The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
Living with bipolar disorder sucks! Each week Michelle Reittinger and her guests explore tools and resources that help you learn how to live well with your bipolar. If you are tired of suffering and want to live a healthy, balanced, productive life with your bipolar, this podcast was designed with you in mind.
The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
Episode 33: Discovering Your Power to Heal with Dr. Jennifer Giordano
In this enlightening episode Dr. Jennifer Giordano shares:
- Her background in holistic psychiatry,
- What she learned in her experience as a traditional psychiatrist,
- The difference between how she approached treatment as a traditional psychiatrist versus now as a holistic psychiatrist,
- How learning to listen to her clients has helped her help them more effectively,
- How openness to exploration can lead to recovery,
- The incredible healing power of the body,
- How to help people be healthy emotionally, mentally, and physically in a holistic way, instead of relying on a pill,
- Why she started her practice True You Psychiatry & Wellness,
- What “slow psychiatry” is, and
- The power of a relationship-based approach to treatment.
Website: www.trueyoupsych.com
Instagram: @trueyoupsychiatry
Facebook: True You Psychiatry & Wellness
Email: hello@truyoupsych.com
Bio:
Dr. Jennifer Giordano, widely recognized as Dr. G, is a psychiatrist who uses a holistic approach to help those who want to take an active role in their own health and avoid, decrease, or stop using psychiatric medications. She saw the major gap in the medical community in the understanding of psych med tapering and wanted to help fill it, which grew into working one-on-one with hundreds of people navigating the tapering terrain.
Dr G believes people deserve to know their options before considering mind-altering medication. She guides patients to safely come-off psych medications through expert holistic mental healthcare and a common sense approach.
Dr. Giordano’s educational background includes a degree in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1997 followed by a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from Michigan State University in 2003. She completed her Psychiatry Residency at Henry Ford Hospital in 2010.
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