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Scott Christian Rohrbaugh
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, CNP
Verified
Verified
Clients suffering with depression and anxiety, specifically young adults. I like to help clients set tangible goals while keeping them engaged in their treatment through active listening and motivational interviewing.

Dawn Whitehair
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP, BC
Verified
Verified
Dawn is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) specializing in both adult and pediatric psychiatry. She has experience in outpatient and inpatient settings, as well as having dedicated 10+ years to cancer research prior to her nursing career in several specialties. During her nursing career, she was a recipient of the DAISY award. Dawn brings empathy, compassion, an easygoing communication style, and a sweet sense of humor, making it easy for her to engage with her patients and their family members. She is licensed to prescribe medications all across the lifespan and has full prescriptive authority.

Cross My Heart Wellness, LLC Mental Health Clinic
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNPBC, FNP-C
Verified
Verified
Accepting new Patients! linktr.ee/crossmyheartwellness Copy and paste this link to schedule your appointment today! Dr. Brandy McKinney is now welcoming New Clients for in-person and video appointments. As a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, her goal is to establish therapeutic relationships with her clients to ensure they are comfortable and feel free of judgment. She specializes in providing psychiatric diagnostic assessments and treatment for anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and ADD/ADHD.
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VirtualPsych
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
VirtualPsych allows for telepsych healthcare remotely via phone or video chat in an easy to use environment. Our physicians specialize in the treatment of conditions such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder and have over 30 years of experience in psychiatry and mental health. We have appointments available on a daily basis and the time to see a physician is typically less than a few days. Please call us at (216) 238-3555 if you have any questions or would like to set up an appointment.

April DeBiasi
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, NP
Verified
Verified
April DeBiasi is a nurse practitioner dually board certified in psychiatric and mental health as well as Adult-Geriatric primary care nurse practitioner. She is board certified through the American Nursing Credentialing Center and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has experience working in acute inpatient hospital and outpatient private practice settings.She sees adults ages 18 to 100 and she specializes in anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, depressive disorder, dementia, OCD, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, and insomnia.

Dr. Elise Bonder
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Dr. Bonder is a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of mental health issues such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Mood disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Trauma Related Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders. She has expertise in the management of patients from childhood through young adulthood.

Melinda Kaye Bates
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP
Verified
Verified
The mind and the body are both important parts of your overall well-being. We will work together to create a treatment plan that will improve your mental health and help you to feel like your best self.

KC Center for Health and Wellness, LLC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, AGNP-C, PMHNP
Verified
Verified
Are you or a loved one suffering from an addiction and/or depression, anxiety or any other mental illness and need help? Do you need a little assistance with losing weight or just need someone who is non judgmental to talk to? Are you currently looking for a psychiatric provider to refill your medication since your previous provider retired or relocated? Are you tired of waiting hours to see your provider? Are you tired of going to several specialist for your mental health, primary care and chronic pain needs? Well look no further! KC Center for Health and Wellness is here waiting for you! Call NOW! Same week availability.

Michael Cerullo
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Michael Cerullo is a board-certified adult psychiatrist at Talkiatry. He has been practicing psychiatry for 18 years. Dr. Cerullo’s practice focuses on medication management. Typically, he offers this in conjunction with supportive or emotionally focused therapy in 30-minute follow-up visits. However, occasionally Dr. Cerullo may believe that additional therapy is also needed and ask that you bring a therapist into your care team to provide the best outcome.

Sisters of Hope in Psychiatry PLLC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNPBC
Verified
Verified
We are looking to work with various populations within mental health, to break stigmas and promote overall health.

Comprehensive minds LLC
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
Our experienced medical professionals put your healing needs first. We are proud to provide a high quality level of customer service, medical experience, and commitment to health and wellness to all of our patients. Our goal is to make you feel better as quickly as possible.

Brittany Lute
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, APRN
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Brittany Lute is a board certified, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with training and experience treating individuals of all ages. She obtained her master’s degree in nursing from Case Western Reserve University. Her training includes integrated primary care, developmental pediatrics, reproductive psychiatry, and general adult and pediatric psychiatry.

