Practice: Evidence Based Empathic Healing

Welcome to APHS. 

A person suffering from psychological or behavioral problems has been emotionally wounded or violated, and or not provided the unique sensitivity required for their particular emotional and or educational antenna. For every individual struggling with attention, behavioral inappropriateness, anxiety, sadness or poor thought control, there is a unique and meaningful explanation that needs to be explored.

True healing comes from restoring and renewing the things that define and reflect our humanity, such as  intimacy, community, art, music, patience, spirituality and play. Often adults need to recognize sensitivities and skill set lapses that need to be reinforced, praised and conditioned. More often in our society, we need to be patient and allow the growth and change to happen on a natural time table.

We are a community-based psychological treatment center offering a broad range of psychological services including: Individual Treatment, Couples Counseling, Family Therapy, Domestic Violence Groups, Anger Management Groups, Consultations, A Full Range of Psychological Testing and Expert Court Testimony. 

We offer services to children, adolescents and adults.  Treatment programs and services are designed to positively impact the full spectrum of emotional, psychological, physical, social and spiritual dimensions that make us fully human.

Our treatment facility is one of only a few of its kind in the United States that specializes in and supports a patient's wish and right to be treated without the use and reliance upon psychiatric drugs.  For this reason, we often find great working relationships with patients often labeled "treatment resistant" and "non-compliant".  We welcome clients finding psychotropic medications useful, and hold no religious or other forced aversion to a patient's wish to use such interventions. Medications are very successful for controlling thoughts, feelings and behaviors; however, we specialize in fundamental long lasting psychological treatment. 

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Update:

When trying to withdraw from many psychiatric drugs, patients can develop serious and even life-threatening emotional and physical reactions. 

In short, it is dangerous not only to start taking psychiatric drugs, but also can be hazardous to stop taking them.

Therefore, withdrawal from psychiatric drugs should be done under clinical supervision.  APHS would be happy to provide you with a list of practitioners able to help you with your medication needs.  Please contact Dr. Toby Watson, PsyD, Clinical Director and Psychologist at tobywatson@abcmedsfree.com

Information contained herein is designed to support, not replace, the therapeutic relationship between doctor and patient.

All information is kept in strict confidence, and no information, written or verbal is given out to any party what so ever without explicit written permission by our clients and patients.

We are a private corporation, and have no financial ties or funding resources other than from our therapists donations and patient income.

For website problems please contact Dr. Toby Watson at tobywatson@abcmedsfree.com