Happy Mind and Body
Integrative psychiatry for people who are ready to stop managing symptoms and start understanding them.
You are not broken. You are a dashboard full of signals that no one has taken the time to read yet.
Hi, I’m Salil Malhotra, DC, FNP-C, PMHNP, FIAMA.
I'm an integrative psychiatrist who believes that your physical health and your mental health are one and the same conversation.
My path here was not a straight line. I began as a Doctor of Chiropractic, completed a fellowship in medical acupuncture, trained as a Family Nurse Practitioner in primary care, and then pursued advanced psychiatric-mental health training. Each step was driven by the same frustration: the conventional system kept treating patients in pieces, passing them between specialists while nobody looked at the whole picture. That changed for me when a patient sat across from me who had been through months of appointments, told her labs looked normal, and given prescription after prescription for symptoms that nobody had connected to their actual source. When I slowed down and listened, the answer was not hidden. It had just never been looked for. That moment is the reason I practice the way I do today.
Do you…
Feel like you have done everything right, tried everything available, and still cannot seem to get ahead of the anxiety, the pain, or the exhaustion that follows you everywhere?
Spend more energy holding everything together for the people around you than you have left over for yourself?
Lie awake running the same thoughts on a loop, wondering how long you can keep up this pace before something gives?
Feel like you have been bounced around the medical system, handed a prescription, told your labs look normal, and sent on your way, still without a real answer?
Push yourself harder than almost anyone you know, yet quietly wonder if you are actually capable of what you are working toward, or whether you are one bad week away from it all falling apart?
Wish you could find a space where you did not have to perform, explain yourself, or prove that your pain is real?
If any of that sounds familiar, you are in the right place.
Your mind and body are communicating with each other in ways that have not been listened to yet. Here, we slow down, look at the whole picture, connect the dots that the standard system tends to miss, and build a path forward that is specific to you.
How We Get You There
Medication Management — When medication is the right tool, it is prescribed with precision and monitored closely. When it is not, we will not default to it. The goal is always the most effective path for you, whether that means starting, adjusting, simplifying, or stepping away from medication entirely.
Medical Acupuncture — Using electroacupuncture, we generate a real-time visual map of your body's energy channels and where they are out of balance, giving you an objective picture of what is going on rather than a guess. Ear acupuncture adds another layer of relief, including semi-permanent options that put some control back in your hands between appointments.
Functional Lab Testing — Standard labs miss things. A technically normal result does not always mean everything is fine. We run targeted, comprehensive panels to catch the underlying contributors, like thyroid irregularities, nutritional deficiencies, and inflammation, that conventional psychiatry frequently overlooks.
Nutraceuticals — When your nutrition and supplementation are not supporting your baseline, your brain works against you. Based on your labs and your history, we identify and address the specific gaps keeping your system from functioning as it should.
Lifestyle Medicine — Sleep, movement, and daily habits are not secondary concerns. They are foundational levers that regulate your brain chemistry and your capacity to heal. We look at them honestly and build changes that are realistic, sustainable, and designed to support everything else we are doing together.
Gentle Body Alignment — A nervous system under structural stress is a nervous system that struggles to regulate mood, focus, and resilience. Drawing on my background as a Doctor of Chiropractic, I incorporate gentle alignment work to reduce that underlying load so your body and mind can function as the integrated system they are meant to be.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation to learn about you, your goals, and how I might support your healing journey.
Before booking, I invite you to review the services page to get a sense of appointment types and fees.