Empowering Your Mental Health Journey With Integrated Care

Meet the GCS Psychiatry Team

Psychiatry Services | Flint, Grand Blanc, Clarkston, & Rochester Hills, MI

Supporting Your Mental Health Journey with Comprehensive Care

Integrated Psychiatry & Therapy Services 

Mental health is complex—and healing often requires a multi-faceted approach. While therapy provides a space to explore emotions, build coping strategies, and foster personal growth, medication management can be a vital tool in helping regulate symptoms and restore balance.

Whether you're experiencing depression, anxiety, mood disorders, or other mental health challenges, medication may offer relief and stability that allows you to fully engage in the therapeutic process.

What Are Psychiatric Services?

When appropriate, our psychiatric providers may incorporate medical treatment as part of a personalized care plan —it’s a collaborative and ongoing process that includes:

  • 🩺 Assessment of your symptoms, history, and goals

  • 💊 Personalized medication planning based on your unique needs

  • 🔄 Monitoring and adjustments to ensure effectiveness and minimize side effects

  • 🤝 Open communication between you, your therapist, and your provider

Our licensed psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioners work closely with you to ensure that any medication is part of a holistic treatment plan—one that respects your preferences, values, and lived experience.

Who Is It For?

This type of coordinated care planning may be helpful if you:

  • Feel like therapy alone isn’t fully addressing your symptoms

  • Experience intense mood swings, panic attacks, or persistent sadness

  • Have a history of mental health diagnoses and are seeking continuity of care

  • Want to explore medication options in a safe, informed, and supportive environment

Integrated Care – A Collaborative Approach to Your Well-Being

At Giesken Counseling Services, we believe that the best mental health care happens when your providers work together. That’s why our medication management services are designed to be fully integrated with your therapy experience.

Learn more about whether or not psychiatric medication management, therapy, or both is the best option to help manage your mental health journey in the latest blog by our nurse practitioner, Julia Cherrone, DNP, PMHNP-BC, "Do You Need Therapy, Medication, or Both?"

What to Expect With Psychiatry Services

At Giesken Counseling Services, we make the process approachable and transparent:

Initial Consultation

Talk with a qualified provider about your goals and concerns. 

  • *Intake for psychiatric services MUST BE IN-PERSON.  
  • After initial intake, online/telehealth appointments may be available if desired.
  • *Avg. 60 minutes

Care Exploration & Planning

Together, we look at your symptoms and experiences to determine what approach fits best.

Ongoing
Support

Regular check‑ins support your progress, with adjustments guided by your feedback. 

*20-40 minute med check appointments depending on level of care

Integrated Communication

Your psychiatric provider and therapist stay aligned so all parts of your support system work together.

Begin your healing journey today!

Schedule a FREE 15-minute consultation, appointment, or feel free to ask a question.

Empowering Your Mental Health Journey With Integrated Care

Ready to feel better? We’re here to help.

At Giesken Counseling Services, we’ve created a welcoming, judgment-free space where your mental health journey begins with compassion and clarity. Our dedicated team of therapists and psychiatric nurse practitioners provides comprehensive support for your healing journey, whether you're looking for therapy, psychiatric services, or both.

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Serving Flint, Grand Blanc, Clarkston, and Rochester Hills, MI, we offer in-person and online telehealth to fit your life.

Secure HIPAA-compliant Online Telehealth is available for therapy and psychiatric services to all Michigan Residents.

  • *Intake for psychiatric services MUST BE IN-PERSON.  After initial intake, online/telehealth appointments may be available if desired.

📞 Call us at (810) 626-5191 or fill out our contact form to ask a question, schedule your FREE 15-minute *THERAPY consultation, or book an appointment.

You don’t have to do this alone. Let’s take the first step together.

Meet the GCS Psychiatry Team

Julia Cherrone, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Services:
In-person and Online
Julia works with children (5+), teens, & adults who require psychiatric services. She specializes in PTSD, depression, anxiety, and more.

GCS Locations:
Flint, MI: In-person & Online:
*Grand Blanc, MI: Online Only
*Clarkston, MI: Online Only
*Rochester Hills, MI: Online Only

Katie Bailey, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Services:
In-person and Online
Katie works with children, teens, & adults who require psychiatric services. She specializes in children/teens, depression, anxiety, and more.

GCS Locations:
Flint, MI: In-person & Online
Grand Blanc, MI: In-person & Online
*Clarkston, MI: Online Only
*Rochester Hills, MI: Online Only

Begin your healing journey today!

Schedule a FREE 15-minute consultation, appointment, or feel free to ask a question.

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