Welcome to our FAQ page! At Confidante Psychiatry Services in Massachusetts, we provide personalized, confidential mental health care. Explore our FAQs to learn more about our services, therapy options, and what to expect.
Bring your medical and psychiatric history, current medications, recent lab results, and a brief summary of your mental health concerns. This helps your provider create a personalized, effective treatment plan.
Yes. Our secure telehealth platform allows you to complete your initial consultation remotely, providing the same professional evaluation and treatment planning as in-person sessions.
Frequency depends on your needs, but weekly sessions are typical initially. Your provider may adjust frequency as progress is achieved, ensuring consistent support and effective treatment outcomes.
Couples therapy improves communication, conflict resolution, and emotional connection, while marriage counseling typically addresses marital crises, legal matters, or significant relationship challenges.
Family therapy strengthens communication, resolves conflicts, and promotes understanding between parents and children, providing tools for healthy family dynamics and more effective parenting strategies.
Yes. All group therapy sessions follow strict confidentiality guidelines, ensuring a safe and supportive environment where participants can share experiences and gain insights without concern.
Recovery therapy addresses mental health and substance use holistically, while rehab programs focus on detoxification and acute addiction management. Recovery therapy promotes long-term coping and relapse prevention.
Your provider will assess your diagnosis, personal preferences, and treatment goals to recommend approaches like CBT, psychodynamic, or interpersonal therapy. Often, a combination is used for best results.
An integrated treatment plan combines therapy, lifestyle strategies, medication management, and ongoing evaluation to address mental health comprehensively, supporting holistic recovery and sustained symptom improvement.
A simple cheek swab analyzes your genetic makeup to predict which psychiatric medications may work best, helping reduce side effects and improve treatment effectiveness.
A licensed mental health professional conducts a thorough evaluation, differentiating between conditions and identifying co-occurring disorders to design an accurate, individualized treatment plan.
Symptoms include persistent sadness, irritability, fatigue, difficulty bonding with your baby, changes in sleep or appetite, and feelings of hopelessness. Early intervention ensures better recovery.
Trauma-informed care prioritizes safety, empowerment, and sensitivity to past trauma, creating a supportive environment that reduces risk of re-traumatization while promoting healing and resilience.
GAD is persistent, excessive anxiety that disrupts daily life, whereas everyday stress is temporary, situational, and typically manageable without professional intervention.
Phobias trigger intense, persistent fear interfering with daily life, while normal fear is temporary, proportionate to the situation, and usually does not affect daily functioning.
Stress is short-term tension from daily challenges, while burnout is prolonged emotional and physical exhaustion caused by chronic stress without sufficient recovery.
Signs include extreme restriction, bingeing, purging, obsession with weight or body image, and emotional distress around food. Professional evaluation is recommended for accurate diagnosis.
Grief is individual; some recover in months, while others take longer. Therapy, support groups, and self-care can help manage the process and promote emotional healing.
Bipolar I involves full manic episodes and depressive phases, while bipolar II includes hypomania (less severe mania) with major depressive episodes. Proper diagnosis ensures appropriate treatment.
Children often show hyperactivity and impulsivity, while adults struggle more with focus, organization, time management, and emotional regulation. Treatment adapts to age-specific challenges.
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