What is “Natural Psychiatry?”
Natural Psychiatry to me means connecting with our true nature by returning to our roots - focusing on what we eat, how we spend time outside, how we move our bodies, and how we attune our nervous systems. These remarkably simple acts often seem untenable in our modern life but they are the natural foundations of wellbeing.
Natural Psychiatry also means embracing this season of your journey as a natural rhythm. We all grow and also hibernate, feel filled or drained as the tide, and navigate both high peaks and low valleys on our paths. I know we have the potential to discover or deepen our connection with the vital life force all around and within us. Together we can weather anything.
Training & Experience
Hello! I'm Laura Radocchia (ra-dock-ee-uh), a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC).
Originally from Wisconsin, I completed training as a Registered Nurse (BSN) at the University of Pennsylvania and as a Nurse Practitioner (MSN) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 2016. I completed residency with the UCSF Child and Adolescent Department of Psychiatry and after worked in a wide range of clinical settings - with children, adolescents, and adults at UCSF and with adults in downtown San Francisco at a community-based nonprofit clinic, a psychiatric urgent care center, and an integrative private practice. I completed trainings in Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1), Holotrophic Breathwork, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp).
In 2019, I practiced nature therapy on the Pacific Crest Trail and in mountains of Nepal, and studied Hatha as a registered yoga teacher (RYT-200) in India. I moved to Washington in 2020 and opened Natural Psychiatry. I also studied Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), Applied Buddhist Psychology (Sacred Stream), and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (Polaris Insight Center).
After becoming a mother in 2021, I completed an integrative psychiatry fellowship in women’s reproductive wellness (FRIP) and became certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PSI, PMH-C). I am currently training as a Perinatal Yoga Teacher.
I am a lifelong student of herbalism, permaculture, yoga, and mindfulness. I enjoy spending time in my garden, wild harvesting, cooking, hiking, being with friends old and new, contemplating the mysteries of the universe, and laughing through life with my husband and three children.
