Behavioral Health

Journey Healthcare provides exceptional mental and behavioral health treatments for clients in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area. We pride ourselves on offering accessible, ethical, private and sincere services that make a difference in your quality of life. It’s our goal not only to see our patients get well but to stay well.

Working hand in hand with you to support your mental health needs and goals, we address behavioral health issues with targeted treatments and therapies. Using an evidence-based approach, we track outcomes to know what works for each patient. We provide a full range of treatments including, but not limited to: CBT, DBT, EMDR, Gestalt, Gottman Method Counseling, Family Systems Theory, Solution-Focused and Trauma Therapy in Pittsburgh.

Services Offered

Individual Counseling

One-on-one counseling with the caring therapists at Journey Healthcare provides objectivity to situations that are emotionally involved. We provide an environment that leads to self-inspection and insight building. Working hand in hand with our therapists, you can change behavior or thought patterns; become less defensive; improve mood and outlook; increase motivation and so much more. We specialize in grief, trauma and adolescent counseling.

Family and Couples Therapy

Whether you want to improve relationships among your family or between you and your partner, our therapists work with you and your loved ones to create an individualized treatment plan that addresses relationship issues and growth. Using proven methods, we foster change in close relationships by improving communication, providing conflict management strategies and more.

Group Therapy and Educational Seminars

Group therapy is often beneficial for people dealing with a range of conditions, from ADHD to depression, anxiety to eating disorders, PTSD and more. Participating in group therapy builds bonds and relationships with others with similar experiences. Helping others and sharing strengths with the group boosts self-esteem and confidence, while sharing feelings can help relieve negative feelings of guilt, pain or stress.

Many of our group sessions are specialty, education-based seminars. We provide a comfortable, inclusive setting to help groups focus on a specific topic, encouraging growth and coping strategies.

Integrative Psychiatry

Addressing each person as a whole—mind, body, and spirit while using methods that work best for the individual.

Journey Healthcare is the leading psychiatrist with locations in Pittsburgh, PA and Murrysville, PA, offering a comprehensive approach to treatment with Integrative Psychiatry. Integrative Psychiatry addresses the whole person—mind, body and spirit—using methods that work best for the individual. By providing personalized treatment that addresses your specific mental health needs, we partner with you to improve your quality of life and overall functioning.

Integrative Psychiatry at Journey Healthcare

Journey Healthcare is proud to offer Integrative Psychiatry, a comprehensive approach to psychiatry that addresses our unique mental health needs. Working hand in hand with you, our skilled, board-certified psychiatrist, certified registered nurse practitioners and physician’s assist to create and carry out a plan to help you manage symptoms of many mental health conditions including:

  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar
  • ADHD
  • Depression and treatment-resistant depression
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • PTDS

Starting Your Journey

Ready to take the next step to better mental wellness? Your Journey into Psychiatry starts with a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation. We assess your past and present condition, discussing treatments and medications as necessary. Working with you, we’ll develop a patient-centered plan of care that meets your needs. You’ll check in with your medication management provider frequently throughout your experience, while frequency of services will depend on your goals and needs.

Benefits of Integrative Psychiatry at Journey Healthcare

How can Integrative Psychiatry benefit your mental health? There are a variety of positive outcomes associated with this approach to psychiatry, like:

  • Provide strategies to improve mind health. As part of a patient-centered treatment plan, our Integrative Psychiatrists provide patients with proven techniques to combat things like automatic negative thoughts, helping you maintain control of your mind and improving its health.
  • Developing routines that reduce stress. High-stress lifestyles are psychologically difficult to navigate. We provide science-backed relaxation methods to improve the health of your brain and mind.
  • Identifying beneficial medications. Sometimes, chemical imbalances can contribute to psychological conditions. Working with our medication management professionals, we help treat some of the biological causes for mental health problems safely and effectively.
  • Helping you find your purpose. By following a personalized Integrative treatment plan with the team at Journey Healthcare, you can address all your needs, including biological, psychological, social and spiritual. We work with you to discover what and who gives your life meaning, so you can maintain the motivation to stay healthy.

Take the first step to better mental health with Journey Healthcare

If you’ve been searching for a “psychiatrist near me,” Journey Healthcare is ready to partner with you on your path to better mental health and well-being. Using an Integrative approach to psychiatry that addresses the whole person: mind, body and soul, we help you on your journey to wellness with a plan that meets your needs. Contact us today at 412-668-4444 to schedule your consultation.

Esketamine Therapy

There is a renaissance in psychedelic medicine and Journey Healthcare is now offering physician directed, evidence-based treatment through Ketamine & esketamine (Spravato) therapy.

What is Spravato

SPRAVATO® is a prescription medicine, used along with an antidepressant taken by mouth to treat:

  • Adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD)
  • Depressive symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) with suicidal thoughts or actions

Spravato is the first FDA-approved nasal spray medication for Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD).
33% of people suffering from depression have treatment resistant depression.

