Our Approach

A practice built on clinical collaboration and shared trust.

BAM Psych grew directly out of the Hallowell Todaro ADHD Center. Dr. Philip Bonanno, Dr. Gabrielle Anderson, and Dr. Michael Marcin co-founded BAM Psych from the Hallowell Todaro Berkeley office — establishing it as an independent practice rooted in the same strengths-based approach to ADHD care that defined their work there but independent and broader in scope. BAM Psych has been headquartered in Berkeley ever since.

That foundation — and the mutual trust built through years of close clinical collaboration — shapes everything we do. Our belief is that excellent mental health care requires time, nuance, careful judgment, and attention to the full person. Our approach is comprehensive and individualized. We take time to understand each person's history, symptoms, relationships, strengths, goals, medical context, and broader life circumstances before developing a treatment plan. When relevant, psychiatry and psychotherapy are treated as connected parts of care rather than separate tracks.

That collaborative foundation changes what care looks like in practice. Our clinicians consult closely with one another, bring complementary expertise to difficult questions, and hold one another to a shared standard. The result is care that is more coordinated, more carefully considered, and more responsive to the person in front of us.