Momentum Care™ Packages

Structured, team-based treatment for complex and treatment-resistant mental health conditions — Midtown Manhattan.

When months or years of psychiatric care haven't produced lasting relief, the issue is often not the diagnosis — it's the depth and coordination of the treatment. Momentum Care™ is a structured, fixed-fee program that combines psychiatry, psychotherapy, and functional nutrition, delivered by a coordinated team on a defined timeline, without the fragmentation of managing those services separately.

Who Momentum Care Is Designed For

This program is built for patients whose clinical picture has more than one dimension: treatment-resistant depression or anxiety that hasn't responded to standard medication trials; co-occurring mental health and medical conditions — autoimmune conditions, gut dysfunction, hormonal imbalances; chronic fatigue or cognitive fog that standard lab work hasn't explained; and cases where the full picture — psychiatric, biological, and psychological — needs to be addressed simultaneously rather than sequentially.

If standard psychiatric care has reached its limits, Momentum Care is structured to go further.

What the Program Includes

Coordinated team — Psychiatry, psychotherapy, and functional nutrition are delivered by a dedicated team working from a shared clinical picture. The psychiatrist leads medication optimization and integrative medicine protocols. The psychologist provides trauma-informed psychotherapy. The functional nutritionist develops personalized nutrition and gut-healing interventions.

Comprehensive lab work — Foundational testing (often partially covered by insurance) establishes baseline metabolic, thyroid, inflammatory, hormonal, and nutritional status. Advanced functional testing — gut health analysis, food sensitivities, neurotransmitter assessment, toxic burden screening — is ordered based on clinical need.

Personalized treatment protocol — Each program begins with a comprehensive evaluation, after which the team develops a protocol addressing the specific biological, psychiatric, and psychological factors identified. Gut healing, hormone balancing, anti-inflammatory nutrition, medication optimization, and trauma-focused therapy are integrated rather than parallel.

Structured timeline — Programs run 6, 12, or 18 months. Pre-set visit cadences maintain treatment momentum and ensure the team stays coordinated across the full duration.

Why Functional and Biological Testing Changes the Picture

Most psychiatric evaluations do not include functional lab work. Momentum Care investigates what standard care routinely skips: gut microbiome imbalances that affect neurotransmitter production, inflammatory markers that drive mood disorders, hormonal disruptions — thyroid, cortisol, sex hormones — that undermine psychiatric treatment, and nutritional deficiencies that standard panels miss entirely. These are not fringe considerations. They are biological factors with direct clinical relevance to psychiatric outcomes.

Why Fixed-Fee Packages

Predictable investment — One agreed cost covers the program. No session-by-session uncertainty about the total investment.

Sustained momentum — Pre-scheduled visits with the full team maintain pace. Healing from complex conditions requires consistency, not episodic care.

No insurance restrictions — The practice determines what testing and treatment is clinically indicated. Self-pay also means no claims are filed — care remains entirely confidential and does not appear on insurance records.

Momentum Care vs. A La Carte Services

Psychiatry, psychotherapy, and nutrition are also available individually. Momentum Care is designed for patients who need all three disciplines working in coordination, on a defined timeline, toward a shared treatment goal. Patients who are unsure which path fits can schedule an initial consultation — that evaluation is the natural first step regardless of which direction follows.

Still evaluating? These pages may help.

How integrative psychiatry differs from standard care → Integrative vs. Conventional Psychiatry
Is this the right fit? → Who We're Best For
Have questions? Frequently Asked Questions

  • Package pricing is customized based on your clinical needs, the duration of the program (6, 12, or 18 months), and the combination of services involved. Pricing is discussed during your initial consultation. Note that nutrition consultations within Momentum Care™ Packages start at $250 — compared to $295 for a la carte nutritional psychiatry consultations.

  • The distinction is coordination. In a Momentum Care program, your psychiatrist, psychologist, and nutritionist share a clinical picture and meet regularly to align on your treatment. There is a defined timeline, a structured cadence of visits, and a treatment protocol that all three disciplines contribute to. A la carte services are available and appropriate for many patients — but Momentum Care is designed for cases where that coordination makes a clinical difference.

  • Yes, with some nuance. Momentum Care works best as a unified program, but it can absolutely include and coordinate with existing provider relationships. This is worth discussing during an initial consultation.

  • Foundational lab work through Quest Diagnostics is often partially or fully covered by insurance, depending on your plan.

    Advanced functional testing — specialty gut health panels, high sensitivity hormone panels, neurotransmitter assessment, toxic burden screening — is typically out-of-pocket. The practice orders testing based on clinical need, not coverage.

  • Yes. Dr. Lazarevic sees patients via telepsychiatry in New York, Connecticut, and California. Patients in other states are welcome to inquire. Psychotherapy and nutrition sessions may also be conducted remotely depending on provider and clinical context.

For conditions that haven't resolved with standard care, a structured team approach changes what's possible.

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Nutrition & Momentum Care™ Packages available · Self-pay practice · All consultations are confidential.