Philippians 4:6
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)!
BE AFYA Whole Health Clinic is our intensive, functional & integrative psychiatry and lifestyle & preventative medicine clinic! This clinic empowers you to be a (pro)active creator of your health and in control of your life through mental, physical, and lifestyle health, supporting you to BE AFYA~whole in mind, body & spirit!
Start with your comprehensive, 60-90 minute mental, physical & lifestyle health evaluation. This appointment collects & reviews information about your mental & physical health history to gain insight into your overall health status.
Next, attend your 60-minute follow-up appointment where you get your personalized mental, physical & lifestyle health resuscitation plan:
❤️ Specific Health Concerns (e.g., diagnoses)
🧠 Results (e.g., blood work)
❤️ Referrals (e.g., sleep medicine, neurology)
🧠 Disease Prevention Recommendations
🏃🏾➡️ Lifestyle As Medicine Plan, etc.,
Participate in health and wellness clinic visits, coaching, and frequent interaction with your clinician to further empower and support you on your overall health and wellness journey!
❤️30-minute check-in twice per month!
🧠 Psychiatry & Lifestyle Medicine Services!
🗓️ Group Health Coaching!
🗨️ Open Office Hours!
💡 Special Clinic Benefits!
Optional Add-On Services!
❤️ Optional add-on advanced lab testing!
🧠 Optional add-on check-ins as needed!
BE AFYA~ BE healthy & whole in mind, body & spirit, prospering in ALL ways, always!!
🎯You are the (pro)active go-getter, take accountability, engaged type of person!
🎯You want a comprehensive health evaluation!
🎯You desire to gain insight into your lifestyle health at the cellular or DNA level (e.g., nutrition, fitness, weight management, stress reduction), assessing disease-related risks, and creating health optimization & disease prevention strategies!
🎯You want holistic health & lifestyle (as) medicine support!
🎯You have more complex health(care) needs, such as the following:
🩺💊
You are talking multiple medications (polypharmacy), BUT you desire to reduce or come off of medications, if possible.
You are currently taking medication(s), BUT you don't feel any better!
You are experiencing medication side effects!
You prefer to avoid medications altogether, if possible.
🧠❤️🧬
You have been diagnosed with, experiencing symptoms, or have a family history of:
Obesity
Binge Eating Disorder
Impulsivity
Addiction
ADHD
Trauma/Complex-PTSD
Depression
Bipolar Disorder
Schizophrenia
Anxiety
Suicide
Alzheimer's Disease
Auto-Immune Disease or Disorders
Lifestyle Medicine is an evidence-based medical specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as medicine to prevent and/or treat chronic conditions including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity!
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Using food and nutrition as medicine to improve healthspan and lifespan!
"You are what you eat & you are what you don't eat. You are also what you absorb & you are what you don't absorb"
Using you-centered & appropriate exercise and physical activity as medicine to improve healthspan and lifespan!
Using sleep to restore and promote health & wellbeing! Ideally, sleeping like a baby with no care in the world-that good sleep!
Effectively managing external and internal stress as medicine to improve healthspan and lifespan!
Reducing and/or avoiding risky substances and/or behaviors as a means of improving healthspan and lifespan (e.g. nicotine, alcohol, THC, caffeine, illicit drugs, and addiction such as sex, porn, gambling, food, "love", etc.)
Using healthy, secure-functioning relationships as medicine to promote healthspan and lifespan!
(e.g. romantic, friends, family, professional, social, etc.)
Discover what we mean by holistic, whole-person, root-cause psychiatry and lifestyle & preventative medicine!
The AFYA Effect Family Healthcare Services, PLLC
11815 Fountain Way, Suite #300, Newport News, Virginia 23606, United States
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