Mind-body medicine emphasizes the deep connection between your mind and body, rather than their separation. It focuses on how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors can influence your physical health, and how your physical health can influence your thoughts, emotions and behaviors. By incorporating various practices, mind-body medicine can be used to manage many conditions, including chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression, dermatological conditions, digestive health, coping with medical illness, and even cardiovascular health. Mind-body medicine is the cornerstone of Dr. Spertus’s treatment approach. Dr. Spertus also brings in heart-centered care and facilitates meaning making whenever possible, promoting self-compassion, gratitude, spirit, and resilience.

Empower your journey to well-being with personalized coaching. As a physician-coach, Dr. Spertus brings a deep understanding of medicine, health, and healing presence to his coaching practice, but it's crucial to understand the difference: coaching is not medical treatment, diagnosis, or psychological therapy. Instead, in dedicated coaching sessions, Dr. Spertus partners with you to identify your unique strengths, clarify your goals, and unlock your potential. He uses a collaborative "coach approach"—asking powerful questions and providing accountability—to help you discover your own solutions and create actionable steps towards your desired future. Coaching is about transformation, not treatment. It's ideal for individuals ready to make proactive changes in their lives, build sustainable habits, and achieve a more vibrant, fulfilling life. Several types of coaching are offered by SpertusMD as shown below.

Integrative medicine is a holistic approach that focuses on treating the whole person, addressing the biological, physical, emotional, environmental, social, and spiritual aspects of health to achieve optimal healing and wellness. By using a Whole Health approach, Dr. Spertus collaborates with you to provide integrative medicine consults and personalized plans that emphasize non-pharmacologic treatments, the mind-body connection, and complementary therapies. Dr. Spertus provides integrative medicine consults for many conditions, including chronic pain, mental health (stress, Depression, anxiety, PTSD), digestive issues (IBS, IBD), cardiovascular issues, cancer, dermatologic issues (eczema, acne, psoriasis), and others. Learn more about integrative medicine here.

Lifestyle medicine focuses on the importance of lifestyle factors, including nutrition, physical activity, stress management, sleep, relationships, and healthy behaviors in preventing and treating chronic diseases. This field aims to empower individuals to take control of their health and well-being, in collaboration with their healthcare team. Dr. Spertus offers consults and ongoing lifestyle coaching to help you implement personalized strategies to optimize your health. For more information about lifestyle medicine and its principles, visit the American College of Lifestyle Medicine at www.lifestylemedicine.org.

Have you ever considered the power of your mind to influence your body's well-being? Clinical hypnosis capitalizes on this mind-body connection. By facilitating a state of deep relaxation and focused concentration (trance), hypnosis is a tool that allows you to access your own inner healer to tackle health concerns. This approach can be effective for managing both psychological and medical conditions, including anxiety, chronic pain, Depression, stress, substance use, quitting tobacco, performance, skin conditions, sleep problems, gastrointestinal problems, coping with cancer treatments, and more. Hypnosis can be used with other methods as well, and Dr. Spertus emphasizes self-hypnosis to empower you in your own well-being. For more information:

American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH).

Are restless nights stealing your peace? Our integrative medicine practice offers specialized insomnia consults designed to help you reclaim restful sleep. Dr. Spertus utilizes CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia)—the gold standard in evidence-based treatment—as the foundation of his approach. With recognition that each individual's journey to better sleep is unique, your treatment plan is based on your specific needs, responses, and underlying factors, and may integrate a range of holistic and conventional strategies to support your well-being. Discover a tailored path to lasting sleep and renewed vitality.

Struggling with persistent pain? Dr. Spertus offers Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), a powerful approach to help you find lasting relief. Through PRT, we guide you in understanding the brain's role in chronic pain and equip you with practical tools to rewire neural pathways, leading to significantly reduced pain and improved quality of life. The groundbreaking Boulder Back Pain Study demonstrated that 66% of participants with chronic back pain were pain-free or nearly pain-free at the end of treatment, a result far surpassing traditional approaches. Discover how this innovative, evidence-based therapy can be a cornerstone of your journey to healing within our holistic framework.

Mindfulness, as defined by Jon Kabat-Zinn, is the “awareness that arises from paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally." Rooted in traditional practices, it's about acknowledging your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without getting caught up in them. Mindfulness can be a powerful tool for managing stress, improving focus, enhancing emotional well-being, and improving certain conditions such as anxiety, depression, chronic pain, substance dependence, insomnia, and hypertension. By learning to be more present, you can respond more skillfully to challenges and cultivate greater peace in your daily life. Dr. Spertus offers individualized mindfulness meditation sessions and coaching as well as group classes.

Seeking a holistic path to well-being? Dr. Spertus offers Medical Acupuncture, acupuncture performed by a physician trained in both conventional modern medicine and acupuncture, to help you restore balance and alleviate a wide range of conditions.

Based on ancient principles, acupuncture views health as a harmonious flow of energy within the body. When this flow is disrupted, pain or illness can arise. Acupuncture works by gently stimulating specific points and channels to rebalance your body's natural energy, encouraging its innate healing capabilities. Dr. Spertus may integrate acupuncture with other integrative and mind-body approaches for optimal effect.

Seeking profound pathways to healing and personal growth? SpertusMD offers Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (KAT), a powerful modality within the emerging field of psychedelic medicine. KAT provides a unique opportunity for deep introspection and transformation. With close guidance, the ketamine experience can gently open a window to facilitate psycho-spiritual and physical healing, the gaining of new perspectives on their experiences, and foster a deeper connection to their inner resources for healing. Administered in a safe, therapeutic setting and integrated with psychotherapy, KAT is recognized for its efficacy in conditions such as treatment-resistant depression and certain chronic pain syndromes, and research is growing in other areas. Discover how this innovative approach can support your journey towards holistic well-being and lasting change.

Building on your therapeutic journey or other consciousness-altering experiences, Psychedelic Integration Coaching offers a vital bridge to lasting well-being. These dedicated sessions are designed to provide a supportive and confidential space for individuals to process insights, integrate challenging experiences, and derive profound meaning from their encounters with psychedelic or other consciousness-altering substances (obtained legally or otherwise). This is particularly valuable for those undergoing our in-house Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (KAT), where the transformative nature of the experience can be further deepened through thoughtful integration. Our focus is squarely on harm reduction, promoting robust mental and emotional well-being, and supporting your journey toward personal understanding and healing within a safe, non-judgmental, and entirely legal framework.

Navigate your professional and personal landscape with clarity and purpose through professional coaching! Leveraging extensive experience as a dedicated wellness leader and former Chief Well-Being Officer, Dr. Spertus offers specialized coaching to empower your growth. Whether you're seeking to overcome burnout, accelerate development, find direction in life transitions, or optimize overall wellness, your tailored coaching approach provides the insights and strategies you need to thrive. Unlock your full potential and journey forward on the right path for you!