Anna Popova
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
Verified
Verified
Anna is board-certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She treats children as young as 4 years old, adolescents, adults, and seniors. She specializes in treating anxiety, depression, mood disorders, conduct disorders, oppositional defiant disorders, and ADHD. She has a non-judgmental, holistic approach and utilizes medication management, healthy coping mechanisms. She also promotes a healthy lifestyle through diet and exercise. Anna has experience in cardiac telemetry, long-term care, home health care, child/adolescent residential care, and crisis intervention.

Jehan F. Helmi
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Jehan chose to become a psychiatrist to make a difference in everyone’s life. She believes she can see invisible wounds, heal them with hope, positivity, and compassion. While utilizing her medical, scientific, and interpersonal skills to work with people of all ages and from all walks of life. Using this treatment and support will change lives. Jehan’s philosophy is making Mental Health services her main focus by approaching it from different angles. She desires for all individuals to discover their passion, and greatest resilience, to live their life with hope, and joy with the coaching of a multidisciplinary team.

Steve Pessefall
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, APRN, PMHNP, BC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Steve is Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (CNP) with a focus on providing treatment for a broad-spectrum of mental health disorders. He earned his Master of Science in Nursing Degree from The University of Akron and is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. He has experience in inpatient, outpatient, as well as community mental health settings as a Nurse Practitioner and over 25 years of experience as a Registered Nurse working in psychiatric / behavioral health hospitals. Steve has also earned his credential for Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) from The University of Maryland.

Nikki Edwards at Revive Counseling & Wellness
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, APRN
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Accepting new patients now! Nikki Edwards is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) specializing in treating; depression, anxiety, bipolar, attention deficit disorder, and OCD. She received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) from University of Alabama of Birmingham - Birmingham, AL in 2013 and has had many opportunities to practice in multiple levels of settings.

Berline Frye
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, AGNP-BC, MSN
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Are you looking for a provider that listens to you ,gives you time and pay attention to your mental health needs? Have you tried to navigate the difficult world of finding a Mental provider that spends more than 15 minutes to ensure you have a correct diagnosis and treatment. Look no more! I provide diagnostic evaluations, medication management, and therapy services in a safe environment. After trying so long to find help for my own Loved ones, I made it my mission to do things differently, work harder to foster a safe environment for all patients, truly care for patients, and share good practices in empathy and understanding.

PsychCare Anywhere
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, ACNS-BC, PMHNP, FNP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
PsychCare Anywhere specializes in providing mental health and wellness services in an open, non-judgmental, AND affordable delivery model. We specialize in service to under-served communities and offer quality care to individuals who may otherwise be unable or reluctant to access mental health care. We are owned and operated by professionals who are not simply educated in the unique needs of the communities we serve, but are or have been members of those communities ourselves. We are fully committed to providing services in a way that removes barriers to care.

DeBalzo, Elgudin, Levine, Risen LLC
Psychiatrist, MD, PhD, CNS, LPCC, LISW-S
Verified
Verified
WE HAVE IMMEDIATE OPENINGS. WE ARE ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS. We are a comprehensive psychiatric and mental health practice offering a wide spectrum of evidence-based therapies. We provide services to children/adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Our services include individual psychotherapy, psychiatric evaluation and medication management, couples and family therapy, psychological testing, genomic testing for medication sensitivity, and evaluation and therapy for sexual and gender-related concerns. We offer ADHD assessment with the QbTest which is a FDA cleared computer based objective test.

