Northwest Restorative Psychiatry

09/06/2026

Some of the most important work I do for my patients happens completely outside of the appointment room.

A big part of building Northwest Restorative Psychiatry has been intentionally getting to know other providers in our community - learning what they do, who they serve, and how their work might become part of the larger support system my patients need.

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with K’Lee Kasper, BSN, RN, IBCLC, owner of The Breast Nurse , and this is exactly the kind of connection I mean.

K’Lee reached out because mental health is such an important piece of the pregnancy and postpartum journey for the mothers she supports. I was equally excited to learn more about her work, because the women I care for don’t walk into my office as a diagnosis or a list of symptoms. They come in as whole people.

That’s the heart of the biopsychosocial approach I use in my practice. Mental health is influenced by what is happening biologically, psychologically, and socially. Physical health matters. Sleep matters. Relationships matter. Parenthood matters. Feeding a new baby matters. Feeling supported matters.

And sometimes supporting someone well means knowing when another trusted professional in our community has expertise that could make a real difference in their life.

K’Lee provides evidence-informed prenatal, postpartum, lactation, pumping, bottle-feeding, formula-feeding, and infant-feeding support through in-home and telehealth visits. I loved learning more about the practical, compassionate support she is bringing to families right here in our Valley.

This is what I want healthcare in our community to look like.

Providers knowing providers.
Women supporting women.
Small businesses supporting small businesses.
Sharing knowledge. Building connections. Creating a network of trusted resources around the people we serve.

Because none of us can - or should - be everything for everyone.

But when someone sitting across from us says, “I’m struggling with this,” it is incredibly powerful to be able to say:

“I know someone I trust who may be able to help.”

Community helping community. 🤍

08/29/2026

Sometimes the best collaborations are the ones that are a little unexpected. 🧠☕️

Myriam, owner of BlueTick Coffee Lewiston, and I got to bring two very different local small businesses together for something fun: a mental-health-inspired drink menu.

There was a Serotonin Sip Matcha, a Restore Lotus, a Reset Cold Brew, a Cozy State of Mind Chai - and, because we clearly couldn’t help ourselves, a Hyperfixation Milkshake. 😂

It was lighthearted and fun, but I loved what was underneath it even more: two local small business owners supporting one another, getting creative, and finding a completely unexpected way to bring mental health into the everyday conversation.

Building Northwest Restorative Psychiatry has given me opportunities to connect with people throughout this community in ways I never really anticipated when I first opened the doors. Moments like this are a pretty great reminder that being a small business owner can be about so much more than the business itself. 🤍

Thank you, Myriam, for letting psychiatry crash the coffee menu for a week. 😂

And yes, I ordered the Serotonin Sip Matcha. Obviously. 💚

08/29/2026

Sometimes the people who know us best notice what we need before we do. 🤍

Recently, I was telling Scott that I’d been feeling a little more overwhelmed than usual. He listened for a minute and then gently pointed out something I hadn’t even noticed:

“You haven’t been to yoga in a while.”

Well. He had a point. 😂

So this week, I’ve intentionally made yoga a priority again - and I can already feel the difference.

There are very few places where I can actually feel my nervous system become completely quiet. Where my brain stops running through what needs to be done next, my body lets go of some of the tension it’s been carrying, and everything just feels still, calm, and restful for a while.

Bea You Yoga is one of those places for me. And somehow I got lucky enough that this little sanctuary is quite literally right across the street from Northwest Restorative Psychiatry. 🤍

I spend so much of my time talking with others about paying attention to the things that help them feel more grounded, regulated, and like themselves. Apparently, every once in a while I need someone to remind me to do the same.

Consider this your reminder to make a little room for whatever helps your nervous system exhale. 🤍

And thank you, Scott, for knowing that sometimes the answer is simply: you need to go to yoga. 😂

08/28/2026

Yesterday’s telehealth background entertainment brought to you by Ollie and his alpacas 🐶🦙🦙

08/27/2026

There’s something almost comical about spending years figuring out exactly how to make your brain work for you.

You have your systems. Your routines. Your reminders. Your very specific places where very specific things HAVE to live. You’ve developed approximately 47 different ways of compensating for the fact that your brain occasionally has other plans. Ask me how I know 😂

And for the most part… you’re holding it all together.

Then, perimenopause shows up like an ADHD freight train 🚂💨

Focus? Worse.
Working memory? What working memory?
Emotional regulation? A little more questionable.
The thing you literally just had in your hand? Gone forever, apparently. 🫠

And there’s actually a reason for it. Hormonal changes during perimenopause, particularly fluctuating and declining estrogen, can affect some of the same brain systems involved in attention, executive functioning, mood, and dopamine regulation.

