Meet the Team
Medical Director, Founder
Nate Lowry, MD
Dr. Lowry is a board-certified Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician and has conducted his practice in Northern California since 2017. He completed his Anesthesiology Residency at Baylor Scott & White Health and went on to pursue subspecialty fellowship training at University of California, San Diego. It was in San Diego that Nate fell in love with California in all its splendor. An avid motorcyclist and lover of dogs – especially his own – he has come to call California home.
Nate describes his career as incredibly rewarding and intellectually challenging, as he has taken special interest in caring for the most complex and acutely ill patient populations. Still, he believes that we have more to offer on a human level, especially as it pertains to the treatment of refractory major depressive disorder, PTSD, substance use/abuse disorders and even chronic pain syndromes. He is hopeful and confident that Windows Health Clinic can shine a light on breakthrough approaches to mental, and therefore physical health.
CEO, Founder
Michael Ignaffo, MBA
Michael is an engineer turned business executive and entrepreneur. After 25 years in Automotive, High Tech, and CPG Industries, COVID-19 served as both inspiration and pivot into Healthcare, in which Michael is passionate about making an impact. While completing an academic program for Healthcare careers, Michael established two Healthcare-related businesses that were successful precursors, culminating in the founding of Windows Health Corporation.
There is much opportunity for improvement in the availability and delivery of care, and Michael is inspired to build Windows Health to help people in a direct, measurable, and impactful way. He believes that behavioral health has a lot of leverage for unlocking good health broadly for individuals and couples, who may then enjoy their lives more fully. Michael is especially excited by the proven efficacy of ketamine in combination with psychotherapy to better address treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, addiction, PTSD, and other mental health struggles.
Michael received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University, his MBA from the University of Michigan, and has recently completed the pre med requirements at San Francisco State University.
Clinical Director
Lacey Palmer, CDS, C-PD, LMFT, PhD
Lacey is the Clinical Director at Windows Health Clinic, working directly with associate therapists in providing personal support for professional growth within a systems-based approach.Lacey currently specializes in the treatment of trauma-based disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, and with those who struggle with suicidal ideation and self-directed violence. She utilizes a systems-based approach to therapy that incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy tied in with Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Therapy.Lacey has a love of learning and a love for sharing that knowledge with others to facilitate a deeper understanding of the self to reduce fear and judgment of the unknown. Lacey strongly believes that sharing these resources with clients helps to facilitate personal growth and food-for-thought between sessions that can positively impact an acceptance of the self.Lacey earned a PhD in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law with an emphasis in Criminal Behavior under the umbrella of Forensic Psychology, meaning she has in-depth insight and awareness of the intersection between the mental health and criminal justice systems. Additionally, Lacey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), has a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Mindfulness, and is a certified Personality Disorder Provider (C-PD) and Chemical Dependency Specialist (CDS).
Enhanced Psychotherapist
Wes Hamper, LMFT
Wes is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) at Windows Health Clinic and works with Ketamine infusions to provide Ketamine-assisted therapy when indicated to help clients more deeply access their inner healer.
Wes primarily utilizes the modalities of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Narrative Therapy in his approach and views the therapeutic relationship as non-directive and non-hierarchical, meaning Wes engages each client from a collaborative standpoint while allowing the client to dictate the pace of therapy. Each client is respected as the expert of their own life and is seen as a co-detective in the therapeutic process.
Wes specializes in anxiety and stress management, assertiveness, and self-actualization through the consistent employment of self-care and coping strategies.
Psychotherapist
Alexis-Rose Sullins, LMFT
Alexis-Rose Sullins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, utilizing a strengths-based perspective with a client-centered approach. She attained her Masters of Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of San Francisco. She is trained in trauma informed care and weaves in Somatic Awareness tools, CBT, DBT, and ACT.
Alexis has supported clients of ranging ages and from different cultures and ethnicities through anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress and burnout, chronic pain, trauma and PTSD, abuse, relational stressors, communication obstacles, mood swings, developmental disabilities, and more.
Alexis creates a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can heal through the therapeutic relationship with radical compassion. She supports individuals who want to better their lives with small, incremental shifts. She helps people identify self-limiting beliefs, negative self-esteem, and insecurities.
In goal setting with clients, she explores what is going positively, and then what clients would like to change through shifts toward responsibility, actionable tools, and emotional processing, while maintaining a compassionate lens of the self.
Alexis is looking forward to connecting with you to start your journey towards healing and wholeness.
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Nichole Palmer, AMFT
Nichole is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) at Windows Health Clinic and works with teens and adults. She is passionate about understanding the role that trauma has on our overall health and aims to be a therapist that practices with a healing-centered and whole-person approach. She is currently in a training program to become certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and currently uses a humanistic approach when working with clients.
Nichole’s psychology career began when she started working at Autism Comprehensive Educational Services, where she became a Registered Behavioral Technician (RBT). As an RBT, she worked one-on-one with children aged 1-16 that were diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder to help them develop necessary life skills. Nichole received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. While there, she was an undergraduate research lab assistant for the Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (C-CBT) where she assisted the doctoral students with their dissertation research. Nichole then went on to receive her Master of Arts (M.A.) in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) with a concentration in Community Mental Health. During her attendance at CIIS, Nichole completed her practicum training from Bay Area Community Resources (BACR), where she worked as a school therapist.
Life Coach and Nutrition Advisor
Meg Davis
Meg is a life coach at Windows Health Clinic, specializing in health & wellness, financial wellness, communication, and neurodiverse individuals, such as empaths, highly sensitive, and others. Meg focuses on helping clients facilitate greater awareness of themselves, their experiences, and how they operate in the world so that they can create better results for a more fulfilling life.
My services are focused on a whole-body approach, considering physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual components of our lives. Building awareness of these areas is crucial to helping us mend the pieces of ourselves that feel most out of place. My goal is always to facilitate the growth or healing you most need so that your body and mind can return to a healthy state, and you can feel the vitality to thrive once again. The guidance, growth, and rejuvenation that this path allows me to share with people continues to be a joyous and incredible experience that leaves me with just as much inspiration as the people I am honored to work with.
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