Move Forward, Where are you going in 2025?

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 I'm interested in being part of my patients search for Mental Health and Happiness. North Carolina based and ready to explore what you're really looking for. This has been a tough one- most patients seem to be in survival mode. Are you depressed or depleted? My approach is collaborative, forward looking, and personalized. Some might say casual in a warm way.    Your plan will include talk therapy, exercise, and nutrition. I am the psychiatric medication piece of that plan and am I am honest with expectations of psychiatric medications.    

  We offer a welcoming and comfortable environment, personalized care, and convenient appointment scheduling to ensure that our patients receive the best possible experience. 

Bryan takes about as many people off or on lower doses of psychiatric medicines then he does start or increase them.   As an example, were you put on a high dose of antidepressant during a difficult time and now just feel empty?  Are you on the 'primary care special' of 200mg of sertraline and 300mg of Wellbutrin and still feel terrible?  It might be less medicine that makes you feel better.   My goal is "the right medicine at the right dose".   

One practice niche seems to be working with adult females who are struggling with depression and anxiety related to functional difficulties- antidepressants haven't helped, we look to see its ADHD.  Perimenopausal- a tough time no one talks about-  we are going to see if this triggered ADHD and advocate for consideration of low dose HRT before antidepressants.

Will I need a separate therapist?  Bryan does psychiatric medication management and forward looking supportive and solution based therapy.   This is enough for some, others, especially those with a history of trauma or relationship issues would benefit from a separate therapist good with CBT, DBT, or EMDR.   Others might benefit from a 'life coach'.

 Arrive Mental Health is currently seeing NC patients in network with:

-Cigna

- Blue Cross Blue Shield 

-Optum (United, Oscar, Oxford) 

-Aetna Commercial plans  (from a place of work) 

-Aetna Marketplace (Obama care), Please book using link in next section.  Headway does not process it but we can use Grow Therapy.

We are not currently in with: 

- UNC Health Alliance which is a Blue Cross selective plan.  This is confusing for patients.  They restrict you to UNC providers only- but they run a ghost network of a hundred providers- most work in the hospital and don't see patients.  We asked to join network- told NO.     

-Medicare or Medicaid  

 We utilize a company called 'Headway' to process most insurance's and a company called 'Grow Therapy' for Aetna marketplace.  They are both great with answering insurance questions and are experts with getting you the right copay for telehealth.  Insurance can be frustrating.   Reach out with any questions to BryanK@arrive.clinic .  

The reality is that it is sometimes just easier or more efficient not to use insurance.   It doesn't make financial sense to pay full rates to meet an unreachable deductible.  It might be better to book direct below and get same day payment rates for your visit.  You will register and then can directly book an appointment.

Please see the right provider for your condition.  This is a smaller outpatient clinic and not appropriate for patients in an active crisis,  those with an active substance use disorder, psychotic disorders, hospital or inpatient discharges, medical complexity, or intellectual related behavioral disabilities.   Bryan can help with symptoms of those on the ASD Spectrum but if you want testing and wrap around services you should utilize the wonderful specialized services of the Chapel Hill TEACCH® Center.      

Bryan is a national expert in mental health technology.   You can find his groundbreaking work at TransmissionMentalHealth.org (our 510c3 nonprofit).       Why is mental health so painful and boring? Look for his creative digital intakes to be incorporated into Arrive Mental health soon.