If you suddenly feel like your ADHD turned the volume ALL the way up in your late 30s or 40s… you are definitely not the only one. 🫠

You’re not imagining it.

Sometimes the systems, routines, carefully architected Google Calendar, reminders in our phone, sticky notes everywhere... all the strategies that carried us for years just… stop carrying quite as much of the load.

And apparently nobody thought to warn the ADHD girlies that perimenopause was coming for our carefully constructed systems. 😂

If any of this is sounding a little too familiar, and you’re wondering whether ADHD may be part of what’s going on - or whether your current treatment just isn’t working the way it used to - I’d be happy to talk through it with you.

08/24/2026

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚃𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝙲𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚡 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙿𝚜𝚢𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋 ☕️🧠🍂

𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚣𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚞𝚙 🍁✨

📍 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚃𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝙲𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 | 𝙻𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗
☕️ 𝚡 🧠 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙿𝚜𝚢𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚢

🍂🧠 NORTHWEST RESTORATIVE PSYCHIATRY x BLUETICK COFFEE🧠🍂

We are SO excited to bring you a little FALL SEROTONIN for our collab with Northwest Restorative Psychiatry💚☕️ Christi provides mental health medication management and specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of:

🧠 ADHD
💚 Anxiety
🌿 Depression
🫶 Bipolar Disorder
✨ OCD

A little fall serotonin, one sip at a time. 🍂

✨ RESTORE LOTUS
Gold Lotus + Cranberry + REAL Apple C***r Topper
Basically fall in a cup, with a little extra sparkle.

🍂 PEACEFUL PUMPKIN
Americano + Pumpkin Pie + White Chocolate + Cream + Pumpkin Pie Spice Sprinkles
For when your nervous system requests pumpkin season.

🤎 THE RESET COLD BREW
Shortbread Cold Brew + Pumpkin Cold Foam
Have you tried turning your day off and back on again?

☕ SEROTONIN SIP
Matcha + Cranberry + Raspberry Purée
A very unofficial little mood boost.

💚 THE HYPER-FIXATION MILKSHAKE
Pumpkin Pie Milkshake + Whipped Cream + Caramel Drizzle + Pumpkin Pie Spice
Because sometimes you find a favorite and simply refuse to move on.

🧡 COZY STATE OF MIND
Pumpkin + Brown Sugar Chai
Consider this your permission slip to romanticize your afternoon.

Mental health matters, and we love getting the opportunity to highlight a local provider helping people in our community get the support and treatment they need. 💚

08/08/2026

08/05/2026

One of my favorite parts of serving this community is getting to work alongside incredible healthcare providers who genuinely care about their patients.

I’m so grateful to have received this recommendation from another local nurse practitioner Lynzee Hewett, WHNP 🌿 Thank you for your incredibly kind words and for trusting me with your patients ✨

Collaboration like this helps make mental healthcare more accessible, and I’m incredibly thankful to be part of such a supportive community!

08/04/2026

𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 + 𝚁𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛

Northwest Restorative Psychiatry will be closed beginning at 7:00 PM on Thursday, August 6, and will reopen at 7:00 AM on Monday, August 17, while Scott and I are away on our honeymoon. 🤍

I have very limited appointment openings remaining today, tomorrow, and Thursday. If you have noticed any new, changing, or worsening symptoms and think there is a chance you may need to be seen sooner than your currently scheduled appointment, please let me know as soon as possible. I will do my very best to fit you in before we leave. That may mean a telehealth visit when you’re normally seen in person, a shorter appointment than usual, or an evening or early-morning time. I’ll be fitting people in wherever I can, so I really appreciate your flexibility.

I also have one big favor to ask: Please take a moment to check the current supply of all medications. If you may need a refill at any point before August 17, please message or text me now so I can make sure you have what you need before the office closes. I would appreciate this so, so much!

One of the things I love most about my practice is being able to offer my clients direct access to me. You will still be able to send portal messages or text the business phone while I am away. However, I will only be checking messages once each day during our honeymoon, so responses may take a few days, particularly for routine or non-urgent concerns.

Please do not use the portal or business phone for an emergency. If you are experiencing a mental health or medical emergency, go to the nearest emergency room, call 911, or call or text the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.

Thank you all for helping me plan ahead so everyone is taken care of before we leave. I appreciate you more than you know!