Cross-disciplinary coordination
We bridge mental health clinicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and physiatrists — creating a unified care plan.
About Anavah
Anavah is the Hebrew word for humility.
Humility is not about shrinking yourself, it's about accepting your strengths, your weaknesses, and your circumstances. It's about taking radical responsibility for your life and pursuing your highest potential.
Our founding principle
Radical responsibility.
This is the founding principle of Anavah Institute: that lasting health — for patients and providers alike — begins not with a prescription or a protocol, but with radical responsibility.
Mental health does not exist in isolation. It is one of eight dimensions of wellness, each critically important on its own and essential as part of an integrated whole.
Why we exist
Bridging the gaps between disciplines.
Anavah Institute bridges the gaps between these disciplines. We equip professionals in every domain with the training and resources to understand how these dimensions shape one another and to work together in support of their patients' lives. We also work directly with patients to provide truly integrative care.
Our Mission
Mission
Anavah is building the infrastructure that coordinates all eight dimensions of wellness into a unified, outcomes-driven ecosystem.
- EmotionalCoping effectively with life and creating satisfying relationships
- EnvironmentalGood health by occupying pleasant, stimulating environments that support well-being
- FinancialSatisfaction with current and future financial situations
- IntellectualRecognizing creative abilities and finding ways to expand knowledge and skills
- SocialDeveloping a sense of connection, belonging, and a well-developed support system
- PhysicalRecognizing the need for physical activity, diet, sleep and nutrition
- SpiritualExpanding our sense of purpose and meaning in life
- OccupationalPersonal satisfaction and enrichment derived from one's work
Adapted from Swarbrick, M. (2006). A Wellness Approach. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 29(4), 311–314.
The problem we address
Mental health and physical health are treated as if they exist in separate worlds. They don't.
Most patients with complex needs bounce between providers who never speak to each other. A psychiatrist adjusts medication without knowing a patient is mid-course in physical therapy. A physiatrist creates a pain management plan without awareness of a patient's anxiety disorder. The result: fragmented care, conflicting treatments, safety risks — and patients left to navigate it alone.
The overlap is common. A 2025 meta-analysis of 376 studies (347,468 adults with chronic pain) found clinically significant depression symptoms in about 39% and anxiety symptoms in about 40%.1
Anavah exists to close that gap. We coordinate across disciplines, creating a shared understanding for patients and providers. Anavah acts as the connective tissue between your care team, working so that every clinician has the context they need, treatment goals are aligned, and nothing falls through the cracks.
1 Aaron, R. V., et al. (2025). Prevalence of depression and anxiety among adults with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e250268. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0268
Patient safety as the core
Medication awareness, contraindication screening, and shared treatment context help prevent harmful gaps and conflicts in care.
Provider education & training
We train clinicians and care teams in integrative frameworks — so the whole healthcare system works better together.
The Anavah model
Mind. Body. Coordination.
Integrative Psychiatry
PMHNP-led evaluations, medication management, and lifestyle psychiatry — every decision informed by the patient's full physical picture.
Physical Medicine
Exercise physiology, functional nutrition, and physical-therapy alignment — movement and fuel prescribed like medicine.
The Anavah Signature
Structured hand-offs between psychiatry, PT, PCP, and attorneys, with shared documentation so nothing falls through the cracks.
Mind and body are one system. Our approach to mind-body healthcare treats them that way, and coordinates the people who care for each.
Leadership
Phillip Scherbakov
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner · Exercise Coach · Nutrition Specialist
My name is Phillip Scherbakov and I am a psychiatric nurse practitioner, exercise coach, and nutrition specialist.
I see my patients as more than just a myriad of symptoms; I see them as, human beings.
Working with me means working together, as a team, to bring you into alignment with all eight dimensions of wellness.
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Anavah Institute
Location
Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
Phone
(216) 625-0028Fax
(216) 625-0053
Where we practice
Clinical care: Ohio and New York. Provider services: worldwide.
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