West Coast Integrative Mental Health

04/26/2025

06/27/2024

West Coast Integrative Mental health is now using the electronic health record system and patient portal called SimplePractice.

Established patients, please look out for an email with instructions on how to set up your new SimplePractice account.

New patients, please complete a request for services using this link: https://west-coast-integrative-mental-health.clientsecure.me/

For any questions, please call our office manager at 424-218-9068.

Thank you,
West Coast Integrative Mental Health

05/08/2024

"Our practice provides integrative psychiatry for children, adolescents, and adults as well as psychotherapy for teens, young adults, couples, and families.

We incorporate evidence-based medicine and psychotherapeutic techniques with an emphasis on exploring the biological, psychological, and social factors important for improving one's overall health.

Integrative mental health care encompasses treating individuals and families experiencing mental health symptoms with a holistic and person-centered approach. We integrate all aspects of health into a practice that emphasizes mental well-being as a result of fully understanding all aspects of a person's life experiences and medical background. This includes understanding the development and attachment style of a young child, the importance and difficulty of parent and friend relationships for a teenager, and the growth and change that occurs as an adult.

Our clients are ready to learn ways to gain a deeper understanding of themselves, to let go of what is no longer serving them, and to challenge themselves to explore the factors that will allow them to live life more meaningfully."

- Co-owners Chelsea Neumann, MD and Ali Wolfe-Grady, LMFT

12/28/2023

What is Exposure therapy?

"Exposure therapy is an evidence-based practice for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (Ferrando & Selai, 2021). OCD treatment involves facing anxiety, fear, or intrusive thoughts in a therapeutic setting rather than avoiding, compulsing, or investigating.

By increasing awareness around the rules your OCD has created to help you cope with anxiety, you and your therapist will identify a rules hierarchy."

Written by WCI therapist Victoria Washburn LMFT.

Explore OCD and anxiety treatment options in California with Tori Washburn, LMFT, a therapist at West Coast Integrative Mental Health. Accepting new clients, Tori employs an evidence-based approach, specifically Exposure Response Prevention, for teens, young adults, and couples facing OCD and anxiet...

11/06/2023

The Havening Technique is a psycho-sensory method designed to calm the nervous system. It involves a combination of therapeutic touch, distraction techniques, and bilateral stimulation to promote a sense of calm and safety. It can be used to address a range of challenges including anxiety, phobias, PTSD, and emotional distress related to life experiences. Click on the link to learn more about this technique. Written by West Coast Integrative therapist Victoria Washburn.

https://www.westcoastintegrative.com/post/calming-the-nervous-system-havening-technique-virtual-anxiety-therapist-in-california

10/31/2023

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10/11/2023

Chelsea Neumann, MD outlines the process of the initial psychiatric evaluation and how medication management is completed at West Coast Integrative Mental Health. She answers questions such as:

- Why do I need to have an initial mental health evaluation?
- Will I have some answers by the end of this appointment?
- What will a treatment agreement entail?

Click on the link below to read more.

What to expect when seeing your psychiatrist for an initial mental health evaluation.

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