PSYCHIATRY, IN A NEW LIGHT.
Thoughtful psychiatric care, tailored to you.
Who you are.
Where you've been.
Where you want to go.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF PSYCHIATRY
Hi, I'm Dr. Kristi Mae Wragg.
I'm glad you found your way here.
Reaching out for psychiatric care can feel vulnerable. Maybe you've been struggling quietly for a while. Maybe treatment has helped, but something still doesn't feel quite right. Maybe you've collected diagnoses and medications over the years and aren't sure what still fits. Or maybe life simply doesn't feel the way you'd like it to anymore.
My approach is warm, curious, collaborative, and honest. I want to understand what's happening—but also who you are, what you've been through, and what you want your life to look like from here.
You don't need to arrive with the right diagnosis or know exactly what you need.
We can start wherever you are.
A unique PERSPECTIVE
Social work taught me to understand the person.
Before medicine, I studied people—earning my Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from Saginaw Valley State University and my Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Michigan. Social work taught me to look beyond symptoms and understand how our relationships, experiences, environment, losses, strengths, and the lives we live shape how we feel and function.
It taught me to understand the story behind the symptoms.
Medicine taught me to understand the science.
Wanting to understand more of the why led me to medicine. I earned my degree as a Medical Doctor (MD) from Central Michigan University College of Medicine, where I developed a deeper understanding of the biology of illness and the complex relationship between physical and mental health. That medical foundation means I don't automatically assume every symptom is psychiatric. I think about the body, medications, medical conditions, sleep, hormones, laboratory findings, family history, and other biological factors that may be contributing to how someone feels.
It taught me to stay curious about what's happening beneath the surface.
Psychiatry gave me a space to weave them together.
I completed my psychiatry residency at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I ultimately served as Chief Resident. My training brought together psychotherapy, neuroscience, medicine, and psychopharmacology—and gave me a place where I didn't have to choose between understanding the person and understanding the science. Today, these woven perspectives shape the way I practice.
I want to understand both your biology and your story—because the science matters... and so does the person.
Curious + Comprehensive
Collaborative + Transparent
Curious + Comprehensive
I want to understand what's happening, not simply name it. We'll look at the bigger picture and stay curious when something doesn't quite fit.
Evidence-Based + Modern
Collaborative + Transparent
Curious + Comprehensive
I combine established psychiatric science with an openness to evolving evidence, new approaches, and emerging treatments—without assuming newer automatically means better.
Collaborative + Transparent
Collaborative + Transparent
Collaborative + Transparent
I'll explain what I'm thinking and why. I want your questions, preferences, concerns, and perspective to be part of our decisions.
Personal + Human
Collaborative + Transparent
Collaborative + Transparent
You won't be treated like a diagnosis or a medication list. I want to know the person I'm treating and what a meaningful life looks like to you.
intentional medication management
More medication isn't always better.
Medication can be life-changing.
It can also accumulate.
One medication gets added for depression. Another for sleep. Another for anxiety. Another to address a side effect. Circumstances change, years pass, and eventually no one is entirely sure which medications are still helping—or why everything is still there.
One of my particular passions is carefully making sense of complicated medication regimens. When appropriate, we'll ask whether each medication is still earning its place and whether your treatment could be simpler, safer, or more intentional.
That doesn't mean I'm anti-medication. Medication is an incredibly valuable tool, and sometimes the right answer is adding or changing one.
The goal isn't the most medication or the least medication. It's the right treatment for you.
what It's like to work with me
I’m warm, open-minded, curious, nonjudgmental, and pretty easy to talk to. There is very little you can tell me that will shock me.
I'm also transparent.
I won't agree with you simply because agreeing is more comfortable. If I think you're getting in your own way, we'll talk about it. If I notice a pattern that may be keeping you stuck, I'll gently point it out. And if I think something you're hoping for may actually make things worse, I'll tell you that too.
To me, that's part of caring about someone.
At the same time, you should always understand why I'm recommending something. I want you to ask questions, disagree, bring me things you've read, tell me when something isn't working, and be honest about what you are—and aren't—comfortable with.
I'll make recommendations when I feel confident in them, using the same standard I would want applied to someone I love. And when I don't know, I'll tell you that too. If I'm uncertain, need more information, want another perspective, or believe someone with different expertise would serve you better, I'll be honest about that.
You don't need me to pretend to know everything.
You need me to care enough to keep asking questions.
