What is Holistic Mental Health Treatment for ADHD, Anxiety & Depression?

Holistic Mental Health involves the full range of factors that can affect one’s mood, sleep, response to stress, or ways of managing life circumstances. This means, for example, that for one individual anxiety may be most influenced by current hormone fluctuations or neurotransmitter imbalances, while for another the main issue may be related to recent environmental stressors or relationship problems. For most people, it is usually a combination of both. Without looking at all the possible influences on the person’s current state of mental/physical health, many possible factors may potentially be overlooked – some of which may be extremely subtle, yet have a significant impact on the situation at hand.

With formal training in both Psychology and Holistic Health, Dr. Dardashti provides a truly integrative approach to treatment. Treatment can include both psychotherapy/coaching and the use of diet, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, or either one separately, depending on the situation.

Often the connection of food with the mind and body is overlooked and individuals are not aware of how certain foods may be adding to their symptoms. In addition, due to several variables, (including the nutrient/mineral depleted soils, processing, chemicals/pesticides used on our foods, and most importantly, stress), most people have mild to severe imbalances in their biochemistry. Even subtle deficiencies can create a myriad of symptoms and often diet and supplementation can play a tremendous role in helping one to feel significantly better. Before treatment with any neutraceuticals begins, Dr. Dardashti usually provides biochemistry testing (for children, adolescents and adults) to identify particular imbalances that may be adding to the overall symptom picture. This usually involves blood, urine, and/or saliva testing, after which Dr. Dardashti will customize a treatment plan utilizing targeted diet, vitamin, mineral, and amino acid therapy, in addition to various recommendations for lifestyle changes.

Lastly, over the years Dr. Dardashti has noticed extreme improvement in overall happiness and life satisfaction when clients learn to use Mindfulness skills and/or Meditation in their lives. Therefore, if appropriate, she teaches clients the skills to utilize these practices on their own and apply them to their life circumstances. 

 

About Dr. Dardashti:

Dr. Niloo Dardashti is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Board Certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners as a Holistic Health Practitioner. She received her Bachelor’s in Science from New York University. She then studied a variety of eastern-based approaches, such as Mindfulness, Mediation, and the practice of Reiki. Dr. Dardashti continued her training in Psychology by obtaining her doctorate from Long Island University and simultaneously studied various holistic and mind/body therapies. She is certified by the East West School of Herbology, obtained training in the use of diet and nutrition, and has studied the use of targeted amino acid therapy for mental health wellness and weight management. Dr. Dardashti has also received training in the art of Ayurvedic Pulse Analysis. She now combines all of her training and tailors treatment specifically based on the challenges that her clients present with. Dr. Dardashti practices on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.