Telepsychiatry

If you need mental health care services but want to avoid traveling to an office, telepsychiatry is for you. At Abisom Behavioral Health LLC in The Woodlands, Texas, licensed psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner Omotayo Sofela, PMHNP, offers virtual services that allow you to receive counseling or medication management from home. Schedule an evaluation by calling the office or requesting an appointment online today.

What is telepsychiatry?

Telepsychiatry at Abisom Behavioral Health LLC consists of virtual mental health evaluations and treatments for common mental health disorders. Mental health specialists provide this option as a convenient way to receive superior mental health care from a location of your choosing. They provide compassionate, personalized care to people aged 12 and older. 

Which conditions can telepsychiatry address?

Abisom Behavioral Health LLC can use telepsychiatry to address the following conditions:

• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Eating disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Substance use disorder

Other common mental health disorders can also utilize telepsychiatry with excellent results.

Symptoms of a mental health challenge include ongoing sadness, nightmares, flashbacks, extreme fear, and problems sleeping or paying attention. You might gain or lose weight, have compulsions or obsessions, feel worthless, lose hope, or develop thoughts of suicide.

What are the benefits of telepsychiatry?

The advantages associated with telepsychiatry include privacy, convenience, and time savings. You won’t have to leave the comfort of your home, take time off work, spend money on gas, or find childcare to meet with a mental health care specialist for treatment.

Which telepsychiatry services are best for me?

Your Abisom Behavioral Health LLC provider completes a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation to determine if you have a mental health condition that would benefit from medication or therapy. They ask questions about your lifestyle, moods, emotions, behaviors, thoughts, medical history, medications, symptoms, and more.

What can I expect during telepsychiatry?

During telepsychiatry visits, your specialist offers medication management to ease bothersome symptoms of a mental health disorder and psychotherapy sessions you can complete from your home or office. 

During therapy, your provider teaches ways to overcome troublesome life situations or emotions. They provide cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and other forms of therapy that help you thrive. 

You might meet with your specialist for an hour weekly as an individual, couple, or family. Call the Abisom Behavioral Health LLC office if you need extra sessions or have questions about your treatment plan. 

Schedule a telepsychiatry appointment at Abisom Behavioral Health LLC by calling the office or using the online booking feature today.