Jennifer Shoenfelt
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified
Verified
Dr. Jennifer Shoenfelt is a double board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and adult psychiatrist. Her practice focuses on child and adolescent medication management. Typically, she offers this in conjunction with supportive or emotionally focused therapy in 30-minute follow-up visits. However, occasionally Dr. Shoenfelt may believe that additional therapy is needed and will ask that you bring a therapist into your care team to provide the best outcome. She provides treatment plans that include holistic recommendations that include diet, exercise, educational and psychosocial/spiritual aspects of care.
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About Psychiatrists, meds and Psychiatric Nurses.
A Psychiatrist in Independence is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Independence Psychiatrists differ from other mental health professionals in that they may prescribe medication as well as practice psychotherapy in treatment. Sometimes, Psychiatrists form part of a clinical team in which they will diagnose and prescribe, while psychologists or therapists provide the client's psychotherapy.
As part of a clinical assessment, Psychiatrists may conduct physical examinations, take blood tests, and order and interpret lab tests and brain image scans, such as CT scans, CAT Scans, and MRIs.
The field of psychiatry in Independence has many sub-specialties, including pediatric psychiatry. Those who work with the elderly are called geriatric psychiatrists.
Other related sub-specialties include cognition psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, forensic, reproductive medicine specialties, psychopharmacology , psychiatric genetics, neuroimaging, and clinical neurophysiology.
Psychiatric nurse practitioners in Independence, or mental health nurse practitioners, generally have an MS degree in nursing (MSN) and a number of years of training to become certified. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are able to assess and diagnose mental health conditions and prescribe medication. Independence Psychiatric nurse practitioners also have training that enables them to include psychotherapy with treatment.
A Psychiatrist in Independence is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Independence Psychiatrists differ from other mental health professionals in that they may prescribe medication as well as practice psychotherapy in treatment. Sometimes, Psychiatrists form part of a clinical team in which they will diagnose and prescribe, while psychologists or therapists provide the client's psychotherapy.
As part of a clinical assessment, Psychiatrists may conduct physical examinations, take blood tests, and order and interpret lab tests and brain image scans, such as CT scans, CAT Scans, and MRIs.
The field of psychiatry in Independence has many sub-specialties, including pediatric psychiatry. Those who work with the elderly are called geriatric psychiatrists.
Other related sub-specialties include cognition psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, forensic, reproductive medicine specialties, psychopharmacology , psychiatric genetics, neuroimaging, and clinical neurophysiology.
Psychiatric nurse practitioners in Independence, or mental health nurse practitioners, generally have an MS degree in nursing (MSN) and a number of years of training to become certified. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are able to assess and diagnose mental health conditions and prescribe medication. Independence Psychiatric nurse practitioners also have training that enables them to include psychotherapy with treatment.
How to find the right Psychiatrist?
If you're finding it difficult to find the right psychiatrist in Independence, don't worry--you're not alone. Psychiatrists are highly specialized professionals. They tend to be busy--appointments can be short (e.g. 15 mins.)--and so as a potential client you can sometimes feel lost or confused. Don't let this deter you.
Begin first by checking the psychiatrists listed here nearest to you. If they are limited in number, expand out your search geographically (Broaden your Search) and see who's available further afield. Use the links in the left nav bar to find the relevant insurance, if you intend to use your health insurance to pay for the provider.
If you're still finding it difficult to find a psychiatrist in Independence, call or contact the professionals here and ask for a psychiatric referral. You can also call the psychiatric nurses in Independence as they tend to be affiliated to a network of psychiatrists in their area ( Independence). Or just chat to them to see if they can help.
If you're finding it difficult to find the right psychiatrist in Independence, don't worry--you're not alone. Psychiatrists are highly specialized professionals. They tend to be busy--appointments can be short (e.g. 15 mins.)--and so as a potential client you can sometimes feel lost or confused. Don't let this deter you.
Begin first by checking the psychiatrists listed here nearest to you. If they are limited in number, expand out your search geographically (Broaden your Search) and see who's available further afield. Use the links in the left nav bar to find the relevant insurance, if you intend to use your health insurance to pay for the provider.
If you're still finding it difficult to find a psychiatrist in Independence, call or contact the professionals here and ask for a psychiatric referral. You can also call the psychiatric nurses in Independence as they tend to be affiliated to a network of psychiatrists in their area ( Independence). Or just chat to them to see if they can help.