About Us
Dr. Beata (Bay-ata) Bliss Lewis founded Mind Body Psychiatry PC, a mental health and wellness practice that focuses on an integrated, mind-body approach to mental health and wellness.
New York Based Psychiatry And Psychotherapy
About Dr. Lewis
Throughout her career, Dr. Lewis has sought to honor that connection between mind and body. She earned her MD from Harvard Medical School, studying adult psychiatry at Columbia University and child psychiatry at the NYU Child Study Center. She also trained with holistic medicine practitioners in India and studied with Dr. Herbert Benson, the pioneering founder of the Mind / Body Medical Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. During this time, Dr. Lewis enhanced her expertise as an MD with extensive training in yoga, mindfulness, and a diverse range of mind-body therapies.
When Dr. Lewis opened her Brooklyn mental health clinic, her goal was to build a practice that incorporated psychotherapy, integrative psychopharmacology, mind-body medicine, biofeedback, and nutrition to the benefit of her patients.
Today, the Mind Body Psychiatry team includes psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychotherapists, and psychologists. Together, they all collaborate on patient care, and sharing an integrated approach to mental wellness.
We treat the whole person, addressing the root cause of illness.
Even small shifts in areas of lifestyle, work, nutrition, exercise, sleep, and mindset can have a huge impact on mental health.
Our Guiding Principles
Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
At our organization, we are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels seen and accepted. We work to dismantle hierarchical structures by incorporating diverse perspectives into decision-making, which helps us improve our culture and goals.
Optimal emotional and physical health
We have expertise in conventional and alternative modalities and an open-minded approach to a wide variety of treatments and healing traditions. This enables us to tailor a treatment plan to fit your needs. We use precisely the treatment, or combination of treatments, that will help you the most and bring you the fewest side effects.
Relationship-centered care
We believe that the ideal patient–provider relationship is a partnership, where we work with you together as teammates toward your goals. We know that a relationship based on respect and the recognition of your autonomy, values, and needs has the potential to be immensely healing and transformative.
Teaching by example
We place a high value on nurturing our wellness, wholeness, and growth. This allows us to be more present, authentic, and knowledgeable as we accompany you on your journey to your optimal wellness.
The self-healing ability
An essential element of treatment is helping you to identify and strengthen your own self-healing abilities and the innate drive towards optimal well-being and function.
Shared responsibility
Adults, adolescents, and children recover and grow within a network of social support and various care providers. We aim to support your network and facilitate collaboration and shared responsibility for your recovery and wellness.
Optimal emotional and physical health
The goal of care is for you to achieve optimal health and your highest level of functioning, in all aspects of your life.
Acceptance and care
We know that kindness, grace, empathy, and understanding are powerful healers. We accept and meet you wherever you are on your journey.
Attention to the whole person
We address all the unique things that make you, you. This emcompasses your mind, body, spirit, and the environment and social context in which you live.
Patient-centered care
We are committed to recognizing your unique experience and circumstances, and to providing care that respects your individuality.
Growth
All life experiences are profound learning opportunities and we all continue to grow and develop throughout our lives. We honor and respect your unique path of growth and development.
Scientific approach
Scientific research evidence guides both your initial diagnostic evaluation and the ongoing care that we provide you.
What are the Seven Areas of Wellbeing focus on?
The “seven” in our practice name represents a guiding principle that all our practitioners share – the path to mental wellness lies in addressing seven areas of life that are essential to your well-being.
Big Picture
It takes a lot of effort to get your health and life on track, so the first step is to get to a good mindset. You need a good attitude to get back up after you stumble or fall.
Food
Food is medicine, and food can be poison, too. Developing a way of eating that you believe in, that works for your mind and body, and that you find sustainable is essential for health and wellbeing.
Lifestyle
Sleep, exercise, and daily routine and structure are three key components of lifestyle. Without good sleep and sufficient exercise, it will be hard to feel well and be well.
Health
We are learning more and more about how the health of our body affects our mental health. Chronic inflammation is one of the fundamental mechanisms through which body issues impact our minds.
Emotions
With knowledge and skill, we can get better at navigating emotions. We can cultivate positive emotional states, develop resilience, and accept negative emotions.
Work and School
Your professional life impacts your personal life and your mental health. Are there patterns that keep you stuck or unhappy at work? Do you get to use your strengths at work?
Love and Relationships
Loving yourself and developing a consistent attitude of self-compassion is the first step. On that foundation of self-love, we can then build safe, secure, supportive, and nurturing relationships.