Understanding the Difference: Why Trauma Recovery Psychiatry Center Specializes in Psychiatry, Not Therapy

At Trauma Recovery Psychiatry Center in Folsom, CA, our mission is to provide high-quality, trauma-informed psychiatric care to individuals and families seeking clarity, stability, and healing. While mental health treatment includes many important disciplines, it’s essential for patients to understand that psychiatry and therapy are not the same, and each plays a unique role in supporting overall wellness.

Our clinic specializes in psychiatry, meaning our providers are medical professionals trained to diagnose mental health conditions, understand the biological and psychological factors influencing them, and prescribe medication when appropriate. Although we deeply value the work therapists do and often recommend therapy as part of a complete care plan, we are not a therapy clinic — we focus exclusively on psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and trauma-informed psychiatric support.

What Psychiatry Is — and What It Isn’t

Psychiatry is a medical specialty. Psychiatrists and psychiatric providers are trained to evaluate the connection between brain chemistry, trauma, emotional regulation, and physical health. They can:

• Diagnose mental health disorders

• Prescribe and adjust medication

• Treat conditions such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, and insomnia

• Provide trauma-informed psychiatric care

• Guide long-term treatment plans

Patients seeking help with symptoms that may require medication — such as severe anxiety, mood instability, trauma-related disturbances, or chronic insomnia — benefit most from working with a psychiatric provider.

At Trauma Recovery Psychiatry Center, our focus is on this medical and psychological expertise.

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What Therapists Do — and Why We Recommend Them

Therapists (also known as counselors or psychotherapists) specialize in talk therapy, emotional processing, coping skills, and behavioral change. Therapy helps individuals:

• Process emotions in a supportive environment

• Heal from trauma through guided conversation

• Navigate life transitions or relationship challenges

• Build long-term emotional resilience

While therapy is incredibly valuable, it serves a different purpose than psychiatry. Many patients benefit from both — one focuses on emotional processing, the other on medical and psychological evaluation.

When we feel a patient would grow from therapy alongside psychiatric care, we gladly refer them to trusted, qualified therapists in Folsom, Roseville, and Sacramento.

Why Our Practice Specializes in Psychiatry

At Trauma Recovery Psychiatry Center, our expertise lies in:

• Trauma-informed psychiatric treatment

• Medication management for mental health

• Evaluations for depression, anxiety, PTSD, mood disorders, and sleep issues

• Ongoing psychiatric support for long-term healing

By focusing exclusively on psychiatry, we ensure:

• More specialized care

• More accurate diagnoses

• Better long-term outcomes

• Greater attention to biological and chemical factors behind mental health conditions

Because many patients experiencing trauma, insomnia, depression, or anxiety require medical-level intervention, psychiatry offers tools and solutions that therapy alone cannot provide.

A Collaborative Approach to Mental Wellness

Although we do not provide therapy in-house, we strongly believe in collaborative care. Many patients benefit most when therapy and psychiatry work hand-in-hand. Our team will always:

• Recommend therapy when appropriate

• Coordinate care with outside therapists

• Ensure your treatment plan is cohesive and comprehensive

Your mental health deserves a team — and we are here to be that medical and psychiatric foundation.

Serving Folsom, Roseville, and the Greater Sacramento Area

Our clinic proudly provides psychiatric care to individuals in:

• Folsom, CA

• Roseville, CA

• Sacramento County

• El Dorado County

• And through telepsychiatry, patients across California

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Your Healing Journey Starts with the Right Kind of Care

Therapy and psychiatry each play essential roles in mental health, but they are not interchangeable. At Trauma Recovery Psychiatry Center, we provide the psychiatric expertise, trauma-informed care, and medical guidance needed to support meaningful, lasting recovery.

If you’re ready to begin your healing journey with compassionate psychiatric care, we’re here to help.