Eastside Psychiatry and TMS Center

Dr. Naumi is truly the best. She is supportive and kind. She listens to me and never rushes our sessions. She is a provider who really engages with patient interaction. She always follows up with me and makes our sessions feel very useful.

I completed 52 sessions of TMS, and it has genuinely changed my life. Before starting treatment, I was living with chronic, treatment-resistant depression, severe anxiety, and PTSD from gun violence to the point where I couldn’t go out in public. Places like IKEA, the mall, or Costco felt impossible. I had been on medication for 15 years, and I’ve been in therapy, but nothing ever brought real relief. At my worst, I couldn’t get out of bed or brush my teeth, let alone get to the gym, which used to be my lifeline for my mental health. I was also emotionally flatlined. For the last 15 years of my life I wasn’t living; I was just existing. I also want to be honest about how dark things were: within the last two years, I was having suicidal ideation. A major mental breakdown a few weeks before treatment was finally the catalyst that pushed me to seek help. I started new medication and then began TMS, and that combination, especially TMS, changed everything. I started feeling relief around session 10, but the most powerful shift happened after completing all 52 sessions. The clinic explained that TMS continues to work even after the final session, and that has absolutely been true. It truly felt like my brain was being rewired. Today, I am able to do things I avoided for over a decade. I can go out in public again, IKEA, malls, Costco; places that used to be my nightmare. I want to socialize and actually follow through. I’ve picked up new hobbies. My work schedule is consistent again, and I’m starting new projects with the energy I haven’t felt before. Ever. Before TMS, even on days I pushed myself to go out, my mind was always telling me: What’s the point? I’m just going to go home and be depressed again. I didn’t participate in seasonal things, I didn’t go see the cherry blossoms, I didn’t do anything “for fun” because it all felt pointless. For 15 years, when people talked about “living in the moment,” I genuinely did not understand what that meant. After TMS, I finally get it. I understand presence. I understand enjoyment. I don’t wake up with that rain cloud anymore. My anxiety has changed in ways I never thought possible. I used to be terrified of flying, and panic attacks at the airport were normal for me. But recently, after finishing my TMS treatment, I got on a plane and didn’t even have the thought of anxiety. The fear wasn’t there. And now, even when I do have an anxious thought, it’s disconnected from my body. My nervous system no longer reacts. I can look at the thought logically and it just… leaves. That shift alone has been life-changing. And I have to mention the staff, because they made this entire journey feel safe, warm, and human. The front desk team and the techs were incredibly compassionate and made every single appointment comfortable. The manager was amazing, and Alexa, the psychologist, made me feel seen, validated, and understood. Also, being able to bring my dog—who is genuinely my emotional support—meant so much to me. It made the clinic feel like a healing environment instead of a clinical one. TMS didn’t just improve my symptoms. It gave me a second chance at life. I can’t believe how different I feel today compared to the version of myself who walked in on day one.