I’m a psychiatric nurse practitioner who spent my career caring for veterans and their families, pairing careful medication management with a family-systems lens from my training in marriage and family therapy. I listen first, then build a plan that fits your life—not a textbook. I welcome new clients through telehealth across Tennessee.
I blend medication management with a strength-based, solution-focused style shaped by years of family-systems training. Sessions often start with what is working before we dig into what is not, using motivational interviewing to build momentum and narrative therapy to help you make sense of the story you are telling yourself. When medication is part of the plan, I favor the lowest effective approach and am thoughtful about relying on controlled substances. I check in often about side effects, goals, and what progress should actually feel like day to day.
Our first session is a conversation, not an interview. I’ll ask about what brought you in, what you have tried before, and what a good outcome looks like to you—whether that means therapy, medication, or both. From there, we’ll build a plan together and revisit it as we go. Expect someone who has sat across from thousands of people managing anxiety, mood swings, trauma, and the ordinary weight of a hard chapter—and who will treat your pace as the right one.
