Licensed and Board-Certified to diagnose and treat children, adolescents, and adults of all ages.
Hugh Brenner; “Working together as a team, we resolve issues that keep you stuck. Although I specialize in Alternative and Complementary psychiatric care, the course your therapy takes will depend on what you want to achieve. I commonly use a combination of the following therapeutic tools:
Talk therapy: Including family therapy, cognitive therapy, and psychodynamic therapy.
Mind/Body therapies: These are techniques that work through the body to effect the mind, emotions, energy field and spirit. Depending on the situation I will sometimes use Shiatsu (a form of acupressure), but the form I prefer is Psychiatric Orgone Therapy. This emphasizes emotional expression and the movement of energy. It involves some physical interaction such as releasing tight muscles, working with your breathing, your voice and vision. This is an especially deep and effective form of treatment.
Psychiatric medications: Some clients suffer from inappropriate medications or drug interactions and improve when this is corrected. I prefer to prescribe nutritional and herbal remedies when I can, but there are times when traditional medications are called for. I prescribe only after a through history, review of options, laboratory testing, and review of potential side effects.
Play therapy: This is indicated for younger children, in the form of playing games with a therapeutic focus thereby engaging emotions, mind and imagination. Children and adolescents are most effectively treated when a parent is also in therapy.”
License and Certifications:
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority (Pennsylvania)
Psychiatric Family Nurse Practitioner (Board Certification, ANCC)
Adult Psychiatric Mental-Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (Board Certification, ANCC)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Mental-Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (Board Certification, ANCC)
Graduate Education and Training:
Rutger’s State University, New Brunswick, NJ, Post-Master’s Certificate, Psychiatric Family Nurse Practitioner
University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., Master of Science in
Nursing, Child and Family Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Training & Supervision in Psychiatric Orgonomy with Dr. Morton Herskowitz, DO.
Extra training in the School of Hard Knocks
Rates:
80 minute Psychiatric Evaluation $175. There are some medical conditions that can cause emotional disharmony, mental distress even look like psychiatric disorders. The first step is a through evaluation, including a history, physical, mental status exam and laboratory tests (blood work). For children and adolescents there will often be evaluations to be done by teachers, family and other caregivers. Once we have a good idea of what’s causing the problems we can look at the best options for your path.
Follow up session 50 min. $125 Includes a review of current progress or changes in condition, check for efficacy of treatment and for any side effects from medications, supplements or herbal preparations, reconsideration of diagnosis, and psychotherapy.
Medication management, brief psychotherapy 25min. $70 Includes a review of current progress or changes in condition, review of labs, check for efficacy of treatment and for any side effects from supplements, medications, or herbal preparations, reconsideration of diagnosis, and brief psychotherapy.
I have a sliding scale available for motivated individuals.
Contact Hugh at 610-896-4466 or hughbrennerNP@gmail.com to schedule your session today.
Website: thecenterforwholehealth.com (currently under construction)
