Recovery Without Walls acknowledges the evolving landscape of mental health care and the increasing demand for comprehensive and integrative treatment approaches.
Led by Director of Integrative Mental Health Inna Zelikman, PMH-NP, our dedicated team stays abreast of breakthroughs, effective techniques, and emerging findings. We recognize the importance of continuously evolving our approach to best serve our clients.
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Our Philosophy of Mental Health
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Creating Wholeness by Bridging Mind, Body, and Spirit:
At Recovery Without Walls, we believe healthcare extends beyond transient symptom relief. Our approach centers on cultivating a profound sense of connection, guiding patients toward enhanced wellness and wholeness. Rooted in bridging the gap between the body, mind, and spirit, our philosophy acknowledges their interconnectedness in comprehending overall health and well-being.
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Personalized, Innovative Treatments Administered by Caring Practitioners:
Our practice's philosophy revolves around delivering personalized and innovative treatments through the expertise of our healthcare practitioners. We tailor our approach to each individual, recognizing that every patient is unique and may require a customized solution. By staying at the forefront of medical advancements and continuously exploring new avenues of treatment, we strive to offer innovative and effective treatment options. Our team is dedicated to delivering the highest standards of quality, excellence and compassion in healthcare.
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Optimal Prescription Strategies:
While acknowledging the role of conventional medications in treatment, we steer clients away from prolonged ineffective psychopharmacology or excessive irrational polypharmacy toward personalized prescription approaches. Our emphasis lies in tailored protocols and regimens, prioritizing effective pharmacological choices that avoid fostering dependency. Additionally, we integrate nutritional solutions and promote sustainable lifestyle decisions to facilitate brain healing and restore optimal functioning, respecting each client's unique needs and goals.
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Integrative Psychiatry
Integrative Psychiatry is a holistic approach to mental health care that combines traditional psychiatric treatments with complementary and alternative therapies. This approach considers the interconnectedness of biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors in understanding and treating mental health conditions. Integrative psychiatrists often incorporate various modalities such as psychotherapy, medication management, nutritional interventions, lifestyle changes, mindfulness practices, and other complementary therapies to address the individual needs of patients and promote overall well-being.
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Comprehensive Assessment
Thorough evaluation encompasses multiple dimensions: a detailed personal history, challenges in life circumstances, and an assessment of the individual's ecosystem. This includes examining intricate social relationships, cultural influences, home and work environments, including family dynamics.
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Medication Optimization
Medication optimization involves assisting patients in moving away from ineffective medication regimen to a more effective pharmacological choices, including tapering off of SSRIs, high-dose antipsychotics and offering alternative choices to stimulant medications.
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Functional Laboratory Analysis
Functional testing in our practice includes a comprehensive analysis aimed at evaluating gastrointestinal function through stool analysis, hormone imbalance by measuring hormone levels and vitamin deficiencies, recognizing the profound impact these can have on mental health and overall well-being. We also search for indicators of inflammation, as well as assess MTHFR status. This information allows us to develop treatment plans that is tailored to each individual's specific needs.
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Nutritional Approaches
Holistic nutrition focuses on the whole person, taking into account mental health, diet, and lifestyle factors. Our supplement regimen is specifically designed to properly support each individual's physical and mental well-bring by enhancing healing process and restoring function.
An Alternative to Wilderness Programs
Holistic Mental Health Treatment for Teens & Young Adults
Current approaches for addressing teens’ mental health challenges, behavioral issues and substance use often involve sending them to wilderness programs, which are typically followed by enrollment in boarding schools. These programs are generally very rigid and tend to use a one-size-fits-all approach. Historically they rely on punitive “therapies” that are unsafe and ineffective.
In addition, taking teens away from their family, friends, and familiar environments can be traumatizing, creating the perception that they are the problem rather than viewing teens’ issues through the lens of their social environment and the family system. Teens who experience imbalance in their ecosystem and have significant trauma are at a higher risk of developing mental illness.
Teens can develop maladaptive behaviors and significant emotional dysregulation when environmental changes and trauma remain unaddressed. They are offered conventional treatments that focus primarily on cognitive approaches and prescription medications. Often, boundaries are enforced through negative consequences.
Recovery Without Walls provides a flexible, compassionate and holistic in-home program that takes into consideration an individual’s unique circumstances during treatment planning.
Custom Care
We personalize treatment based on the severity of mental health conditions and the individual patient's needs.
