At MindBridge Behavioral Health, we provide comprehensive behavioral health care for children, adolescents, and young adults through the lens of pediatrics.
This approach is different from a traditional psychiatric practice, but it is designed to be complementary. Psychiatrists complete specialized training in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry, and their expertise is essential for patients with the most complex mental health conditions, such as psychosis, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. When those conditions are present, referral to specialty psychiatric care is often the most appropriate next step.
My training path is different. I am a board-certified pediatrician with more than 25 years of experience in private practice, caring for patients from newborns through college-age young adults. Over the course of those years, I have worked with thousands of families and have seen firsthand how emotional health, physical health, development, school, and family life are deeply connected.
That pediatric perspective matters.
Because pediatricians care for patients over many years, we develop a longitudinal understanding of children, adolescents, and their family systems. We see how attention, mood, behavior, sleep, learning, and medical conditions interact over time. Many common behavioral health concerns — including ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, and stress-related physical symptoms — exist at the intersection of mental and physical health, and can often be managed effectively within a pediatric framework when the clinician has focused experience in these conditions.
At MindBridge Behavioral Health, this pediatric foundation is combined with a Collaborative Care model. We work closely with Behavioral Health Care Managers to provide measurement-based, team-supported treatment for patients who need more than routine medication management but may not require specialty psychiatric care.
Our goal is not to replace psychiatry, but to fill an important gap — providing thoughtful, developmentally informed behavioral health care for the many children, teens, and young adults whose needs fall between general pediatrics and specialty psychiatry.
Mental health does not exist in isolation, and neither should care.
Evidence-Based Care: The Collaborative Care Model
Our Approach
MindBridge Behavioral Health uses the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) for patients who need a higher level of ongoing support.
Collaborative Care is a nationally recognized, evidence-based approach to treating mental health conditions in medical settings. It includes:
Behavioral Health Care Managers who provide ongoing follow-up, coordination, and coaching
Psychiatric consultation to guide treatment planning
Measurement-based care using validated symptom scales
Close collaboration with families, schools, and therapists
This model improves outcomes, increases access, and supports patients over time — not just during crisis moments.
