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Our Unique Approach

The Compassion Primary Care Roadmap is a sequenced approach designed to help women in midlife recover their energy, clarity, and hormonal balance, particularly those who have already consulted several clinicians without finding meaningful answers.

Symptoms persist so often because the systems beneath them are examined separately, or not at all. Hormones, thyroid function, sleep, stress physiology, gut health, and nutrition are deeply interdependent, and each one shapes the others. I walk each phase of this roadmap alongside my patients, beginning with a careful review of everything that has brought them here.

During the intake and assessment, we review your full medical history, past lab work, current symptoms, and everything you have already tried. This is not a rushed 15-minute visit. It is a careful review of your whole story so nothing important gets missed.
Next, we determine whether advanced lab testing is needed to uncover what is actually driving your symptoms. This goes beyond the standard panel to examine hormones, thyroid function, metabolic markers, nutrient levels, and stress indicators that routine bloodwork often overlooks.
With this step, we typically start by addressing lifestyle, sleep, and stress. If you are wired at night and exhausted by morning, your nervous system may be stuck in a stress response. We work on sleep quality, cortisol patterns, and stress physiology to help your body shift out of "fight or flight" so that other interventions can take hold.
Next, we focus on nutrition and gut health, looking at what you are eating, how your body is absorbing it, and what is happening in your gut. This step focuses on repairing nutritional gaps, addressing gut imbalances, restoring intestinal integrity, and supporting the microbiome that influences digestion, nutrient absorption, and mood.
With a clear picture from your labs and your lived experience, we move into hormone optimization. This may include BHRT, thyroid or adrenal support, or targeted supplementation, all tailored to your body and adjusted as you respond.
From there, we turn to cellular health and toxins. We work to reduce your body's toxic burden, identify environmental exposures, support your body's natural detox pathways, and replenish the cellular function you need to produce energy and heal.
In the Thrive Phase, we look at chronic, low-grade inflammation that often connects symptoms that seem unrelated. In the immunity and inflammation step, we identify inflammatory drivers and support immune function so your body can move from constantly reacting to actively recovering.
With hormones, gut health, and inflammation addressed, we focus on weight and metabolism. This includes blood sugar balance, insulin sensitivity, and the metabolic shifts that make weight management in midlife feel impossible, even when you are doing everything right.
The final step in the roadmap is mindset, faith, and longevity. Lasting health requires more than a protocol. We focus on the mindset, daily rhythms, and ongoing self-care that sustain everything you have built. For patients who want it, faith is part of that foundation, grounding your health in something deeper than discipline alone. The goal is not just feeling better today. It is building a life you can sustain for years to come.

How Our Care Is Different

Compassion Primary Care is a Direct Primary Care practice, which means I am not constrained by insurance requirements or fifteen-minute appointments. That freedom is what makes this depth of care possible, and my patients feel the difference immediately.

Time for more in-depth care. Appointments are long enough to review a complicated history in full, because the answers are rarely found in the first ten minutes.
Conventional and integrative medicine together. Prescription medication, laboratory investigation, nutrition, hormone therapy, and lifestyle change are all legitimate tools. Your clinical picture determines which are appropriate, rather than any philosophical preference.
Care that accounts for your whole life. Caregiving, work, sleep, stress, and the demands of a full household all shape your health, and for patients who wish it, faith is part of that conversation as well. Your symptoms are understood in the context of the life you are actually living.
Education as part of care. I explain what I find and why it matters, so that you understand your own physiology well enough to participate meaningfully in decisions about it.
Continuity between visits. You are cared for by a clinician who already knows your history, and who remains available rather than seeing you only when something goes wrong.
Honest counsel. You will be heard fully, investigated thoroughly, and told the truth with kindness, including when the truth is that a different approach would serve you better.

How Does Care Begin?

Becoming a patient here happens in three steps. We start with a short discovery call to see whether this practice fits your needs. If it does, your first full appointment gives us the time to review your history properly and decide what to investigate. From there, I recommend the path best suited to what we find, and we begin the work together.

Free Discovery Call

A short discovery call to identify the key problems along with the best next steps.

Initial Appointment

In-depth intake visit to review your history, labs, and create a solid treatment plan.

Health Optimization

Experience symptom relief as you resolve chronic health issues through our integrative care approach.

Care built on partnership. I combine thoughtful testing with an integrative approach, including bioidentical hormone therapy when your evaluation supports it, and I teach you how to sustain your progress long after our appointment ends.

 

Whether we meet virtually or in your home, the conversation is unhurried and the attention is entirely yours. No two women arrive with the same history, and your care should reflect the particulars of your life.

TESTIMONIALS

In Our Patients Own Words

  • “I highly recommend Compassion primary care Dr. Stasha Robert's , very professional and caring. Wonderful personal experience, conveniently done in my own home, comfortable in discussing treatment, results with an action plan. Looking forward to my next visit!”

    Gigi P.
    Happy Patient
  • “I was impressed with Dr Stasha-Gae Roberts. She is passionate about what she does and that showed by her communication with me via text/ in person. I felt comfortable in being transparent regarding questions and concerns. She clearly explained my diagnosis and the plan of action.”

    Noelle C.
    Happy Patient
  • “Dr. Roberts was thorough and compassionate in treating me. She even followed up on my progress regularly and offered solutions to my symptoms. I didn't feel like just another patient. Her service felt personalized. I highly recommend this doctor.”

    Meme M.
    Happy Patient
  • “Dr. Roberts is one of the most compassionate medical professionals I’ve ever had the privilege of meeting. She truly cares first and foremost about the well being of each and every one of her patients. Not only did Dr. Roberts make time to see me on short notice but she also listened thoroughly, implemented an effective treatment plan, then continued to check in with me daily until I fully recovered from Covid - the absolute gold standard of care! Thank you Dr. Roberts and God bless.”

    David D.
    Happy Patient
  • "I highly recommend Compassion primary care Dr. Stasha Robert's , very professional and caring. Wonderful personal experience, conveniently done in my own home , comfortable in discussing treatment, results with an action plan .Looking forward to my next visit!"

    Gigi P.
    Happy Patient
  • "Dr. Stasha Roberts was very easy to understand and made great alternate recommendations for me. She was so helpful during our virtual visit and followed up on my care. I have never had such amazing follow up support from a doctor before."

    Colleen Y.
    Happy Patient
  • "I had a great experience with Stasha - the at-home visits really make it easy to get the care you need. After several months of working with her, I saw improvements toward my health goals. It's clear that she really cares about her patients and is invested in their success. She spends much more time talking to her patients than the typical doctor!"

    Callan B.
    Happy Patient

AREAS SERVED

Compassion Primary Care is a virtual practice based in Tampa, Florida, providing personalized and accessible healthcare to patients throughout the Greater Tampa Bay Area, the Suncoast region, and across the state of Florida. Through convenient telehealth services, patients can receive compassionate, high-quality care from the comfort of their homes. Areas served include, but are not limited to, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon, Riverview, Wesley Chapel, Lutz, Carrollwood, South Tampa, New Tampa, Parrish, Ellenton, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, University Town Center (UTC), and surrounding communities throughout Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, and Sarasota counties across Florida.

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