Motivational Interviewing Psychiatrists in 87501

Harvard Trained Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist. My mission is to provide wise, thoughtful, and meaningful care that will serve my patients, endeavoring to promote health, contentment, and joy whenever possible. Investigation and discovery were a part of my childhood and are integral to my person. The scope and content of my vision is directly a result of continuous exploration and desire to reflect on experience. My curiosity about the world and its people has been nourished by a liberal arts education, playing Ice Hockey at Dartmouth, by extensive travel, and by working in a multitude of cross cultural clinical settings

I am a Board Certified Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner offering medication management as well as supportive talk therapy. My goal is to treat mental health needs with comprehensive, compassionate, and holistic care. I follow a lifestyle medicine approach which acknowledges the connection between mind, body, and spirit. I strive to build a connection with my patients and provide supportive resources which build hope and empower those I work with.

I am a prescribing psychiatric nurse practitioner with additional background/certifications in critical/emergency care. I have two doctoral candidacies (Nursing and Law), & a degree in Health Services Admin. All have been helpful in advocating for my patients & understanding complex medical conditions affecting mental health. I’ve 20 yrs of experience working with all ages, and currently treat age 5 to 64 and offer telehealth to all areas of New Mexico. I treat children, adolescents & young adults. I also offer therapy & integrative/holistic psychiatry approaches. I’m able to prescribe all medications.

As a board-certified psychiatrist, I am able to assist you with medications and/or therapy. I have practiced for 20+ years in a variety of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital programs, and residential settings. My speciality areas include depression, mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, OCD, and overall emotional well being. I especially enjoy working with the LGBTQI+ community and strive to provide culturally competent care to marginalized populations. As an artist myself, I enjoy working with writers, visual artists, performers and creatives of all kinds. I also provide creativity coaching.

NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS AND APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN DAYS! Have you been struggling with depression, grief, anxiety, ADHD, body image, weight management, mood fluctuations or perceptual disturbances and find that life has been increasingly difficult to cope with? Have you tried to seek advice from family members, friends and spiritual counselors, to no avail? You can overcome these struggles, with the right tools and I am here to help, using an unbiased approach. I draw from a few traditional therapeutic techniques, in combination with medication management, to create a treatment plan to meet your unique needs.