Experience you~ Whole In Mind, Body & SPirit!
Functional & Integrative Psychiatry and Lifestyle Medicine Services
~ 3 John 1:2
Whole-Person Centered Psychiatry & lifestyle medicine clinic
The Mission
Afya (Swahili): Wholeness of mind, body, and spirit; health (the state of being free from and of physical or psychological
dis-ease, illness, or malfunction)!
The AFYA Effect's mission is for you to:
BE AFYA~ BE healthy & whole in mind, body & spirit, and prosper in ALL ways, always!!
"Dear Friend, it is my prayer that you prosper in ALL ways, always, and be in good health, even as your spirit prospers"~
3 John 1:2
The Focus
YOU.
We See You. We Hear You. We Believe You.
We desire that ALL people, especially Black (African) Americans and people with mental illness go from sick & feeling disempowered,
to mentally & physically healthy and empowered, experiencing quality healthcare, and equitable health outcomes!
The Speciality
We Specialize In Transformative
"Against The Status Quo"
Mental Healthcare!
From sick(care)...
The current healthcare system promotes a "wait until you get sick" sick care that only treats you when you become sick or have the diagnosis, which is disempowering, to say the least, because:
People with mental illness die up to 20 years younger from preventable chronic diseases!
(National Library of Medicine)
Although 80% of chronic diseases & related deaths are preventable by way of using your lifestyle as medicine!
To Health(care)...
We specialize in root-cause mental healthcare that empowers you to heal and/or treat yourself by using your lifestyle as medicine and prescription medications when needed!
We specialize in empowering YOU to BE in control of your life & your health, supporting a long life (lifespan) that is lived healthy (healthspan)!
We specialize in creating interdependent patients,
NOT dependent or codependent patients because you never know when the healthcare system may change!
As the saying goes, "stay ready so you don't have to get ready" Virginia!
Newport News, Hampton, Williamsburg, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Roanoke, Gloucester, Matthews, Hayes, Alexandria/NOVA/DMV, Arlington, Hopewell, Petersburg, Tazewell, Bedford, Culpeper, Fairfax, Warrenton, Falls Church, Surry County, Yorktown, etc.
