Charles Kohnken

Chris is best able to help YOU with your psychiatric medication management needs as he draws from years of practice as a BHT, Nurse and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP. Chris additionally offers remote-based neurocognitive testing. This testing obtains your personalized subjective and objective measurements so that together, a plan of care can be formulated focusing on your personalized cognitive challenges specifically for your brain. Think about it, primary care providers obtain your objective measurements with lab work and vitals. In psychiatry, there is additionally a way to obtain your objective measurements – via neurocognitive testing! How did Chris learn to focus on these needs to best help you? His collegiate foundation was first built with a BS from the University of Florida and master's level classes at the University of South Florida. Years later, he pursued his passion and went back to Nursing School. There he realized that he could help more people by becoming a nurse practitioner; specifically, a nurse practitioner specializing in psychiatric/mental health care. Chris obtained his Master of Science in Nursing degree from the highly acclaimed Drexel University. He specifically focused on psychiatric/mental health and graduated as a PMHNP with honors. His credentials include Certified Master’s Addiction Professional. His education has been specifically targeted for Mental Health, Addictions and Psychiatry. As a nurse Chris has developed a solid base in cardiac and medical insights and how such deficiencies can affect your Mental Health. Chris also draws from a multitude of Life experiences. He finds peace in helping others and spending time on the water, particularly surfing. All this puts Chris in a great position to help you in your quest for optimal behavioral healt

With a focus on progressive and current evidence-based pharmaceutical therapies for behavioral health offerings, Chris will teach you about the medications that meet your specific needs. How? He focuses on medication options that fit your needs while considering those that limit side effects, and limit polypharmacy, all while focusing on pharmaceutical options that are fiscally obtainable. Less is more!

I always start with an introductory session, where you’ll have the opportunity to share your story and what you hope to achieve in therapy. We’ll work together to figure this out! I strive to create a warm, welcoming environment that allows you to feel comfortable sharing and being vulnerable, while also feeling secure. From there, we’ll work together in the sessions that follow to make these goals a reality for you.