Patients engaging in Ketamine therapy will not have to wait weeks or even months for the treatment to take effect. Patients will not have to suffer through months of side effects and depression before determining if the medicine works at all.

Spravato targets the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NDMA) receptor and is believed to work differently than currently available oral antidepressants.

Am I a candidate for Spravato?

If you’ve tried two or more antidepressants without sufficient relief you may be a candidate for Spravato

Ketamine benefits often begin to appear within just hours and clinical trials with ketamine have shown peak mood elevation within 24-36 hours of treatment.

Ketamine offers patients a high success rate (50-70 percent) of reducing or eliminating severe depression symptoms opposed to traditional antidepressants boast a lower success rate (40-45 percent) and some do not work at all.

Ketamine therapy works fast and often!

Spravato is not for:

  • As a medicine to prevent or relieve pain.
  • To prevent suicide, reduce suicidal thoughts or actions, or replace hospitalizations, even if there is improvement after the first dose.
  • Spravato is not for use in children.
Request Treatment today!

Call us directly to schedule consultation for TMS at: 412-668-4444

How it works

Ketamine works differently than other typical antidepressants by increasing levels of glutamate. Glutamate is the most abundant neurotransmitter in your brain and central nervous system.

Glutamate’s functions include: Learning and memory. Sleep-wake cycle manager. It is an energy source for brain cells when glucose is low and it also allows chemical messages to be sent between nerve cells.

Glutamate is also needed for making another neurotransmitter in your brain called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). GABA is known as the “calming” neurotransmitter. It’s involved in sleep, relaxation, anxiety regulation and muscle function.

Weeks 1-4

Twice Weekly visits

Weeks 5-8

Once weekly

Weeks 9+

once every week or two depending on healthcare professional recommendation.

You and your healthcare provider will decide how long you stay on SPRAAVATO based on:

  • How you respond to it
  • How stable your response is.

After 8 weeks of treatment, your healthcare provider will determine the dosing frequency based on how you feel.

What to expect on treatment days:

In a clinical setting, patient’s typically sit in a comfortable chair with an eye mask and dim lights. They listen to music or practice meditation and mindfulness techniques while the medication is administered. Before and after treatments patients are encouraged to briefly journal their experiences, creating an intention for their therapeutic journey.

Integration is also a vital part of working with ketamine. Integration is reflecting and acting upon the lessons learned during the treatment. It is a framework to process the journey. We can increase the impact of the medicine with somatic activities to help patients nourish their mind, body and spirit.

Each device contains: an aqueous solution of esketamine.

Each device delivers: 2 sprays, 1 spray into each nostril.

  • You will not be able to drive, so plan transportation for treatment days.
  • You will administer the nasal spray yourself under the supervision of a healthcare provider.
  • You’ll be monitored for side effects for at least two hours.
  • Your healthcare provider will tell you when it’s okay to leave.
  • Do not drive, operate machinery or do anything where you need to be completely alert until the day after a treatment session, following a restful sleep.

Clinical use of psychedelics can create positive, sustainable mental health outcomes for clients who have found that therapy or conventional psychotropic medications did not bring the desired relief. The effects clients feel after a Ketamine treatment can include reduced depression or anxiety, more openness, a more profound sense of connection with others, more positivity, and less visceral distress related to life stressors.

Real patient with treatment-resistant depression testimonies.

Nicole P., 23 – St. Peters, MO

Spravato helped Nicole’s treatment-resistant depression. Now, she’s resuming her education and sharing her story.

Allison’s Story

Allison’s son tried many oral antidepressants without relief. Now, because of Spravato Allison’s son is starting to feel like himself again.

TMS Therapy

Do I qualify for TMS Therapy

  • Primary Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder
  • Attempted a minimum of 2 anti-depressant medication
  • Attempted talk therapy
  • Persistent Depression
Request Treatment today!

Call us directly to schedule consultation for TMS at: 412-668-4444

Major Depression is a Brain Disease
Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, Depression is a brain based disorder which may improve with brain based solutions such as TMS

How it works

Electronical currents flowing through a stimulating coil generate MRI-strength magnetic field pulses that affect electrochemical signaling between neurons in the brain:

  • Cortical neurons depolarize and
  • Neural networks are activated.

Through repetitive stimulation over time:

  • Neuroplastic neurocircuit “strengthening”
  • Subsequent relief of depressive symptoms.

TMS has fewer side effects than both medication and ECT.

Side effects o TMS are generally tolerable and most commonly consist of scalp discomfort and/or mild headaches. There is a very rare risk of seizure that can occur.

Results

Long-Term response and remission through TMS treatment.

Journey Healthcare is your partner in mental health and well-being

When you’re ready to take the first step toward better mental health and wellness, Journey Healthcare is ready to help. Our caring, compassionate, discreet and professional staff works with you to create a comprehensive care plan to address your unique needs and goals. Call us today at 412-668-4444 to request your appointment!