Before your appointment, you’ll complete intake forms that help us understand your current concerns, medical and psychiatric history, medications, previous treatment, and goals for care.

For patients under 18, a parent or legal guardian completes the required consent and intake information and should be available to participate in the evaluation. Please have information about your child’s current medications, medical history, previous psychiatric treatment, and any relevant school or developmental concerns available when possible.

Your first visit is a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation designed to understand the full picture and determine appropriate next steps.

In addition to evaluation and treatment planning, psychotherapy is integrated into the visit to begin addressing the concerns that brought you to care. This may include exploring thoughts, emotions, behaviors, coping strategies, sleep patterns, lifestyle factors, and other experiences relevant to your well-being and treatment goals.

For children and adolescents, care is collaborative. Parents or legal guardians participate in the evaluation and treatment planning, while the child or adolescent is encouraged to participate in ways appropriate to their age and development.

Depending on age and clinical circumstances, part of the visit may include time speaking with the child or adolescent individually. Parents or guardians remain appropriately involved in treatment decisions, including medication decisions.

Initial psychiatric appointments may be requested online.

For patients under 18, appointments should be scheduled by a parent or legal guardian. The parent or legal guardian will also complete the required consent and intake documentation before the appointment.

Psychiatric services are provided through secure telehealth. Patients must be physically located in North Carolina at the time of care.

If you have questions about whether EVERVERA may be appropriate for your needs, you’re welcome to reach out before requesting an appointment.

Because psychiatric care is individualized, specific diagnoses, medications, or treatment recommendations cannot be determined before a clinical evaluation.

If your needs fall outside the scope of EVERVERA, we will encourage you to seek care from an appropriate healthcare professional or service.

Questions related to scheduling, forms, or other administrative matters may be sent through the appropriate practice communication channels.

Clinical concerns, medication questions, and treatment-related communication should be handled through the secure patient portal whenever possible so they can be appropriately documented and addressed.

EVERVERA is not an emergency or crisis service. If you are experiencing a medical or psychiatric emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, you may also call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Psychiatric Wellness appointments are provided through secure telehealth.

Patients must be physically located in North Carolina at the time psychiatric care is provided.

Telehealth allows you to attend appointments from a private, appropriate location while receiving personalized psychiatric care without traveling to an office.

A reliable internet connection, compatible device, and private environment are recommended for appointments.

Ongoing psychiatric care at EVERVERA combines medication management and psychotherapy within a thoughtful, collaborative approach tailored to your individual needs.

Follow-up visits provide time to evaluate symptoms and overall progress, review medication effectiveness and tolerability, make medication adjustments when clinically appropriate, and continue psychotherapy focused on the concerns and treatment goals most relevant to you.

Psychotherapy may address thoughts, emotions, behaviors, coping strategies, sleep patterns, lifestyle factors, relationships, stressors, and other experiences affecting your well-being.

Treatment is continually reassessed based on your response, preferences, changing circumstances, and overall clinical picture. When appropriate, care may also include laboratory monitoring and collaboration with your primary care provider or other members of your healthcare team.

After your appointment, your treatment plan and next steps will be based on what was discussed during your visit.

Prescriptions, laboratory testing, follow-up recommendations, or other aspects of your treatment plan will be coordinated as clinically appropriate.

If a follow-up appointment is recommended, scheduling will be based on your clinical needs and treatment plan.

Questions or concerns that arise between appointments should be communicated through the secure patient portal when appropriate.