Trusted Providers
I receive absolutely no incentives, monetary or otherwise, from any provider or service I recommend. It is either providers I have personally used for myself or family and/or referred others to and they have shared about their positive experience.
Counseling:
Performance Counseling: Don Keller
(856) 617-7688
https://performance-counseling-don-keller.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral
Rising Sun Counseling: Julie DeLuccy
(609) 902-0636
https://www.burlingtonresourcenet.org/search/rising-sun-counseling-services-julie-deluccy/
Joseph Degenhart
(856) 424-4408
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/joseph-degenhart-marlton-nj/179158
Meg Clark Soriano
(856) 985-9091
https://cfcemedford.com/about-us/therapists/meg-s/
Psychiatry:
Dr. John Or Emily Wilkins
(856) 983-5551
When I meet another prescriber that believes in minimal medication, safe prescribing practices and collaborative care I will add to list.
MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment): Vivitrol, Suboxone
Dr. Joseph Cesarine and Dr. Rick Pescatore
(856) 362-4819
https://www.mhadvancedtherapies.com/?utm_source=gmb_auth
Please Note: In order to receive Vivitrol shot, one must be free from all opiates for 7-10 days. Initial Vivitrol prescribing guidelines stated 10-14 days.
https://www.vivitrol.com/content/pdfs/prescribing-information.pdf
Financial Advisor:
Russell Johnson
(856) 218-0080
https://www.msinvestmentgroup.com/team
Nutrition:
Kelly Burgess-Licensed & Registered Dietitian
(844) 223-6973
Helpful Articles
PLEASE READ: Excellent Example of Safe Prescribing Guidelines:
http://www.dhs.pa.gov/cs/groups/webcontent/documents/document/c_222689.pdf
Other Helpful Articles:
https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2016/07/problem-polypharmacy-psychiatry.html
https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/article/63655/medical-illness-causing-your-patients-depression
https://www.amymyersmd.com/2018/06/underlying-health-problems-causing-anxiety/
Advocate For Yourself
ALWAYS Be your own best Advocate! ALWAYS...ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE for yourself and your treatment, whether it be medicinal or therapeutic!
Understand safe prescribing guidelines: Monotherapy versus Polypharmacy.
I also strongly suggest ruling out any underlying medical issues with your primary care doctor. Discuss with your PCP the role of Vitamin D, Thyroid, (most especially a Thyroid Antibody), Inflammation (C-Reactive Protein), Hormones (Testosterone, Estradiol etc), B 12 and Vitamin C can play in psychiatric concerns.
I also educate them on the addictive nature of Benzodiazepines and Stimulant Medications (for any age group and to be especially careful before the age of 23 when the pre-frontal cortex is not fully developed), as well as the possible long term side effects. I suggest they talk to their prescriber about exhausting all other options before utilizing these classes of medication. Remember, benzodiazepines are for fast acting short term use, NOT regular everyday use. A bottle of 30 benzodiazepines should last a long time, not a week or a month. They are for OCCASIONAL use!
Lastly, if several different medications have been used to treat a diagnosis without success, I often look at the possibility of a wrong diagnosis, rather than medication ineffectiveness.
A medication that I have observed to be highly effective for Depression, Cyclothymia, Bipolar, BPD, Intermittent Explosive Disorder and PTSD is Lamictal. I like Lamictal as a first option because it is an anti-epileptic and not a psychotropic and has been around since 1994.
Lithium is another medication that I have observed to be highly effective.
I am not a medical doctor, nor claim to be. My hope is to teach clients the importance of advocating for themselves AND being an informed consumer.