Meet John Anthony

My clinical focus is the diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems using individualized, whole-person treatment plans that may  include medication management, psychotherapy, as well as health assessment and promotion.

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My approach puts the person, rather than a problem or a diagnosis, first. In this practice, I work with people who have a variety of concerns, ranging from mood, anxiety, and trauma and dissociative symptoms/disorders to substance use, obsessive-compulsive, and eating-related behaviors. Often, many of the people that I work with struggle with an array of these types of problems.

 

Psychiatric Management. Comprehensive, whole-person psychiatric care is incredibly important, emphasizing identification of mental health problems within the context of each individual's relationship with their mind, body, and external resources and challenges.

 

Psychiatric medication management is one aspect of how some people benefit from a relationship with their mental health professional. As an NEI Master Psychopharmacologist, I have nearly a decade and a half of experience managing psychiatric medication. Medication can be very helpful, even life-changing in some cases. However, medications also have risks and limitations, and treatment must be tailored to each person's symptoms and needs.

 

In general, I avoid unnecessary, excessive prescribing. I do my best to ensure that you understand treatment risks, benefits, and goals. One of the benefits of working with an advanced practice nurse is that nursing emphasizes education and collaborative care. Too often, I have seen the adverse impacts of patients not being given the information they need to make truly informed decisions about their care, which doesn't always lead to the best possible outcomes.

 

I also balance prescribing with deprescribing: medications should only be continued if they are helpful, beneficial, and are being monitored appropriately. What does it mean to get it just right, and how can we get there? These are ongoing and collaborative discussions and decisions. In this practice, we work together as a team.

 

Psychotherapy. A major focus of this practice historically has been medication management; however, my work as a private practice clinician over the past several years has helped me identify the great need for integrated psychotherapeutic care as part of a whole-person approach.

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I am a member of, and have completed basic and intermediate trainings via, the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. As of January 2026, I'm in the process of completing an advanced-level training for the Advanced Certificate Program in Trauma and Dissociation.

 

My education with ISSTD and its clinical experts form the backbone as to my clinical work. Not only has my training profoundly deepened my understanding of the impacts of trauma and other mental health symptoms, but it also guides my use of specific psychotherapeutic modalities in a flexible, individualized way.

 

I have trained extensively in, and frequently use, the following of psychotherapeutic modalities in my clinical work with my patients:

 

​• Ego State Therapy (ASCH-Approved Trainings and Consultation with Expert EST Psychologist Wendy Lemke)
• Clinical Hypnosis (Level I and II Trainings via the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis)

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) via the EMDR Institute of Dr. Francine Shapiro

• Deep Brain Reorienting (Level I Trained)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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I have also trained in Internal Family Systems-Informed Psychotherapy with IFSCA. While I appreciate and do sometimes utilize IFS-informed psychotherapy (particularly if this is the approach preferred by a given patient!), I find that Ego State Therapy offers all of the benefits of IFS-informed psychotherapy without some of the conceptualizations that I find problematic as a clinician and which can create unnecessarily difficult barriers, especially for persons with complex trauma and dissociative disorders.

 

I am happy to discuss my psychotherapeutic approach and perspectives in more detail during a scheduled consultation call.

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Trauma-Informed Care. We live in societies that are full of trauma, presenting challenges that are much larger than the concept of psychological trauma (for example, collective challenges related to poverty, victimization, identity, violence). Unfortunately, the vast majority of people and communities don't have spaces to discuss these types of issues, and so they often show up in the therapy space as part of an individual's treatment.

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The presence of trauma is determined by the impacts on the person, and by perspectives and insights of the person themself. Trauma is not, and should not, be defined by some vague yardstick, conceptualization, or rule published by a collection of "experts"who are entirely removed from the actual clinical care of a human being engaged in a therapeutic relationship. We know trauma by its effects and through diligent and collaborative clinical conversation.

 

Effective mental health treatment requires recognition of trauma, whether childhood or adult; related to race, gender, sexuality, abuse, neglect, or any other aspect of being a human. ​​

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With an intelligent approach that addresses the big picture as well as the details, we can develop a plan that meets you where you are, helping you not only survive, but thrive.​