MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR HUMAN FLOURISHING.
At Washington Integrative Mental Health Services (WIMHS), we’re building a new model for mental healthcare. We combine integrative mental health care with a deeper commitment to collaboration and meaningful change, treating patients as active participants in their own growth.
By bringing together clinical care, community partnership, and innovation, we aim to help both patients and providers flourish while advancing a more connected, effective, and relationship-centered mental health ecosystem.
We believe a clinic can be more than a place where services are delivered. It can be a platform for learning, collaboration, and positive change—one that strengthens not only individual wellbeing, but the broader systems and communities that support it.
Read more about our model in Dr. Bregman's, "Reimagining Mental Health Care” series here:
GUIDED BY THE CONCEPT OF “EUDAIMONIA"
Our clinic is guided by the concept of “Eudaimonia,” originally articulated by the ancient Greek philosophers - that the goal of human life is to live in alignment with one’s self, as one discovers it, and to actively engage with the passions, skills and abilities that emerge from the discovery of the self for the greater good of one’s family, community, and for humanity.
This is the animating spirit behind the clinic we’ve created: an environment where eudaimonia is the goal. A clinic designed specifically with the intention of creating a healing ecosystem where all participants — patients, practitioners, non-clinical staff, and the greater community — are empowered to contribute to each other’s flourishing.
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AN INTENTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC THAT SUPPORTS THE INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE
FOR PATIENTS
Individual Eudaimonia.
We believe in the resilience of the human spirit and its innate capacity to heal when supported by the right environment, relationships, and care. Our approach is integrative and personalized, blending evidence-based mental healthcare with a holistic understanding of your mind, body, and lived experience. Whether you are seeking support for the first time, looking for a different approach, or searching for new solutions to longstanding challenges, we are here to partner with you on your path toward a healthier, more meaningful life.
Read more about our approach to mental health or how to become a patient here:
BEYOND THE CLINIC
Collective Eudaimonia.
Beyond direct clinical care, we engage in writing, policy, research-informed dialogue, and partnerships that contribute to the broader field of mental health. We believe that care should be shaped not only by what happens in the therapy room, but by ongoing intellectual and community engagement.
We aim to build a model that reflects that belief in practice.
Read more about collective eudaimonia here:
MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER
DR. BEN BREGMAN
I started WIMHS because I wanted to work in a mental healthcare space that felt thoughtful, collaborative, and human, for both patients and providers.
I love being a psychiatrist because it gives me the ability to transmute the act of listening into a precious opportunity for profound healing.
I believe that mental healthcare is, at its core, non-reductionistic and reciprocal. As such, it requires a setting where practitioners can slow things down, think deeply, and invite patients to become active participants in their care.
It is also imperative that practitioners working in such a setting be empowered to do more of the work — research, education, mentorship, advocacy, thought leadership, and communication — that drew them to the healing professions in the first place.
My vision is that WIMHS is just that place — one that offers patients cutting edge, world-class care with practitioners who have the time and support within the scope of their work to answer the call of the noble work of healing.
If any part of this resonates with you, whether as a patient, collaborator, or someone thinking about mental health differently, I’d love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out, share ideas, or explore ways to work together.
— Ben
