Whole-Person Mental Health Care · Miami, FL
Integrative Psychiatry in Miami
Mariela Padro, MD offers whole-person mental health care in Miami that combines evidence-based psychiatry with attention to mind-body medicine, nutrition, and functional medicine considerations.
90 min
Initial evaluation — the whole person, in depth
Whole-person
Biological, psychological, and lifestyle context
Individualized
Recommendations based on your evaluation
Miami, FL
Integrative psychiatry in South Florida
Mariela Padro, MD
Psychiatrist · Miami, FL
Mariela Padro, MD is a psychiatrist in Miami, Florida. Her approach takes time to understand each patient’s symptoms, history, and broader context before recommending care.
What Is Integrative Psychiatry
Mental Health Care That Honors the Whole Person
Integrative psychiatry is the practice of combining evidence-based conventional psychiatry with complementary, holistic, and functional medicine approaches. It does not reject conventional medicine — it expands it. The goal is to treat the whole person: mind, body, and spirit — not simply to manage symptoms with the least controversial intervention.
Mariela Padro, MD has built her Miami practice around this integrative philosophy.
What this means in practice: every patient receives a thorough evaluation that explores not just psychiatric symptoms, but biological factors (hormones, nutrition, gut health, inflammation), psychological dimensions (trauma, coping, identity), social context (relationships, stress, meaning), and spiritual wellbeing — because all of these dimensions contribute to mental health, and none can be ignored without compromising the depth of care.
Common Signs & Symptoms
- Persistent mental health symptoms despite conventional treatment
- Desire to understand the root causes of your condition
- Interest in reducing or optimizing psychiatric medication
- Symptoms with biological overlap (fatigue, hormones, gut)
- Complex life situations contributing to mental distress
- Spiritual or existential dimensions of mental suffering
- Desire for a longer-term healing relationship
- Looking for care that treats you as a whole person
Our Integrative Philosophy
A New Era of Mental Health Care in Miami
Integrative psychiatry is the practice of combining evidence-based conventional psychiatry with complementary, holistic, and functional medicine approaches. It treats the whole person — mind, body, and spirit — rather than simply managing symptoms.
Mariela Padro, MD has built her practice around this integrative philosophy. Every patient receives a thorough evaluation that explores biological, psychological, social, and lifestyle dimensions of health.
Our integrative approach may include conventional psychiatric care alongside nutritional psychiatry, mind-body techniques, hormone optimization, lifestyle medicine, and targeted supplementation — always guided by lab evidence and individual patient goals. The result is care that is deeply personalized, evidence-informed, and oriented toward genuine healing rather than indefinite symptom management.
- Integrative psychiatry approach
- Mind-body medicine and somatic approaches
- Nutritional psychiatry and gut-brain optimization
- Hormone optimization and BHRT
- Gut-brain axis assessment and treatment
- Trauma-informed psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Lifestyle medicine and sleep optimization
- Meditation, breathwork, and stress physiology
Core Principles
The Philosophy Behind Our Care
The foundational principle of integrative psychiatry is that mental health cannot be separated from physical health. The brain is an organ that depends on hormonal balance, nutritional sufficiency, gut microbiome health, sleep quality, social connection, and meaning-making — all of which Dr. Padro evaluates and addresses.
This philosophy extends to how we approach medication. At PadroMD, medication is a tool — not a default first step, not an end point, and not a substitute for understanding what is causing a patient's suffering. When medication is used, it is chosen thoughtfully, dosed precisely, and monitored closely — with ongoing evaluation of whether it remains the right tool for the patient's evolving needs.
Patients at PadroMD are active partners in their care. We believe that education, self-understanding, and collaborative decision-making are themselves therapeutic — and we invest the time to make them possible.
- Mental and physical health are inseparable
- Medication is a tool, not a default first step
- Every person has unique biological individuality
- Healing requires addressing root causes, not just symptoms
- Patient education and partnership are essential to outcomes
- Spiritual and existential dimensions of suffering matter
- Lifestyle is medicine — not an afterthought
- Relationships and meaning are central to mental health
The Full Toolkit
What Integrative Psychiatry Offers That Conventional Care Doesn't
Conventional psychiatric care, at its best, offers expert pharmacological management and referral to therapy. Integrative psychiatry at PadroMD considers a broader set of tools alongside conventional care, including functional medicine labs, hormone considerations where clinically appropriate, nutritional psychiatry, psychodynamic and trauma-informed therapy, mind-body practices, and options such as ketamine-assisted therapy and TMS evaluation.
The combination of these dimensions — biological, psychological, lifestyle, and relational — is what makes integrative psychiatry capable of producing outcomes that conventional care alone cannot match, particularly for patients with complex, treatment-resistant, or biologically-driven presentations.
- Comprehensive functional medicine labs where clinically indicated
- Bioidentical hormone therapy where appropriate
- Nutritional psychiatry: nutrition and supplementation considerations
- Ketamine-assisted therapy consultation where appropriate
- TMS candidacy evaluation and referral coordination
- Psychodynamic and trauma-informed psychotherapy
- Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic-informed therapy
- Mind-body medicine: breathwork, nervous system regulation
Your Care Journey
What to Expect at PadroMD
Whole-Person Intake
A 90-minute exploration of every dimension of your health — biological, psychological, social, and spiritual — to build a complete clinical picture.
Integrative Assessment
Functional medicine labs combined with psychological and lifestyle assessment to identify all contributing factors.
Collaborative Treatment Plan
A personalized, integrated protocol developed with you — addressing every relevant dimension with the most appropriate tools.
Ongoing Healing Partnership
A longitudinal relationship with Dr. Padro that evolves as your needs and goals evolve over time.
Why Choose Dr. Padro
Whole-Person Evaluation
Every new patient receives a 90-minute evaluation covering biological, psychological, and lifestyle context.
Integrative Approach
Evidence-based psychiatric care alongside attention to nutrition, lifestyle, and functional medicine considerations.
Individualized Care
Recommendations are tailored to your evaluation, not a one-size-fits-all protocol.
Personalized Experience
Extended appointments and time to understand your full picture.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Miami, Florida
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you are considering next steps, request a consultation with Mariela Padro, MD. Service availability should be confirmed with the practice.
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