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Primary care
Preventive visits, screenings, ongoing health needs, and thoughtful support for chronic conditions.
- Health maintenance
- Chronic care
- Wellness planning
Connected care for the whole person
Your physical and mental health belong in the same conversation.
Holthera Health brings medical and psychiatric care together in one compassionate, culturally responsive experience—for every stage of life.
Evidence-informedTrauma-informedAcross the lifespan
HEALTHMedical
WELL-BEINGPsychiatric
CONTEXTYour life
ONE CONNECTED PLANWhole-person care
THE HOLTHERA MODEL
Care designed around how health actually works: together.
What we care for
Fewer silos. A fuller view of you.
Physical health and mental health continually influence one another. Holthera is built to recognize both.
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Psychiatric care
Careful evaluation, medication management, and follow-up that considers the whole picture—not a single symptom.
- Initial evaluation
- Medication management
- Ongoing follow-up
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Urgent & acute care
Timely attention for new, non-emergency concerns, with a clear plan for what comes next.
- New symptoms
- Short-term illness
- Care navigation
Urgent and acute care is for non-emergency concerns. Service availability is confirmed during scheduling.
How care feels
Clinical depth, with room for your humanity.
Good care is both rigorous and relational. Each step is grounded in evidence while remaining attentive to history, identity, culture, childhood experiences, and everyday life.
COMPASSIONATECare that
sees youINDIVIDUALIZED • CULTURALLY SENSITIVE
sees youINDIVIDUALIZED • CULTURALLY SENSITIVE
Begin with your story
We make room for the experiences, culture, relationships, and circumstances that shape health.
Connect the signals
Physical and emotional symptoms are considered together to support clearer clinical decisions.
Build one practical plan
Care is individualized, evidence-informed, and designed around goals that are realistic for your life.
Stay in conversation
Follow-up creates space to review progress, adjust thoughtfully, and coordinate next steps.
Across the lifespan
Care evolves as life does.
Different ages bring different needs. Holthera approaches each stage with curiosity, respect, and developmentally appropriate care.
Children & adolescents
Developmentally informed care, including families and caregivers when appropriate.
Adults
Connected support for preventive health, changing needs, and emotional well-being.
Older adults
Care that considers medical complexity, life transitions, and continuity over time.
Meet from where you are
Telehealth
Convenient virtual visits when clinically appropriate and available in your location.
Care in shared space
In-person
Face-to-face care for visits that benefit from a physical setting or personal preference.
JBC
FOUNDER / CLINICIAN / ADVOCATE
Why Holthera
“Care should never ask a person to divide themselves into separate parts.”
Holthera Health was founded to make integrated medical and psychiatric care more accessible, personal, and humane. The practice is shaped by compassion, cultural sensitivity, clinical excellence, and the lasting influence of childhood experiences on health.
OUR NAME
Holthera unites holos, the Greek idea of the whole, with therapeia, care and healing.
Joseph B. CharlesMD (IMG), MPH, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BCFounder & CEO, Holthera Health
Privacy by design
A safer first step online.
This public website is intentionally simple: no medical intake form, no advertising trackers, and no request for symptoms or diagnoses. Clinical information belongs in an approved secure channel after scheduling.
Encrypted connectionNo public clinical formNo advertising trackers
Good to know
Questions before your first step.
For general, non-clinical questions, email info@holtherahealth.com.
01Is Holthera Health an emergency service?+
No. Holthera Health does not provide emergency or crisis response through this website or email. If there is an immediate danger or medical emergency, call 911. In the U.S., call or text 988 for mental health crisis support.
02Can I receive both medical and psychiatric care?+
Holthera is designed around connected care. The appropriate services and sequence of care are determined after an initial scheduling and eligibility review.
03Is telehealth available?+
Telehealth and in-person options are offered based on the service, patient age, location, and clinical appropriateness. Availability is confirmed during scheduling.
04How should I share private medical information?+
Do not send medical details through public email. After scheduling, Holthera will provide the appropriate secure channel for clinical and health information.
Take the next step
Let’s begin with what you need.
Send a scheduling request with only your preferred contact method and visit format. We’ll guide you from there.
Email scheduling Do not include symptoms, diagnoses, medications, insurance IDs, or other health information in email.