You might ask, “How is Dr. Stein different from other functional medicine providers?”

If you need a modern medical and psychiatric Sherlock Holmes, she’s the premier diagnostic sleuth.

As an osteopathic physician and board-certified psychiatrist with 25+ years experience, Dr. Stein practices both traditional and functional medicine.  Dr. Stein employs a bio-psycho-social approach and a functional medicine approach informed by her extensive training and experience in psychiatry.

Dr. Stein will comprehensively analyze your history, symptoms, and health objectives to determine if there is a serious medical or psychiatric condition that needs acute or aggressive treatment through conventional means.  If not, Dr. Stein will guide you through functional medicine alternatives to potentially resolve issues through diet, lifestyle, and spiritual changes.

She is interested in transforming your life so that you can be your best – clearer and sharper thinking, vibrant energy and mood, and feeling that you have a future.

THE PROCESS:

Dr. Stein will analyze the 39-page Intake form and review previous lab data, specialty testing/studies and consultations from other providers.  Even before she meets you, she puts your history on a timeline and starts to “connect the dots”.

At the appointment, she obtains the details of your story to fill the gaps from the paperwork, performs a full physical with structural assessment and mental status exam as needed and as time permits in the first 2-hour session. Infrequently, this information gathering requires more than one session. She may recommend state-of-the art specialty testing to assist diagnosis.

With her experience and training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic psychotherapy, she is able track down the drivers of distress caused by disturbances in sense of self, dynamics of relationships, and perceived world view. Trauma is her specialty.

After the appointment, Dr. Stein will provide a 4–5-page optimal health plan laying out a summary of her thoughts and tailoring the intervention to your specific needs as an individual. She may recommend interventions in diet, rest, movement, stress reduction and dietary supplements or medication to treat your conditions.  She will always seek the least invasive way to help your body restore balance. She seeks to partner with you to promote wellness and create hope, health, and healing.

On receiving the plan, some find the information overwhelming and the recommendations daunting. Creating steps and habits to implement the plan through health coaching assures success in meeting your goals. Included with the initial evaluation are six (6) health coaching sessions with Nancy Uston-John. Follow-up visits are every 2 months.

STEIN’S CREDENTIALS:

Dr. Stein graduated with High Honors from Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey with a BA in Biology specializing in Neural Science and Behavior in 1986. She received her Degree of Osteopathic Medicine from UMDNJ – School of Osteopathic Medicine* in 1990. She completed a medical internship and psychiatric residency affiliated with the medical school at Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Cherry Hill, NJ. She was the Chief Resident during her final year.

Since her training, she worked in the public sectors of mental health for over 25 years, 6 years of which were at East Bay Center in Barrington, RI as Medical Director. In 2008, she was given the Rhode Island Exemplary Psychiatrist Award by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and in 2009 was awarded the status of Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

She was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University from 2002 to 2013 ending when she left to work at Visions Healthcare in Dedham, MA at the largest functional medicine practice in the country at the time.

Dr. Stein moved her practice to Rhode Island when Visions Healthcare, unfortunately, had to close its doors in August 2015.  Functional Mind LLC was born in 2016.

She is board certified in both Psychiatry (1996, 2006, 2016) through the AOBNP and Integrative Holistic Medicine (2014) through the ABIHM. She became a certified practitioner of the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) in 2016 and is a Clinical Facilitator for the IFM. She was awarded the status of Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists in 2020. Medical students, physician assistants and nurses interested in functional medicine have completed elective rotations in the office.

Over the years, Dr. Stein has:

• Received certification from the William Walsh Institute (author of Nutrient Power: Heal Your Biochemistry and Heal Your Brain).
• Become an Azarias Energy Healing Practitioner from the Star of Divine Light Institute.
• Become trained in EMDR and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).
• Become a full member of International Society of Environmentally Acquired Illnesses (ISEAI) with illnesses involving environmental exposure(s): mold illness and biotoxin illness, CIRS, Lyme disease and other chronic infections, heavy metals, toxic exposures, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS).
• Authored an International Amazon bestseller book, What If It’s Not Depression?: Your Guide to Finding Answers and Solutions and hosts a YouTube channel and podcast by the same name.
• Provided interviews on podcasts, health summits and lectures internationally.
• Pioneered a unique approach to mental health making her a sought-after speaker on the conventional medicine stage (e.g., AOA and APA).

FUN FACTS:

Dr. Stein has lived in Rhode Island since 2000.

Despite her busy schedule, she is teaching herself French, enjoys playing and coaching ultimate frisbee, gardening, and singing. She is married and has three adult children.

*UMDNJ – SOM changed its name to Rowan University – School of Osteopathic Medicine in June 2013.