Wednesday, October 18, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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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.”
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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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