Living Waters was founded to provide excellent psychiatric and mental health care in a setting where Christian faith is neither ignored nor used as a substitute for sound clinical treatment.
The practice is built on the belief that every person possesses God-given dignity and should be treated with truth, compassion, patience, and respect. Treatment is grounded in psychiatric research, established clinical standards, careful assessment, and collaborative decision-making.
Living Waters also recognizes that mental health concerns can affect the whole person. When desired by the patient, treatment may include thoughtful discussion of faith, identity, suffering, fear, guilt, forgiveness, relationships, purpose, and hope.
Jonathan Rohde is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and family nurse practitioner with more than two decades of healthcare experience.
His background includes caring for patients with complex medical and psychiatric needs and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in hospital and outpatient settings. His clinical approach emphasizes careful assessment, clear communication, evidence-based treatment, and a genuine therapeutic partnership.
Jonathan founded Living Waters to bridge a gap experienced by many Christians: mental health care that may overlook faith on one side, and spiritual guidance that may not adequately address psychiatric illness on the other.
His goal is to provide research-informed psychiatric treatment within a Christian worldview. He approaches each patient as a whole person rather than merely a diagnosis or collection of symptoms.
When requested, treatment may thoughtfully incorporate Christian beliefs, Scripture, prayer, and discussion of spiritual concerns. These elements are used with the patient’s consent and are not substitutes for clinically appropriate psychiatric care.