((Inset) Lisa E. Hake, MD | Photos courtesy of You’re Not Alone Psychiatry)
You’re Not Alone Psychiatry, a Bend-based telepsychiatry practice serving adults throughout Oregon, will launch in September 2026 under founder and owner Lisa E. Hake, MD.
Hake is a board-certified adult psychiatrist with nearly four decades of experience in medicine. A graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine, she began her career in ophthalmology and went on to serve as assistant chief of ophthalmology, Chief of Medical Staff and Chair of the Ethics Committee at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Rosa, California.
Her longstanding interests in medical ethics, communication and the human experience of illness ultimately helped lead her to psychiatry. Hake completed her psychiatry residency at the University of New Mexico, where she served as Chief Resident in Psychotherapy and received the Diana K. Quinn, MD Award for Compassion and Service. She later completed a two-year Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry through the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
Her psychiatric experience includes outpatient, residential and acute inpatient care. She served as Director of Psychiatry for a 108-bed Special Needs Residential Care Facility in Central Oregon serving individuals with serious mental illness, traumatic brain injury and major neurocognitive disorders. She also provides inpatient geriatric psychiatric care at OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center’s Center for Geriatric Psychiatry.
Hake’s psychotherapy training includes motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and mentalization-based approaches. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has particular expertise in geriatric psychiatry, personality disorders, neurocognitive disorders and complex psychiatric presentations.
After decades in medicine, Hake said what she loves most about psychiatry is the opportunity to understand the whole person rather than simply a diagnosis or collection of symptoms. That philosophy became the foundation for You’re Not Alone Psychiatry.
Hake created the practice to provide psychiatric care where people do not feel rushed, reduced to a diagnosis or left to navigate mental health concerns alone. She believes healing begins with feeling heard, understood and respected.
You’re Not Alone Psychiatry offers complimentary consultations, comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, medication management, psychotherapy, integrative psychiatry, lifestyle-focused care, measurement-based care, geriatric psychiatry, medication optimization and thoughtful deprescribing when appropriate.
Hake views medication as one part of psychiatric treatment and considers physical health, sleep, movement, nutrition, relationships, personality, life experiences, purpose and environment as factors that can influence mental health.
Collaboration is also a central principle of the practice. Patients are encouraged to understand their diagnoses, treatment choices, risks and benefits, and the reasoning behind recommendations so they can participate in decisions about their care. Personalized care plans may incorporate medication, psychotherapy, lifestyle interventions and other evidence-based approaches based on each person’s needs, values and goals.
Telehealth allows adults throughout Oregon to receive care from home while preserving the time and continuity needed to develop a therapeutic relationship.
In addition to direct patient care, Hake is developing educational resources to help people better understand their mental health, strengthen resilience and make sustainable changes that support long-term well-being.
Looking ahead, Hake hopes to expand educational programs, workshops and community outreach focused on mental wellness, healthy aging, lifestyle medicine and prevention. She also hopes to strengthen relationships with primary care physicians, therapists and other healthcare professionals throughout Central Oregon.
Over time, she envisions You’re Not Alone Psychiatry becoming an Oregon resource for evidence-based, whole-person psychiatric care, bringing together scientific evidence, compassionate relationships and practical tools to help people not only recover from illness, but flourish.
“My hope is that every patient leaves each visit feeling more informed, more empowered, and less alone,” Hake said.
