Schizophrenia Therapists in Gilbert, AZ

If you're living with schizophrenia, I can help provide you with structured, supportive care. In our sessions, we'll focus on holistic and functional approaches to help you achieve stability. We'll also build routines, engage in thoughtful medication management and psychotherapy, and work toward improving emotional wellbeing. We'll also include your family if it's appropriate in order to create a strong support network.

I support individuals with schizophrenia by helping them manage symptoms, improve functioning, and enhance quality of life. Together, we develop coping strategies, routines, and emotional regulation skills to navigate daily challenges. My approach emphasizes understanding, resilience, and building a supportive environment for growth and stability.

Living with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder is much easier when treatment is steady, respectful, and practical. I provide ongoing assessment, medication management, and supportive therapy to help you reduce symptoms, recognize relapse signs early, and keep your daily life stable. We’ll also look at trauma, substance use, and family stressors that can worsen symptoms, and we’ll build a plan that protects your independence.

Losing touch with reality is more complicated than just trying to realign oneself with the external environment. To understand this experience, one must work to appreciate the subjective realities that illuminate these challenges.

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders can have profound effects on peoples' lives. However, therapy can be a very helpful addition to medication and other treatments. I have experience treating psychotic disorders using Psychodynamically-Oriented Supportive Therapy (POST) and other approaches. I have also published professional works on both hallucinations and delusions. Please note that I only do individual therapy (i.e., not couple's or family therapy).

Gilbert is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States and one of the most family-oriented suburbs in the Phoenix metro, with a significant LDS (Latter-day Saint) community that shapes the social fabric and therapy culture — many residents seek therapists who can integrate faith values with evidence-based approaches to marriage, parenting, and anxiety. The city's rapid growth and suburban character mean social isolation and the challenge of building community in a sprawling new development are recurring therapy themes. Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center provides institutional mental health resources, and many Gilbert residents access care through the broader Phoenix metro therapy ecosystem. The city's younger family demographic drives consistent demand for child and adolescent therapists and couples counselors.

Gender ID

	53%	Male
	40%	Female
	7%	Gender Fluid

Session Type

	67%	In Person and Online
	33%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

67%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
50%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy
50%	Psychodynamic Therapy
42%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
42%	Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
33%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
25%	Behavioral Therapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
67%	Young Adult
58%	Senior
33%	Teen
17%	Children

Client Focus

50%	Men
42%	LGBTQ+
33%	Christian
33%	Military / Veterans
33%	Persons with Disabilities

Schizophrenia therapists in Gilbert, AZ

Dr. Janelle Louis

Dr. Trey Cole

Carter Doyle

Dr. Adam Shafer (Chicago, IL)

Dr. Brian Sharpless