INSPIRE SIERRA CENTER FOR HEALTH

Mind, body, and independent living.

At Inspire Sierra we know that illness, stressors, and suffering can affect multiple aspects of your life. We believe that life is full of both joyous and painful experiences, and we want to help you be present and connected for all of it.

We are a psychiatric clinic that specializes in the intersection between medicine and psychiatry. We provide in-depth psychiatric assessment of people with complicated medical histories. We provide medication management, psychotherapy, assistance with lifestyle change, and coordination with your specialists. We provide peer support for people with disabilities through partnering organizations.

We are also pleased to announce our joining with Nugent Family Counseling Center. This opportunity will allow us to provide better mental health services to all our clients.

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Meet the team.

Psychiatrist

Dr. Pavlatos-Delavoye trained in Chicago, IL, where she completed medical school at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and a psychiatry residency at Rush University Medical Center. She has spent most of her career working at the intersection of medicine and psychiatry. She has worked in integrated care clinics and as a consult psychiatrist to medically ill patients. She taught psychotherapy, med/psych topics, and diversity topics to trainees at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Reno as a clinical assistant professor for many years.

Dr. Pavlatos-Delavoye sustained an autoimmune spinal cord injury in 2015. She values the depth and insight being a disabled physician has brought to her practice. She participates in adaptive sports and loves to hike in the beautiful Sierras with her family and her SideStix crutches.

Clinical Secretary/At-Home Support

Joceline Esquivel is the medical and administrative assistant at Inspire Sierra. Joceline loves to help people. During her gap year in college, she taught English to children and teenagers for free in her home country of Guatemala in the municipality of Quesada. Having a job with meaning and purpose is why she enjoys being at Inspire Sierra. She loves Latin dancing and is currently working towards her double major in Psychology and International Affairs at the University of Reno Nevada. Es un placer trabajar para ustedes.

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Peer Support Coordinator

Jarred Evans is the peer support coordinator at Inspire Sierra. Prior to coming to Reno he worked as Peer Mentor Supervisor and KnowBarriers Life Coach at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. He is a High Fives Athlete and has had a long career in competitive wheelchair rugby. He loves nature and being outdoors. He spends his winters skiing and his summers camping and off-roading.

  • What we treat

    Complications of Medical Disorders and treatments

    Functional Disorders

    Adjustment to life altering injury and illness

    Brain Injury

    Neurological illness that impacts mood, personality, cognition

    Behavioral, mood, and personality changes from dementia

    OCD, social anxiety, phobias

    PTSD and medical trauma

    Moral injury from bias, discrimination, or work in the medical industry

  • Therapeutic Modalities

    Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

    Exposure Response Prevention for OCD

    Prolonged Exposure for PTSD

    Mindfulness

    Spiritual-based behavioral therapies

    Medication management

    Referrals to appropriate specialists

    Referrals for appropriate adaptive equipment

We currently accept Medicare, HomeTown Health or self-pay.

We are not currently contracted with most other commercial insurance providers.