Supportive Therapy in Glastonbury, CT — Therapy and Medication With One Provider

Most people in psychiatric care end up with a split setup: one provider who manages their medication and another who handles therapy. The two rarely talk. You end up repeating your history at both appointments, and when something in one lane affects the other — a medication change that's bringing things up emotionally, or a therapy breakthrough that makes you want to reconsider a medication — there's no one holding both threads. At Elite Health LLC, Sindhia Shyras, APRN does both. She's a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with nine-plus years of experience — and she provides supportive therapy alongside medication management for Glastonbury patients. One relationship, one provider, one coherent picture of where you are. That kind of integrated care is rarer than it should be, and patients who've experienced the split setup consistently say this is better.

What Supportive Therapy Looks Like in Practice

Supportive therapy isn't structured around a formal technique. There's no homework assigned, no workbook to complete between sessions. Instead, sessions are conversational — Sindhia asks how things have been, you talk through what's come up, and she helps you make sense of it. What's going on emotionally? How are you coping? What's feeling harder than it should? The goal is to help you process what you're carrying and build on your existing ability to handle it — not to teach you a system. For some people that sounds like exactly what they've been looking for. For others it sounds deceptively simple. But in practice, having a consistent, skilled listener who genuinely knows your history can shift things meaningfully over time.

How Therapy and Medication Work Together

Medication can quiet the volume on depression and anxiety. Therapy helps you understand what's underneath — and build the kind of skills and self-awareness that give the medication something solid to work with. When both are happening with the same provider, the calibration is more precise. Sindhia notices when medication seems to be doing less than it should and wonders whether something in your life is keeping it from landing. She notices when therapy is doing a lot of the lifting and wonders if the medication could be pulled back. Those conversations happen naturally because she holds both sides — and they happen without any extra scheduling or coordination on your end.

Who This Kind of Care Works Best For

Integrated therapy and medication management is a good fit for anyone dealing with depression or anxiety who wants more than just a prescription refill — but also doesn't want to be in two different offices with two different people. It works well for people navigating major life changes, grief, or chronic stress alongside a mental health diagnosis. And it's particularly useful for patients who've been through the split system before and found it frustrating. You're not just a chart here. You're a person Sindhia has actually gotten to know — and that context shows up every visit.

Telehealth From Glastonbury — Convenient and Covered

Glastonbury is south of Hartford — close enough to a lot of options, but telehealth still saves time most people don't have to spare. Both therapy sessions and medication management visits happen via telehealth for most patients. Connecticut's parity law means your insurance covers telehealth visits the same as in-person ones. Elite Health accepts Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Anthem, ConnectiCare, Husky Health, and Medicaid. Self-pay is also available. If you want to come in person, the New Britain office is about 25 minutes from Glastonbury — and that option is always open.