Medication Management
The decision to take medication to support your mental health can be a challenging – though vital – one. We are here to help you be empowered on your mental health journey as you find the best tools for you.
Clarifying Your Concerns
Psychiatrists are specially trained medical doctors who can diagnose mental health conditions, even very complicated ones. Often, people are struggling with a variety of concerns that overlap and influence each other, making it hard to get clarity on what’s happening. We can help thoroughly assess your symptoms and experiences to better understand you and your individual needs.
Prescribing and Managing Medication
Medication can be an important component of your mental wellness plan. Medication has been found to be most effective when taken in combination with solid therapy and a strong plan of support. If medication is indicated, we will talk with you about your options for treatment and what they would mean for your life.
Common Questions
About Dr. Jones
Dr. Charla Jones is a board certified adult psychiatrist with more than 12 years of experience and a special interest in women’s health. Dr. Jones attended the University of Dayton as an undergraduate, followed by the University of Cincinnati for medical school and residency training. Upon completion of her residency, she completed a two-year advanced psychotherapy training program through the Cincinnati Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
Dr. Jones has worked in a myriad of clinical settings including adult inpatient, psychiatric emergency room, and private practice. She has spent most of her career treating patients in outpatient settings for healthcare organizations including St. Elizabeth Physicians, Novant Health and TriHealth.
Prior to joining the team at Galia Collaborative, she worked in a primary care setting working collaboratively with primary care physicians to support the whole-self of patients. Dr. Jones treats a variety of conditions, including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, and PTSD.
She is committed to providing sensitive, quality, evidence-based, individualized medical and mental health care.
About Jen Milau
With more than a decade dedicated to the mental health field, Jen has worked with individuals of diverse backgrounds and ages and at all levels of care. Her early career followed a conventional and highly academic path, marked by service on nationally renowned teams within large healthcare networks that valued excellent performance and measurable clinical outcomes. She made meaningful contributions within the field of psychoneuroimmunology and she challenged her fellow clinicians to consider new and deeper ways of looking at traditional psychiatric care. The work was important. But in a system built upon ever-increasing productivity demands and reductionist models of health, she was faced with the reality that authentic, whole-person healing would not be possible within the constraints of traditional medicine.
Jen transitioned into private practice so that she could chart an alternative path more aligned with her core beliefs: that nature and community hold incredible restorative powers; that play and creativity are not “leisure” but crucial elements of personhood; humans have an innate capacity to heal; that trauma disrupts the connection among our physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies; and that unlocking this wisdom requires attention and nurturing to all parts within these complex systems.
Jen’s clinical process is guided by intuition, grounded in science, and most importantly, tailored to the individual. She takes a warm, relational approach, where the space is considered reverent and the client is an informed and active partner in creating their personal treatment plan.
Her modalities are varied and include elements of medication management (both pharmacological options as well as supplements and natural plant remedies), examination of lab review if indicated (including genetic testing to support medication decision making), mindfulness and meditation, and exploration of spirituality and connectedness.
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