it to She Soars Psychiatry Audry Van Houweling PMHNP-BC HOLISTIC PSYCHIATRY & WELLNESS FOR WOMEN & GIRLS Now scheduling new clients, 541-595-8337 www.shesoarspsych.com 102 E. Main Ave., Ste. 300A, Sisters She Soars Psychiatry offers Sisters a compre- hensive, broad-based and functional approach to restoring emotional wellness. Founder and owner Audry Van Houweling has experience treating a wide range of mental health conditions includ- ing mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety disorders, co-occurring disorders, personality disorders, pre- menstrual disorders, post-partum disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and attention-deficit disorders. She can offer medication management, but is focused on a functional, compassionate, personal approach that gets at root causes, not just symp- toms. Functional medicine appreciates inter-con- nections and strives to tell the whole story of what a client is experiencing. S h e S o a r s Ps y c h i a t r y o f f e r s a n affordable concierge program to put her services well within reach of Sisters families who need them. Membership options include three months or six session; six months or 12 sessions; 12 months or 24 sessions. Sessions are transferrable to other family members. And unused sessions per month roll over and can be used later. 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