Daniel Newman

Specializing in medication management and psychotherapy for anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD, and PTSD, I am dually licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). With 17+ years of clinical practice, I am also double board-certified as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) and a nationally Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC). In essence, this means that I offer something most providers cannot, that being the ability to prescribe with the diagnostic depth and relational attunement of an experienced psychotherapist, and to provide psychotherapy with the biological and pharmacological literacy of a psychiatric prescriber.

Before completing psychiatric nurse practitioner training at Northeastern University, I spent nearly a decade providing crisis assessment and emergency psychiatric care at Mount Auburn Hospital, Saint Vincent Hospital, and UMass Memorial Medical Center. That work required rapid, accurate diagnosis, careful differentiation between medical and psychiatric causes of symptoms, and safe medication decision-making under high-acuity conditions. I bring that same rigor, caution, and precision to outpatient care.

Whether you are seeking medication management, psychotherapy, or both, I approach treatment as an integrated whole rather than separate service lines. I listen carefully, formulate thoroughly, and collaborate with you to build a plan grounded in both psychological understanding and evidence-based medicine. I welcome the opportunity to work with you.

Your care is not confined to session time. I carefully plan your treatment between appointments and adjust the path to your wellness as we progress towards accomplishing your goals. My approach to mental health care begins with thorough diagnostic assessment. Before recommending any medication, I take time to understand the full clinical picture, including symptom patterns, medical history, prior treatment responses, and the cognitive and developmental processes through which symptoms and/or troubling behavior emerged. This allows me to match interventions to the underlying condition, not just the presenting complaint.

I prescribe conservatively and monitor thoroughly. I favor starting low, titrating based on response, and avoiding unnecessary polypharmacy, an approach shaped by years of emergency and crisis psychiatric evaluation, where safety, differential diagnosis, and medication risk assessment are paramount. When psychotherapy is clinically indicated, I draw upon 17+ years of experience with psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioral approaches to offer integrated treatment rather than fragmented services.

I believe effective healthcare is a collaborative alliance between a patient and their provider. I explain my clinical reasoning, discuss risks and benefits transparently, and adapt the plan based on your experience and preferences. My goal is to provide sustained improvement and functional recovery, not quick fixes.

The initial session aims to leave no stone unturned, therefore, you will receive 80 minutes reserved for face-to-face assessment. During this comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, often referred to as an “intake,” we will thoroughly explore your past, present, and future aspirations. I purposefully schedule this extended time to provide space for you to share what matters most without feeling rushed or redirected. Together, we will review:

• Current symptoms and concerns
• Medical and psychiatric history
• Prior medication and therapy responses
• Family psychiatric history
• Psychosocial and developmental context

This level of detail is essential for both arriving at an accurate diagnosis and developing a treatment plan that addresses root causes, rather than merely accounting for surface symptoms. By the end of the first session, you will have a clear diagnostic impression and an initial treatment recommendation. If medication is appropriate, I will explain my reasoning, review potential benefits and risks, and answer your questions before prescribing. If I believe psychotherapy, lifestyle modification, or further evaluation is a better starting point, you can expect that I will inform you of this directly.

I neither breeze through evaluations, nor prescribe reflexively. My goal in our first meeting is to ensure that no clinically relevant detail is overlooked and that you leave with a genuine understanding of what you are experiencing, along with a coherent plan for meaningful clinical improvement moving forward.