Integrative psychiatry means we don’t stop at symptoms and prescriptions- we look at what’s happening in your body, not just your mind. We can incorporate lab work, nutritional assessment, genetic testing, and other biomedical tools to inform your treatment, looking at the biological factors that traditional psychiatry often overlooks. This isn’t a separate service you sign up for-  it’s built into how we think. When it’s clinically relevant, your provider can order labs, review bloodwork, assess nutritional status, or use genetic data to guide medication choices. It’s part of the same integrated, cross-disciplinary approach that runs through everything we do.

Absolutely. A psychiatric evaluation isn’t a commitment to medication – it’s a comprehensive look at cognitive functioning, emotional patterns, developmental history, medical factors, and lifestyle – it provides an understanding of how your brain works and what’s driving what you’re experiencing. Recommendations for the path forward after a psychiatric evaluation might include medication, but it might also include therapy, lifestyle changes, integrative approaches, or simply a framework for understanding yourself better. No pressure around medication, ever.

No. Some folks see us just for medication, some just for therapy, and some for both. We offer both services within our practice – and sometimes with the same provider – because it enables us to meet our clients wherever they are in their mental health journey.

Yes. You can continue to work with your current provider while also engaging in care with us! We often work and collaborate with outside providers, so we coordinate care to ensure that your treatment plan is as integrated as possible. However, if both your outside provider and a graymatters provider are prescribing meds for you – please discuss this further with the office/your graymatters provider, as it may be in your best interest to not have two prescribing providers.

Yes. We offer both virtual and in-person sessions! Each provider has different availability for both, so if you have any specific needs/preferences, please let us know!

We are out-of-network, meaning we don’t bill insurance directly, but we do have a wide range of fees for services and options for financial assistance, and are committed to being flexible and trying to make things work for each of our prospective clients.

Yes. We offer late afternoon and evening appointments with many clinicians. Let us know what times work and we’ll match you accordingly.

Not always, but there are situations where we may ask you to come in – including federal regulations related to controlled substances or clinical situations where your provider feels in-person care is important. If this comes up and it’s a barrier, talk to your provider and we’ll work through it.

While some of our providers are licensed in multiple states – our practice is based in New York City, so all our providers are licensed to practice in New York State If you live in a bordering state and/or have the ability to come in-person at least a few times a year – please speak to a Client Care Coordinator from our office to discuss further.

In most cases, within a few days to a week-  especially with some flexibility with appointment times.