About the Practice
Built on Genuine Care For Patients
Every decision made in this practice, clinical and otherwise, filters through one question: is this good for the patient?
Restoring Balance Psychiatry exists for the people who have tried before, who have been dismissed or rushed or simply not heard, and who are ready to try one more time with someone who will actually show up for them.
Learn more below...
About the Practice
Built on Genuine Care For Patients
Every decision made in this practice, clinical and otherwise, filters through one question: is this good for the patient?
Restoring Balance Psychiatry exists for the people who have tried before, who have been dismissed or rushed or simply not heard, and who are ready to try one more time with someone who will actually show up for them.
Learn more below...
About The Practice
Why this practice exists and how we got here
Our founder Katie Macaluso spent over a decade working across nearly every area of psychiatry before opening this practice in 2023. Crisis centers. Inpatient units. Detox. Rehab. Community mental health. In every setting she saw the same gap: patients who were not being heard, appointments that were too short, and a system more focused on volume than on the people sitting in front of it.
She opened Restoring Balance Psychiatry to close that gap. Not to solve every problem in mental healthcare, but to build one practice that did things right for the people who came through its doors.
What We Believe
Every decision made in this practice, clinical and otherwise, filters through one question: is this good for the patient?
We believe that psychiatric symptoms do not exist in a vacuum. History matters. Lived experience matters. The weight people carry into this office matters. A trauma-informed approach is not a box we check. It is the foundation of how we practice.
We believe in transparency. We explain our thinking, our recommendations, and our reasoning clearly because our patients deserve to understand their own care.
We believe in consistency. You will see the same provider at every visit. You will not be handed off or asked to start over. That consistency is not a luxury here. It is how trust gets built.
And we believe that most people sitting in our waiting room are carrying far more than they should ever have had to carry alone. We consider it a privilege to be part of putting some of that down.
Our Team
Balance Psychiatry is built around a small, intentional team of providers who chose this work because they believe in it.
Katie Macaluso, PA-C
Founder. Combat veteran. Practicing psychiatry since 2011.
Learn more about Katie.
Kristi Barr, PA-C
Certified PA since 2002. Found her calling in psychiatry in 2012.
Learn more about Kristi.
We also work with a team of collaborating therapists.
About The Practice
Why this practice exists and how we got here
Our founder Katie Macaluso spent over a decade working across nearly every area of psychiatry before opening this practice in 2023. Crisis centers. Inpatient units. Detox. Rehab. Community mental health. In every setting she saw the same gap: patients who were not being heard, appointments that were too short, and a system more focused on volume than on the people sitting in front of it.
She opened Restoring Balance Psychiatry to close that gap. Not to solve every problem in mental healthcare, but to build one practice that did things right for the people who came through its doors.
What We Believe
Every decision made in this practice, clinical and otherwise, filters through one question: is this good for the patient?
We believe that psychiatric symptoms do not exist in a vacuum. History matters. Lived experience matters. The weight people carry into this office matters. A trauma-informed approach is not a box we check. It is the foundation of how we practice.
We believe in transparency. We explain our thinking, our recommendations, and our reasoning clearly because our patients deserve to understand their own care.
We believe in consistency. You will see the same provider at every visit. You will not be handed off or asked to start over. That consistency is not a luxury here. It is how trust gets built.
And we believe that most people sitting in our waiting room are carrying far more than they should ever have had to carry alone. We consider it a privilege to be part of putting some of that down.
Our Team
Balance Psychiatry is built around a small, intentional team of providers who chose this work because they believe in it.
Katie Macaluso, PA-C
Founder. Combat veteran. Practicing psychiatry since 2011.
Learn more about Katie.
Kristi Barr, PA-C
Certified PA since 2002. Found her calling in psychiatry in 2012.
Learn more about Kristi.
We also work with a team of collaborating therapists.
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This practice was built for you.
If you have felt dismissed, unheard, or like real help was always just out of reach, we want you to know that something different exists here.