Chief of Psychiatric Services
Dr. Deric V. Ravsten is a board-certified psychiatrist with nearly 30 years of experience helping adolescents, adults, and older adults recover from depression, anxiety, trauma-related disorders, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and other complex psychiatric conditions. His practice emphasizes comprehensive, precision psychiatric care—combining the best of modern psychiatry with functional and integrative medicine to understand not only what symptoms are occurring, but why they developed. Through thoughtful assessment, laboratory evaluation when appropriate, and a whole-person formulation, he partners with patients to create personalized plans that foster healing, resilience, and lasting wellness.
Patients seeking Dr. Ravsten’s care are often looking for more than symptom relief—they want to reclaim their lives. Treatment may include:
- Evidence-based medication management integrated with lifestyle and functional medicine
- Skills-based psychotherapy using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, and other practical approaches
- Advanced treatments for difficult-to-treat conditions, including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and intranasal ketamine-assisted psychotherapy
- Collaborative coaching that empowers patients to make intentional, sustainable changes supporting mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being
A Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Ravsten earned his medical degree from Des Moines University, completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Utah, and recently completed an advanced Fellowship in Functional and Integrative Psychiatry. Throughout his career he has cared for individuals in community mental health, private practice, specialty clinics, and academic settings while teaching the next generation of healthcare professionals. His philosophy is simple: Improving Health Today. Well for Life. By combining scientific expertise, experience and a desire to partner with patients to create meaningful and lasting change. His goal for each patient is to support a restorative journey of living each day with more vitality, resilience, purpose and joy.