Carmela Javellana, MD, DABPN
I am Carmela Javellana, MD, DABPN — a double board-certified psychiatrist with more than three decades of experience caring for children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. I completed my residency in Adult Psychiatry and my Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Ohio State University, and have been in private practice in Bountiful, Utah since 2002.
My path has always moved toward integration. Alongside my clinical training, I pursued a deep study of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, receiving Tokudo (priest) ordination in Kyoto, Japan in 2014 and a post-graduate Kyoshi certification from the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. This journey profoundly shapes how I understand suffering, healing, and the nature of the self.
In practice, I bring together evidence-based psychiatry — including TMS and esketamine-assisted therapy for treatment-resistant depression — with multimodal psychotherapies, Japanese psychology, Naikan retreats, and the wisdom of Shinjin (Shin Buddhist) psychology.
I believe that true healing is not the elimination of pain, but the integration of our whole experience into a life of greater presence, meaning, and peace.
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