Behavioral Health

Do you have a good child who often has emotional meltdowns, OCD, anxiety, restrictive food intake, moodiness, behavior and can be aggressive? Do people treat you as if you have a bratty child when you know that isn't the case? Some kiddos with behavioral issues have auto-immune encephalopathy (brain on fire caused by auto-immunity).  If they do, they often turn aggressive or get very emotional when they are sick or when someone near them has strep or another infection.  They may not even appear to be sick.  It will take some naturopathic detective work to identify whether they have PANS (pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome) or PANDAs (Pediatric auto-immune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections)

I am a life-long learner.  I LOVE to learn.  2025 was the year that I decided to devote to learning more about PANS/PANDAs.  I attended my first Medical Academy of Pediatrics and Special Needs (MAPS) conference this past Spring 2026.  I plan to pursue a fellowship in MAPS.