Baray Sidhu and Gerri Klein

The emotional and psychological realities of living with diabetes and how they affect a person’s ability to engage in self-care were previously not a part of my framework. Now, my practice has shifted to embrace a model of diabetes care that values emotional well-being as well as glycemic control. I still use grounded tools like A1c and time-in-range data from CGM to guide clinical decisions, but I no longer rely on them alone. I have integrated emotional assessment directly in my workflow.