Dedicated Support
In cases where parents are overwhelmed with managing their teens’ behavior, we can build in therapeutic companions that provide care and supervision on as-needed basis. They can serve as a supportive buffer to lessen friction between teens and their parents.
Rational Pharmacology
Our goal is to provide medications on a short-term basis to help with emotional regulation and promote restorative sleep to allow teenagers to have more flexible thought processes and be more receptive to therapeutic suggestions.
Improving Nutrition & Fitness
We begin by identifying problematic eating patterns or unhealthy relationships with food, followed by prescribing supplements that are specifically designed to properly support each teen's physical and mental well-being. Supporting diet, nutrition and physical fitness is an important part of therapeutic treatment.
Supplementary Therapeutic Modalities
Recovery Without Walls employs Somatic Therapy to help teens resource and work with trauma, as well as Ecotherapy as a technique to help teens relax their defenses and facilitate pressure-free dialogue with our care team in a relaxed, non-clinical setting.
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Integrative Psychotherapy
Whether drawing from traditional psychotherapeutic techniques, incorporating somatic and experiential therapies, or exploring the potential of psychedelic-assisted treatments, we are dedicated to providing our clients with the most effective and compassionate care available.
Our multidisciplinary team collaborates closely to assess the latest research, evaluate therapeutic outcomes, and refine our methodologies accordingly. By staying informed and adaptable, we strive to empower our clients on their journey toward healing, growth, and lasting well-being.
Our Therapeutic Offerings:
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy is a form of depth psychology that focuses on exploring the unconscious processes and unresolved conflicts that contribute to a person's emotional and psychological distress. The ultimate goal of psychodynamic therapy is to help resolve underlying conflicts, gain insight into unconscious processes, and develop healthier ways of coping with life's challenges.
Somatic Therapy
Somatic therapy, also known as body-centered therapy, is an approach to psychotherapy that focuses on the connection between the mind and body in addressing emotional and psychological issues. Through this process, clients can gain insight into the underlying causes of their emotional difficulties, release stored tension or trauma held in the body, and develop healthier ways of regulating their emotions and responses to stress.
Internal Family Systems
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is founded on the principle that each individual possesses a system of protective and wounded inner parts, all guided by a core perception of self. It posits that we are composed of multiple parts or sub-personalities, many of which we may not fully recognize. As an evidence-based psychotherapy, IFS aids in healing by accessing and addressing these protective and wounded inner parts and is a highly effective tool, especially when combined with KAP or other forms of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
Innate Somatic Intelligence™ Trauma Therapy (ISITTA)
ISITTA is an integrative, relational, and somatic approach to trauma healing. Rooted in Hakomi Therapy techniques, ISITTA incorporates a polyvagal trauma-informed perspective, emphasizing the somatic, relational, and clinical skills necessary for trauma transformation.By establishing connection with the soma, we tap into the innate healing intelligence present within each individual.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy can address a wide range of relationship issues, including recurring conflicts and feelings of disconnection, while working to improve communication and strengthen relationships.
Family Therapy
A type of psychotherapy that helps family members better understand each other, support one another and work through difficult situations. This approach considers the interconnected dynamics among family members, drawing from family systems theory, attachment theory, cognitive-behavioral techniques and communication strategies.
Ecopsychology/Ecotherapy
Ecopsychology presents a healing paradigm that perceives the human mind and body within the context of nature and the intricate tapestry of existence. It provides a philosophical framework for delving into the profound bond between humans and their environment, scrutinizing its impact on our welfare and guiding us in understanding how nature shapes our emotions, identity, and general well-being. Therapists may incorporate outdoor activities like walks or hikes into treatment to enhance one's affinity with the natural world. This approach recognizes a mutual reciprocity between the natural rhythms of our world and a harmonious psyche.
Conditions We Treat
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Adrenal Fatigue
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Bipolar Disorder and Other Mood Disorders
Fibromyalgia (FMS)
Disordered Eating
Anxiety Disroders
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Treatment-Resistant Depression
Thyroid Issues
Neuroendocrine Imbalance
Complex and Developmental Trauma
Sleep Disorders
Menopause, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, and Hormonal Imbalance
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Clients We Work With
People who continue to struggle with emotional imbalances, even after being prescribed various psychiatric medications
Those interested in a hands-on treatment style
Clients seeking alternative pharmacological and experiential treatments
Clients interested in a more holistic approach to wellness
People who have tried everything but can’t seem to get results
People who are seeking KAP to address unprocessed trauma