Melanie MacIntosh

Melanie MacIntosh, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with over ten years of nursing experience and a strong foundation in behavioral health. She provides compassionate, patient-centered psychiatric care to individuals across the lifespan.

Melanie has extensive experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings and is skilled in psychopharmacology, evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and crisis assessment and response. She holds additional certifications in suicide prevention through the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), and completed the KySS Child & Adolescent Mental Health Fellowship Program, reflecting advanced training in the assessment and treatment of pediatric and adolescent populations.

She is a recipient of the DAISY Award, the Gold Heart Nurse of Distinction, & a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, honors that reflect her commitment to clinical excellence, collaborative care, and advocacy for patients and families.

Melanie specializes in treating mental health conditions including schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, & personality disorders. Her approach combines medication management with comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and believes that mental health care is most effective when it is team based approach and ground in evidence based practice. She integrates psychopharmacology with lifestyle focused strategies and practical coping skills, while encouraging patients to consider the role of sleep, activity, dailyy routines, and nutrition, into supporting their mental health.

Melanie's goal is to guide her patients toward the best possible quality of life they can achieve. She aims at providing stability, productivity that leads to meaningful life, and genuine happiness. Melanie is dedicated to finding effective treatments that are specific to each clients needs and offers flexible appointments times.