Counseling - Meditation - Fitness
Our mental health epidemic today is not merely a reflection of direct brain disorders, but also and especially a need to enhance behavioral fitness in the face of worsening societal pressures.
We treat classical mental health disorders: anxiety, depression, ADD/ADHD, substance use disorders, bipolar disorder, oppositional defiance, or even personality disorders such as borderline, narcissistic, dependent, and antisocial personality disorders. This is done through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, evolutionary psychology, and anti-fragility frameworks.
We work with couples and families, with the aim of restoring supportive, respectful, and warm communication and negotiation practices, through cultivating strategies and tactics that allow everyone’s values to thrive in a mutually designed family culture.
Additionally, if you are not seeking mental health treatment but simply wish to elevate your mood, performance, or lifestyle, you’ve come to the right place!
But we do not merely apply talk therapy and process investigation to these issues alone.
We also work to help you enhance behavioral fitness to a degree sufficient to overcome and thrive under the inherent difficulties within your environment. We believe that enhancing behavioral fitness in tandem with talk therapy can sometimes eliminate the need for, or sufficiently enhance, outpatient psychiatric care.
We are Paragon Wellness: a mental health counseling, fitness, meditation, and strategic consulting practice. We offer in-person or telehealth services in Louisiana, and telehealth counseling in Florida and Washington states.
What sets us apart is a mechanism and results-driven approach that utilizes tactics backed by biology and performance research. All of the validation, empathy, challenging, and investigation of classical counseling is still in play, but there is a drive to conduct action steps framed by scientific understanding, measure for effect, and iterate with feedback from your real-world results.
Consider the problems in your life.
If you developed more discipline, what unmet goals would you attain?
If you achieved optimal health and fitness, what would happen to your energy level and mood?
If you generated wealth through an enjoyable profession or business, far above your financial obligations, how could your life be different?
If you communicated clearly to integrate the needs and wants of others with your own, how would your interactions and relationships change?
If you developed a working knowledge of your emotional mechanisms, of strategy and tactics, and of logic and rational inquiry, how much further would your problem-solving efforts reach?
If you are ready to get serious about your mood, performance, and purpose, we look forward to hearing from you!
Dr. Ken Knight explains the biological mechanisms of differing emotional states, and how to cultivate tactics to optimize for each.
