Presence Wellness Information

PRESENCE is a state-of-the-art wellness center in Austin, TX that combines counseling, personalized medicine, integrative psychiatry, yoga, mindfulness, nutrition and more to help you heal and grow your mind, body, spirit and relationships. Our expert clinicians offer warm and empathic, science-based psychotherapy, psychiatry, medicine, nutrition and education. Led by some of Austin’s top healing professionals, PRESENCE aims to help you be more present in your life, mind, body, spirit and in your relationships. Our next-level, biopsychosocial approach helps treat depression, anxiety, stress, life transitions, trauma, self-esteem issues, grief, relationship problems, and the search for identity and purpose with a comprehensive, leading-edge combination of modalities oriented toward personal growth. “Biopsychosocial” has been an important treatment concept in the field of psychology and medicine for decades. The idea is to consider mind, body and social/environmental context when treating mental health issues. In the last 15 years, important developments in the fields of psychology and medicine, such as the influence of modern neuroscience, have provided a better understanding of the importance of integrating approaches to mental and physical health. For example, many mental health problems have a physiological basis or component, and many physical health issues have a psychological aspect. Stress is a good example. It consumes our minds, and increases inflammation in the body. Beyond the basics, emerging modalities such as genomics, epigenetics, and the relevance of the gut-brain connection, have led elite private practitioners to attempt to piece together treatment plans that involve multiple providers but often in a way that ends up lacking coordination, a key element in effective therapy. Our center brings these disciplines under one roof, offered by experts in each domain, to better coordinate this integration and provide you with the most effective treatme