INTEGRATIVE PSYCHIATRY
Integrative Psychiatry
Care built around the whole person, and around your schedule, your privacy, and your life.
WHAT INTEGRATIVE PSYCHIATRY ACTUALLY IS
There’s a common misconception worth addressing directly: integrative psychiatry isn’t an alternative to conventional psychiatric care. It’s conventional care, plus.
The best psychiatry treats the whole person, not just the diagnosis in front of it, science alone isn’t enough, and neither is intuition alone. Medication remains a central, evidence-based tool when it’s needed, I’m not going to pretend otherwise.
What integrative psychiatry adds is attention to everything a rushed appointment often doesn’t have time for: sleep, nutrition, movement, stress physiology, relationships, and the daily lifestyle factors that shape mental health as much as brain chemistry does.
THE JOURNEY TO WHOLE-PERSON CARE
As I progressed in my training, I noticed that many of my patients and their families had other ideas about how care could be provided, ideas that fell outside what my traditional training had covered.
In a quest to keep learning about life, systems, and whole-person healing, I enrolled in the fellowship at the University of Arizona, not only to grow as a person, but to become a better physician.
That training complemented the holistic approach I’d already been bringing to my medical school administrative work, and together they became the foundation of the Dr. Chan Illuminate method as it applies to clinical and patient care. In a way, my own journey into this became a shared journey, one you and I get to continue learning together.
I remain a board-certified psychiatrist in both general and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Integrative medicine is the additional lens I now bring to that same clinical foundation, not a replacement for it.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF ACCESS
Practicing this way also means practicing differently. A deliberately limited number of patients means direct access to us, not a triage system, when you call or write, you reach the person actually making decisions about your care.
Appointments happen without the long waits and crowded schedules common in conventional practice, and every conversation is held with the discretion and confidentiality that matters most when the subject is your own mind.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This work is for CEOs, physicians, and leaders in business and academia who want their psychiatric care to look at the whole picture, not just the symptom in front of them, as well as anyone who has tried conventional treatment alone and wants more addressed, not less.
We work with adults, teenagers, and children.
Currently, this practice is licensed to see patients in Utah and Virginia. We’re in the process of expanding to additional states, if you’re located elsewhere, reach out and we can let you know if your state is next.
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Second Opinion Psychiatric Consultation
A focused review of your current diagnosis and treatment plan.
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Comprehensive Initial Evaluation
Integrating biological, psychological, and lifestyle assessment.
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Whole-Person Treatment Planning Consultation
Sleep, nutrition, movement, and stress physiology alongside clinical care.
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Coordination With Your Healthcare Team
Coordination with therapists, primary care physicians, specialist physicians, physical therapists, and other members of your healthcare team.
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Adults, Teenagers & Children
Consultation for adults, teenagers, and children, including family consultation.
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Confidential Leadership Consultation
Limited-availability consultation for CEOs, physicians, and leaders in business and academia who need direct, discreet access.
This practice does not accept insurance directly. This is a deliberate choice, not a limitation, working outside insurance networks means your care is never shaped by what an insurance company will or won’t approve, and we can spend the time your situation actually needs rather than the time a claim allows.
Upon request, we’re happy to provide a superbill, an itemized receipt you can submit to your own insurance company for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Reimbursement isn’t guaranteed and depends on your specific plan, so we’d encourage you to check your out-of-network mental health benefits before your first visit.
Pricing is customizable to your specific situation and available upon consultation.
WHAT DOES THE LATEST DATA SAY?
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≈2,500 PHYSICIANS
Integrative psychiatrists are genuinely rare.
The Andrew Weil Center's Fellowship in Integrative Medicine has graduated roughly 2,500 physicians across all specialties worldwide since 1997. Integrative psychiatrists are only a small subset of that number.
Source: Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, Alumni & Associates
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67 DAYS
The wait to see a psychiatrist is long.
The median wait for an in-person psychiatrist appointment in the U.S. is 67 days. For adolescents, one multi-state study found a median wait of 50 days.
Source: Talkiatry cost/wait-time analysis, 2026; peer-reviewed study, Journal of Adolescent Health
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72%
Most U.S. counties have no child and adolescent psychiatrist.
Roughly 72% of counties nationwide lack a single practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist.
Source: Children’s Hospital Association / Chief Healthcare Executive, 2026
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61.5 MILLION
The broader mental-health need remains substantial.
An estimated 23.4% of U.S. adults — around 61.5 million people — experienced a mental illness in 2024, while anxiety disorders affect an estimated 42.5 million adults.
Source: NIMH; SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2024
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EXPERIMENTAL
Peptides are a growing but unsettled wellness trend.
Interest in peptides for mood, cognition and recovery has increased, many remain experimental, with limited human trial data. A small number are FDA-approved, while most marketed for cognitive or mood benefits are not.
Source: Weill Cornell Medicine; Advisory Board, 2026
The honest read: demand for thoughtful, whole-person psychiatric care is rising faster than the supply of physicians trained to provide it, and interest in unproven interventions like peptides is rising right alongside that gap. That combination is exactly why careful, physician-led, evidence-grounded integrative care matters more now, not less.
Ready for care that looks at the whole picture?