Kenneth Phillips, MD

My approach is Wholis­tic — con­sid­er­ing bio­log­i­cal, psy­cho­log­i­cal, social and spir­i­tu­al aspects of health. I see these dimen­sions as inter­twined and insep­a­ra­ble. A per­son­’s genet­ic endow­ment, tem­pera­ment, per­son­al his­to­ry, fam­i­ly back­ground, life expe­ri­ences, and pat­terns of thought and behav­ior all inform their sense of well being and abil­i­ty to adapt to stress. Our brains won­der­ful­ly man­age both cop­ing skills and areas of vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty. Our bod­ies mat­ter. Rela­tion­ships mat­ter. Inter­nal thought pat­terns mat­ter. Your sto­ry mat­ters. Val­ues mat­ter. Men­tal health involves the strength­en­ing of our whole selves as we deal with par­tic­u­lar stres­sors and phas­es of life. Ill­ness can pro­vide the oppor­tu­ni­ty to become stronger than we have ever been. I am an opti­mistic doctor.