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Avis Hershfield

(she, her)
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
California

Accepts

Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Magellan, Oxford (Optum), and United Healthcare (Optum)

Specializes in

Substance Use / Addiction, Trauma, and Women's Issues
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Great to meet you!

I am a culturally sensitive MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-C, with 35 + years of experience in medical and psychiatric healthcare. I specialize in working with women and young women who need help with Women's Issues, Medication Management, Pregnancy, Prenatal, and Postpartum Mood Disorders, Abortion Grief, Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar Disorders, Prolonged Grief, Substance Use Disorders, Trauma/PTSD, Sexual Abuse, Sex/Human Trafficking, Intimate Partner Violence and Domestic Violence.

A bit about my approach to therapy

My practice, at Balance Psychiatry & Mental Health, a Nursing Corporation, is both an Art and a Science and that means I will my combine my wisdom, creativity, compassion, and healing spirit with the most up to date Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic modalities to partner with you to meet your personal and unique goal.

What you can expect from our first session

I use an integrative, eclectic and holistic, trauma-informed therapeutic approach weaving together person-centered therapy, judicious medication-management and bio-psycho-social evidence-based practices from Nursing, Medicine and Psychosocial literature and theories.

Avis's style is

Warm
Holistic
Affirming

Insurance carriers Avis accepts

Aetna
Anthem Blue Cross
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Magellan
Oxford
United Healthcare

More about Avis

MSN (Master of Science in Nursing) at University of Phoenix
License type: NP (Nurse Practitioner) (California)
Gender: Cisgender Female
Ethnicity: Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Languages: English
Works with: Children, Adolescents, and Adults
More specialties: Depression, Family Issues, Grief, Loss, Maternal Mental Health, Relationship Issues, and PTSD
Modalities: Humanistic, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Psychodynamic, Trauma Focused CBT, Attachment Based, and Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)