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Michelle Naden Kurt Johns Kimberly Delaney Tony Stanton Bethany Anderson

Tony Stanton, MD Adult and Child Psychiatry Most of the values that I hold are contained in the “Little Working Paper” which can be found on this website under Our Perspectives. Although that paper was written many years ago it remains an accurate reflection of my “best intentions.” My experience has been informed by a great deal of work in “community mental health.” I served as the Director of several programs for adults and children, both in the military and in the civilian population. One of my strongest interests was working with very disturbed children. For over 23 years I was the child psychiatrist for a residential program in California. This program utilized the highest levels of care and was the “last stop” for children who had failed all other treatment efforts. Working with these children taught me that, with the right engagement and safety, no child was “beyond help.” All of my experience has taught me that relationship is the most powerful agent of personal change – whether it involves the recovery of one’s deepest life goals or one’s physical wellbeing. One of my roles at CFT is to collaborate with my fellow therapists. An aspect of such collaboration is to offer more comprehensive evaluations when it seems they could be helpful. These evaluations are designed to clarify which persons and factors have been most powerful in supporting real meaning in each person’s life. When appropriate this may include an examination of the effectiveness of previous treatment as well as the effectiveness of current and past psychotropic medication. Overall, and in the long-term, I have found engagement and relationship to be more powerful than medication.