Our Integrated Behavioral Health team offers assistance when habits, behaviors, disease management, stress, worry, or emotional concerns about physical, medical, or other life problems interfere with daily life and/or overall health. Our Behavioral Health Consultants work with your primary care provider to evaluate the mind-body-behavior connection and provide brief, solution-focused interventions. Services may be consultative, individualized, or provided in groups.

Heather Kleitgen is a registered nurse and certified diabetes care and education specialist at Latham Medical Group. As a diabetes specialist, Heather spends a lot of time teaching the basics of diabetes. Diabetes educators can empower patients to manage their diabetes. Heather will teach, coach, and guide patients so they understand their diabetes and how it affects their personal lives, and work with them to set (and meet) behavior change goals to improve their health.

Our goal is to provide one-on-one time and attention to working toward a common goal of managing hypertension. This program can help you figure out why your blood pressure is elevated. It could be anxiety, stress, or lifestyle. Our team can confirm that your home blood pressure cuff is accurate too. Kelly Martin, a registered nurse, specializes in cardiac education and prevention. This program is at no cost to the patient, and Kelly is very easy to communicate with. There are specific guidelines for referrals; please ask your primary care provider if interested.

S. Jane Wilkinson is a Physician Assistant with a certification in nutrition and pending strength coach certification. Jane has a passion for and specializes in helping to improve one’s lifestyle for disease prevention or 1st line management and/or as an adjunct to pharmacological treatment. She believes that our lifestyle has a significant role in our health and well-being, and using it as a tool to prevent or manage diseases has long been overlooked.

Together We Can:

• Identify barriers in your care and develop a plan to help you achieve the best possible outcomes.
• Be your total healthcare coordinators, compiling all your healthcare data from your various specialists into an accessible format for your provider, so they have the most current information about your health.
• Work collaboratively to find local community resources that would best serve your needs.