Medical & Psychiatric Philosophy
Dr. Pazdral ascribes to some of the aphorisms of medical wisdom:
- “First do no harm.”
- “That which is not known will never be seen,” (If the practitioner is not trained with the broad knowledge of specific diagnoses and the variety of manifestations of problems, he will never know the conditions he has missed);
- “Treatment efforts should arise from within a framework of diagnostic consideration.”
- Mental health is neither brain chemistry alone nor all psychology, emotions and relationships; it is the subtle combination of both.
Treatment Philosophy
Personal change and growth can come through working with Dr. Pazdral. He provides you with interactive, personalized and expert feedback. Working with an experienced psychiatrist and psychotherapist like Dr. Pazdral may result in your being prompted to reach farther and deeper to attain realizations you would not reach as quickly on your own.
TREATMENT OPTIONS
Initial Assessment/Psychiatric Evaluation
Dr. Pazdral's care starts with a detailed evaluation of how the problem started, along with a clarification of individual needs, wants and difficulties. The best, focused care evolves from a thoughtful front-end, initial assessment before choosing the treatment approaches and methods to be applied to the problems.
Talk Therapy/Counseling Without Medication
We all have problems. Most of them are completely manageable and are amenable to positive growth. That is how we mature and change. Dr. Pazdral does not have a private font of wisdom and wit that “fixes” everyone. Treatment for change utilizes targeted, sensitive and expert use of talking therapy. Dr. Pazdral facilitates patients achieving clarity of their life purposes and ability to take action for change.
The art of his profession is the use of a gradually deepening series of talking and inquiry techniques in a calm, very private, confidential environment that brings out the strengths, the inner wisdom, and the self-guidance and self-sufficiency from within a person at vulnerable times when they may feel they have lost track of how to take care of that business completely by themselves. The answer almost always lies within. Dr. Pazdral’s expertise is in helping his clients locate and utilize those answers.
Combined Treatment- Talk Therapy plus Medication Treatment
Dr. Pazdral combines psychotherapy and medication judiciously within the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Model. In selected cases, medication treatment is added to improve moods or decrease reactions to problems. The medicine decreases symptoms and makes talking therapy more effective. The talking therapy provides subtle indications of how medication is benefiting or acting upon the treated disorder or symptoms.
In reality, this Combined Treatment is the highest and best use of multifaceted training, including medical education, of a counseling trained psychiatrist-psychotherapist.
Medication Therapy with Minimal Counseling
Psychiatric medication ameliorates and definitively improves and stabilizes a variety of psychiatric disorders. Psychopharmacological medication treatment is added to improve mood, decrease symptomatic conditions or to address diagnosable brain chemistry conditions.
The best diagnostic and treatment expertise in the use of these medications comes from a fully trained psychiatrist. Even in those cases where the medication is providing the bulk of the benefit and stabilization, there is still a need for a properly involved psychiatrist to know some of the realities and happenings of the current life experiences and social interactions in order to best assess the performance of psychiatric medication.