Philmont Guidance Center

03/08/2025

Philmont Guidance Center is closed for business as of March 7th, 2025.
Dr. Daniel Hartman will continue to see patients in his new private practice.
If you need to make an appointment, please comment and I will send you his contact information.
Thank you for the last 20 years!

10/27/2021

03/23/2020

To comply with state and local authorities and to promote the safety of our patients and our staff, PGC is managing patient care using audio/visual telehealth technology. Please contact the office and leave your name and email address (please speak clearly) and we will send you information on how to connect with your therapist and your doctor/nurse practitioner. Thank you!

03/10/2020

Feel like your child's meltdown stems from misunderstanding? Learn how reflective listening, staying calm, and taking a few steps in his shoes can help defuse angry ADHD behavior.

07/31/2019

https://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-meditation-anxiety/

Explore how mindfulness and meditation can help soften anxiety, reduce stress, and calm a panic attack in our new mindful guide to meditation for anxiety.

01/06/2019

http://www.thesidewalkpsychiatrist.com/into-every-life-a-little-rain-must-fall-some-thoughts-on-being-prepared/

One of the expectations that I have for patients I work is that they are connected with a therapist. My role has been to evaluate for the need for medicine and to periodically assess how well that medicine is working. Medicine is rarely THE answer to behavioral health needs, especially when a patien...

10/14/2018

My take on the recent visit of Kanye West to the Oval Office may be different than yours. In a 10 minute rambling monologue that left even President Trump speechless, Kanye touched on a wide range of topics, from replacing Air Force One to abolishing the 13th amendment. I am bothered by how the spec...

06/12/2018

I start every morning with the morning paper. I have graduated from actual paper to a tablet, but still read it as a ‘replica’, meaning that I still get that “turn the page” sort of feel. Guess I am a bit old fashioned that way. I periodically think of this habit as a waste of time. Most of ...

03/22/2018

Our office staff is busy shoveling themselves out after another big storm! Offices will open when staff is able to get in. Our prescribers (Drs. Hartman and Senyk, and our nurse practitioners Joe, Aura and Kate) will start seeing patients at Noon today. All other appointments with them will need to be rescheduled. Please contact your therapist directly regarding appointments with them. Be Safe!!!

03/22/2018

As a follow-up to my article about folate deficiency . . .

The last post about folate deficiency got me thinking. Absolute absence of folic acid is a risk for non-response to antidepressants, but suppose you have adequate intake of folic acid. Is that good enough? In most cases, yes. In some cases, no. Lets look at some chemistry so you have a better unders...

03/21/2018

Philmont Guidance Center offices are closed today due to the expectation of severe winter weather. All appointments with the doctors and nurse practitioners are cancelled. Please check back for additional updates.

03/18/2018

Philmont Guidance Center has perfomed TMS since 2009. We have seen remarkable recovery in patients just like this.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation is gaining ground as a treatment for major depression - and potentially other conditions, too - that won't yield to traditional therapies. For this writer, it was a staircase out of a deep hole of misery and suicidal thoughts.