Holistic Psychiatry 

Child • Adolescent • Adult • Perinatal

Asheville, North Carolina

Integrative psychiatry
is good medicine with an open mind.

Blending the best of psychiatry and psychotherapy with holistic approaches to support your fulfilling, authentic life.

Meet Dr. Matlock

Elizabeth Matlock, MD (she/her) is a double board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist who takes a psychodynamic and integrative approach. Dr. Matlock trained at Yale New Haven Hospital psychiatry residency and child and adolescent fellowship at UNC. She completed medical school at Medical College of Georgia where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and received awards for compassion and excellence in medicine. She pursued additional training in integrative and functional medicine. Dr. Matlock specializes in psychodynamic psychotherapy, integrative medicine, LGBTQIA+, adolescents and perinatal psychiatry.

She is a certified 500-hour yoga instructor who has taught yoga and meditation for over a decade (including during college and medical school). Prior to medical school she worked in adolescent wilderness therapy, was a camp counselor and youth mentor; she’s supported kids since 2009. She holds undergraduate degrees from Swarthmore College in Religion and Biology, where she conducted microbiology research. In addition to private practice she provides hospital consultation-liaison psychiatry.

Personalized Treatment

Teen

  • Teens seeking support are often grappling with self-esteem, identity, relationships, and school.

    Dr. Matlock is an expert in working with teens and their parents.

    Treatment is personalized, and may include psychotherapy, evidenced-based medication, nutrition, sleep, mindfulness and supplements.

    Experienced in working with LGBTQIA+ youth.

    Specialized in treating adolescent:
    • ADHD
    • Anxiety
    • Autism
    • Attachment
    • Trauma, PTSD
    • Depression
    • Disordered eating
    • Divorce adjustment
    • Grief
    • OCD
    • Oppression-based stress + trauma
    • Psychosis
    • Self-harm and suicidal thoughts
    • Substance use
    • Neurodevelopmental conditions

    *If you are a teen reading this and feeling like you need support, we hope you will reach out to a trusted adult. The world is a more beautiful place with you in it. Asking for help is brave.

  • As a parent, you are the expert on your kid. Parenting a teenager can be incredibly rewarding and challenging. A teen’s mental health struggle can impact the whole family dynamic. There may be tension in the parent-teen relationship or risky behaviors, and additional support can be very helpful. Dr. Matlock provides support and guidance to parents during treatment.

  • Dr. Matlock is a skilled and experienced teen therapist who brings psychotherapy to every aspect of care, and provides psychotherapy specifically for the developmental needs of teenagers.

Child

  • Often parents seek help when their child has become anxious, moody, or there are developmental concerns.

    Child treatment is personalized and may include play therapy, CBT, medication, behavioral support, nutrition, movement and supplements.

    Dr. Matlock does not reflexively put children on medication. If medication is indicated, she will recommend the lowest effective dose and minimize side effects.

    Specialized in treating childhood:
    • ADHD
    • Anxiety
    • Autism
    • Attachment
    • Behavioral issues
    • Depression
    • Disordered eating
    • Divorce adjustment
    • Grief
    • OCD
    • Tics and Tourettes
    • Trauma, PTSD
    • School struggles
    • Self-harm and suicidal thoughts
    • Children with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and other neurodevelopmental conditions

  • As a parent, you are the expert on your child. Sometimes there may be tension in the parent-child relationship or challenging behaviors, and additional support can be very helpful. Dr. Matlock provides support and guidance to parents during.treatment

  • Dr. Matlock is a kind and warm therapist who brings psychotherapy to every aspect of care, and provides therapy customized to the developmental needs of children.

Adult

  • Providing integrative adult psychiatry that is personalized, holistic and evidenced based.

    Specializing in:
    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Treatment resistant depression
    • Trauma, PTSD, Complex PTSD
    • Bipolar disorder
    • Borderline Personality Disorder
    • Insomnia
    • OCD
    • Oppression-based stress + trauma
    • Psychosis
    • Psychiatric symptoms associated with medical conditions, such as autoimmune, gastrointestinal and thyroid diseases

  • Dr. Matlock brings psychotherapy to every aspect of care, and provides brief and longitudinal therapy to address a wide range of concerns — from anxiety, depression, trauma and intergenerational trauma, to relational patterns, meaning and purpose.

  • Dr. Matlock provides evidence-based, safe, integrative psychiatric care through pregnancy, postpartum and breastfeeding.

    She sees patients both for one-time reproductive psychiatry consultations as well as ongoing treatment.

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Birth trauma
    • Bipolar disorder
    • OCD
    • PTSD
    • Postpartum psychosis care following inpatient stabilization

  • Planning a pregnancy and wanting to optimize safety for you and your baby, along with your mental health? Wondering about the safety of your current psychiatric medication?

    Navigating infertility or loss?

    Dr. Matlock offers one-time reproductive consultations, as well as ongoing treatment and support.

  • Moods changing with your period?

    Wondering how hormonal birth control relates to mood?

    Perimenopausal and noticing significant mood symptoms?

    Dr Matlock provides holistic psychiatric care to support you through your menstrual cycle and reproductive years through menopause and beyond.

Reproductive

VALUES

  • Holistic biological~psychological~social~spiritual framework

  • Compassionate • Personalized • Excellent care

  • Centering patient values, preferences, goals

  • Evidenced based medicine

  • Utmost professional ethics 

  • Safety • Medically responsible

  • Culturally responsive • LGBTQIA+ affirming 

  • Reaching psychiatrically underserved communities

Integrative Psychiatry Elements

  • Comprehensive Psychiatric Consultation & Evaluation

  • Psychotherapy

    • Psychodynamic therapeutic approach is intrinsic to every aspect of care
    • Providing trauma treatment, psychodynamic psychotherapy, play therapy, internal family systems, CBT

  • Psychiatric Medication

    • Evidenced-based psychopharmacology
    • De-prescribing support when desired and indicated

  • Laboratory Assessment

    Assessing for biological root-causes

  • Nutritional Psychiatry

    • Nutrition to optimize health & mood
    • Tending to the gut-brain axis
    • Addressing disordered eating

  • Herbal Medicine & Supplements

  • Meditation, Yoga & mind-body-spirit integration

    Meditation, Yoga, Mind-Body-Spirit Integration

  • Restorative Sleep

    Rest & Stress reduction

  • Meaning & Connection

    Strengthening relationships, community
    Fostering purpose, meaning
    Connecting to the natural world

  • Addressing unsustainable patterns with new ways to cope

    Treating substance use, self-injury, disordered eating and other unsustainable patterns.

  • Evaluation for Interventional Psychiatry, Ketamine

  • Collaboration

    Collaborating with your therapist, primary care physician, pediatrician, OB/GYN, school, dietitian or holistic practitioners

  • Integrative & Functional Medicine