This provider is under supervision and practicing under their supervisor’s license.
Michael Vines
Medical Doctor
AZBOM
23992, Arizona
Christopher (Topher) Bradshaw
(Please ask me my pronouns)
Community Resource, Counselor, Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Nurse Practitioner, Peer Support, Physician Assistant, Primary Care Physician, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatrist
Accepting clients
Updated 10 days ago
20 years in practice
Working as a team, we provide Adult Psychiatric Services that includes Medication Management, Free ADHD Testing and Treatment and Full Evaluations.
At Alevea Mental Health, we offer compassionate and comprehensive mental health services in Arizona, including psychiatric medication management for adults, counseling, primary care, weight management, hormone optimization, Spravato, Ketamine Therapy, and FREE ADHD testing. Our dedicated team provides personalized treatment to meet each patient’s unique needs, focusing on evidence-based practices and whole-person wellness. Alevea offers a comprehensive suite of services with integrated care across multiple specialties, all supported by simple online scheduling, a robust patient portal, and compassionate providers to meet all your healthcare needs in one convenient location located in Tempe, Arizona. Whether you are seeking in-person care at our Tempe office or the convinience of Telemedicine, we offer flexible scheduling with extended hours, weekend availability, and instant messaging with our providers. Alevea accepts most major insurance including United Health Care Student Resources, Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Humana, Tricare, UMR, Optum, and many more. For those without insurance we offer Alevea ALLcare, a discounted membership for only $59/month and unlimited Psychiatric, Primary Care, Hormone Optimization, and Weight Management appointments for only a $30 copay per visit. Getting started is simple, schedule online https://aleveaonetap.web.app/ or Text/Call our office 480-923-6200.
Remote / In-person
Speaks English, Spanish, Filipino, French
Emergency number not available
Treats suicidal ideationSelf-identifyCisgender ManCisgender WomanGenderqueerBisexualGayHeterosexualLesbianQueerChristianityIslamJudaismSelf-identifySpiritual, not religiousUnaffiliated: secular/nonreligious/agnostic/atheistLGBTQIA+ ally
Practice hours (MDT)
Sun
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Mon
7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tue
7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wed
7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thu
7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Fri
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sat
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Accepts new patients after hospitalization for
- Manic episodes
- Severe depression
- Self-harming behavior
- Suicidal intent or a plan
- Escalating reckless or impulsive behavior
- Suicide attempt
- Severe emotional stress or trauma
- Altered mental status or delirium
- Psychosis (delusions and hallucinations)
- Eating disorders
- Substance use
Reserves times throughout the week for new clients after discharge from the hospital.
Adjusts scheduling to accommodate new clients after their hospitalization.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Academic Concerns
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Issues
- Anxiety
- Athletic Performance
- Athletic/Sports performance
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Avoidant Personality
- Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Bullying
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Cognitive Functioning
- College and School Placement
- Compulsive Exercise
- Conflict Resolution
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Disability
- Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
- Divorce
- Drug Use
- Eating Concerns
- Excoriation Disorder (skin picking)
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gambling Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Histrionic Personality
- Hoarding
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intimacy Concerns
- Learning Disorder
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Medication Concerns
- Men's Issues
- Narcissistic Personality
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
- Panic
- Paranoid Personality
- Parenting Concerns
- Peer Difficulties
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Personality Disorders
- Phobia
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Polyamorous relationship
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy/Loss of Pregnancy
- Premarital Issues
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- Schizoaffective
- Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform and Brief Psychosis
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sex Addiction/Pornography Concerns
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Trichotillomania (hair pulling)
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
Special groups
- Athletes
- Disability Paperwork
- Neurodivergent people
- People of color
- People who are bisexual
- People who identify as gay
- People who identify as lesbian
- People who identify as non-binary
- People who identify as queer
- People with disabilities
- Professional Healthcare Providers
- Recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital
- Transgender
- Veterans
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Medication Management
Treatments
- Academic Coaching
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Feminist Therapy
- Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
- Social Skills Training
- Emotional Support Animal Assessment
- Medication-Assisted Substance Use Treatment
- Long-acting injectables
- ADHD Evaluation
- Anger Management
- Family Systems Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapies
- Body Image Therapy
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Behavior Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Coaching
- Narrative Therapy
- Counseling
- Medication Management
- Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Faith-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Training
Location
Accommodations
Entering the practice
- Door can be opened easily
- Flat path to the front door
- Well-lit path to entrance
- Disabled parking spot (8ft / 2.4m)
- Service animals allowed
- Step-free entry
- Wide doorway
- Emotional support animals allowed
Communication
- Virtual remote interpreter (VRI)
- Language translator
Getting around
- Wide hallways (36” or 90cm)
Settling in
- Storage for mobility aids (e.g. wheelchair, scooter)
- Wide entry to clinician space
Remote options
- Chat
- Voice
- Video
Payment options
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Aetna – Arizona
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Arizona
- Carelon Behavioral Health – Arizona
- Cigna – Arizona
- ComPsych – Arizona
- HealthSmart – Arizona
- Humana – Arizona
- Magellan – Arizona
- Medicare – Arizona
- Meritain Health – Arizona
- Multiplan – Arizona
- Optum – Arizona
- Tricare West – Arizona
- UMR – Arizona
- United HealthCare – Arizona
- United HealthCare Student Resources – Arizona
- Documentation provided for patient filling
- In-network insurance
- Out-of-network insurance
- Package pricing
- Out-of-pocket
- Sliding scale
Payment methods
- Apple Pay
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Flexible Spending Account
- Google Pay
- Health Savings Account
- Other
- Paypal
- Venmo
- Zelle
Credentials
Licenses
Medical License
ARBOPA
6128, Arizona
Certificates
Psychiatry
NCCPA
Alevea employs nationally certified and licensed mental health clinicians.
Education
AT Still University
MS (Master of Science in Physical Assistant Studies), 2015
Publications
Head Strong: Facing Anxiety and Depression in College Head-On
2023, Amazon
A compassionate guide designed to help college students grappling with anxiety and depression.
See publication