Happy & Peaceful
Halcyon Bird (Logo) Halcyon Bird (Logo)

Welcome

Our mission is to help patients identify and make the changes within their lives necessary to maximize health and happiness. Therapeutic modalities utilized can include lifestyle modifications, psychotherapy or medication.

Our mission is to help patients identify and make the changes within their lives necessary to maximize health and happiness. Therapeutic modalities utilized can include lifestyle modifications, psychotherapy or medication.

Alyssa Bottrell, MD, PhD

Physician, Scientist & Psychiatrist

  • Addiction Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine & Psychiatry

Training & credentials

  • Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
  • Graduate certificate in Clinical Translational Science
  • Masters of Science in Medical Research
  • Doctorate of Philosophy in Pathology
  • Doctor of Medicine
  • Residency: General Psychiatry
  • Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Post-graduate training in Addiction Medicine & Lifestyle Medicine

Halcyon means happy and peaceful. The word comes from Greek mythology regarding the halcyon bird (the kingfisher) having the power to calm ocean waves so she could nest floating in the sea.

Our mission is to help patients identify and make the changes within their lives necessary to maximize health and happiness. Therapeutic modalities utilized can include lifestyle modifications, psychotherapy or medication.

Self-expression and self-identification is important. One way I practice these values is to ask others their preferred name and gender pronouns and to share mine.

A lot of people are unsure how to pronounce my last name or find it difficult so I often go by Dr. Alyssa at work. Outside of work I go by Alyssa. My pronouns are she, her, hers.

Bean (Therapy Dog)

Therapy Dog (In Training)

Bean (Therapy Dog)

Queen Vanilla Bean or just "Bean" is training to be a therapy dog. Bean hopes to join Dr. Alyssa on occasion to visit patients (or just sleep).

Bean is currently taking advanced therapy classes.