Psychiatry comes from two Greek words: "psukhe" which means soul, mind; "iatreia" which means healing.
     Psychopathology comes from two Greek words: "psukhe" which means soul; "pathos" which means suffering.

INTEGRATED SERVICE

Every person is an image of GOD the CREATOR, Who has endowed each person with a body and a spiritual soul. 
Thelma Angeles MD works with this truth, incorporating the Spiritual (soul), the psychological (mind), the biological (science), and the social (environmental) aspects of treatment. This type of healthcare leads to emotional healing and the freedom to trust in a loving God Who gives the person His Mercy and His grace to have the courage and strength to follow His will, attaining true HAPPINESS -
​a happiness that can only be satisfied by GOD. ​

Healing Team:    God, you, doctor and other care-providers
                                 True Healer is God working through us. ​

Dr. Angeles provides medication management as well as a supportive talk therapy integrating the Catholic faith, in coping with your emotional or behavioral problems or concerns in life. Dr. Angeles works with your current psychotherapist, or may refer you for intensive psychotherapy when indicated.

Disfigured by sin and death, man remains "in the image of God," in the image of the Son, but is deprived "of the glory of God," of his "likeness."

The promise made to Abraham inaugurates the economy of salvation, at the culmination of which the Son himself will assume that "image" and restore it in the Father's "likeness" by giving it again its Glory, the Spirit who is "the giver of life." Catechism of the Catholic Church: 705
"The Mercy we find in the confessional brings all the darkness, all the shadows in our lives, into the light of God's saving Love."  Archbishop Jose Gomez
"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You." St. Augustine

Spiritual interventions that take a more individualized approach have also been described. For example, nursing students in Maryland conducted a spiritual intervention with 20 inpatients with schizophrenia (all Christian) at a state mental hospital (Carson & Huss, 1979). The intervention consisted of 10 weeks of spending one-on-one time with patients,focusing on prayer and reading scripture, emphasizing God’s love, and reinforcing their value and worth to God. The results indicated that, compared to control patients, those receiving the spiritual intervention became more able to express their concerns verbally, ventilate anger and frustration, and deal with inner feelings and emotions. These patients were also more motivated to make changes in their lives, demonstrated more appropriate affect, and complained less about somatic symptoms. Outcomes were largely qualitative. 
Harold G. Koenig M.D.