Walden Mental Health — Psychiatry & Medication Management in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Simplify.
Thoughtful psychiatry built on the fewest moving parts —
the least medicine necessary, the most life possible.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Simplify.
Thoughtful psychiatry built on the fewest moving parts —
the least medicine necessary, the most life possible.
“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
— Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Our Philosophy
Good psychiatry is not about adding more. It is about finding the least that truly helps — and having the discipline to stop there.
So much of modern medicine drifts toward complexity: another prescription, another adjustment, another bottle on the shelf. Walden Mental Health is built on the opposite instinct. We prescribe with restraint, toward the smallest dose and the fewest medications that let you feel like yourself again.
That means we are just as willing to simplify a regimen as to start one — to review what you are taking, question what no longer serves you, and clear away the clutter so the things that matter can work. Fewer moving parts. Clearer outcomes. A life that feels like yours.
The smallest effective dose, reached deliberately — not the fastest one.
Deprescribing is treatment. We review and remove what no longer earns its place.
Medication is one tool among many — never the whole plan.
Why Simplicity
Simplicity isn't doing less for the sake of it. It's the harder, more careful work of finding what actually helps — and protecting you from everything that doesn't.
Every prescription has to earn its place. We favor one well-chosen medication over a stack of partial fixes, and we watch for the side effects complexity hides.
If you arrive on more than you need, we'll carefully and safely taper toward less — a plan to simplify, not just to maintain.
Sleep, stress, movement, meaning. We treat the conditions a life is lived in, so medication can do its job and no more.
Services
Psychiatric care for adults, grounded in evidence and delivered with restraint.
A thorough, unhurried first visit to understand your history, your goals, and the smallest path toward feeling better.
Ongoing, conservative management for depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and related conditions — always toward the minimal effective dose.
A fresh, independent look at everything you take, with a careful plan to taper and simplify where it's safe to do so.
Already in treatment but feeling over-medicated or stuck? A considered second perspective on a simpler way forward.
Confidential, judgment-free care for the people who carry everyone else — first responders, healthcare workers, and their families.
We work alongside your therapist and primary care team so everyone is rowing the same direction.
Meet Your Provider
APRN · Psychiatric Medication Management
Eric brings a rare convergence of clinical depth and lived experience to mental health care. A former officer in the United States Air Force with multiple combat deployments, Eric has spent decades working as a paramedic and critical care nurse across emergency departments, ICUs, and flight medicine. He is trained in EMDR with a specialization in complex trauma and provides psychiatric medication management and ketamine-assisted therapy.
Eric's approach is direct, evidence-based, and deeply human. He has been in the rooms where people don't come back — and he built this practice so more of them do.
Request a VisitWe provide psychiatric evaluation and medication management for adults with depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and related conditions — always toward the minimal effective dose.
Yes. We are in-network with Aetna, Cigna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Colorado, Carelon Behavioral Health, and Select Health Colorado, with additional virtual-network coverage through Independence Blue Cross (Pennsylvania) and Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey. See our full list, and reach out to verify your benefits.
It's our core philosophy: prescribe the least medicine that truly helps, and have the discipline to stop there. We're just as willing to simplify or taper a regimen as to start one — fewer moving parts, clearer outcomes. We have a conservative approach to medication management.
Absolutely. If you feel over-medicated or stuck, we offer a fresh, independent review of everything you take and a careful plan to simplify and deprescribe where it's safe to do so.
We see patients at our Colorado Springs office and also offer secure telehealth appointments. Contact us to confirm availability for your location.
New patients are welcome. Schedule directly through our online booking link.
Insurance
We accept the following insurance plans. If you have questions about your coverage, please contact us — we're happy to verify benefits.
Select Health - Colorado
Carelon Behavioral Health
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Colorado
Cigna
Aetna
Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey
Get in Touch
New patients are welcome. Reach out and we'll help you take the first, smallest step.