Dr. Rebekah Hellier

With over 24 years of clinical experience, I have cared for patients across the life-span presenting with various co-morbidities. Over the past 3 years I have provided care to patients in Private Practice Psychiatry. Previously, I spent 20 years of my career working at Tampa General Hospital caring for patients in the acute care setting: specializing in surgical services; post- and antepartum patient care; and medical and surgical direct patient care. I obtained both my Doctor of Nursing Practice and Master of Science in Nursing with honors from the University of Alabama, being inducted into both the Omega Nu Lambda Honor Society and the Golden Key International Honor Society. Before that I earned my Bachelor of Science in nursing from Grand Canyon University. I am a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner licensed through the Florida Board of Nursing and board certified through the American Nursing Credentialing Center. My psychiatric mental health clinical training consisted of private practice psychiatry; child, adolescent, and young adult patient populations; and Veteran’s Affairs, serving the geropsychiatric patient population at the James A. Haley VA in Tampa, Florida.

With a passion for overcoming the stigma surrounding mental illness, I aim to afford compassion, implement change, and ultimately reach optimal outcomes in the field of psychiatric mental health.

I find inspiration in the film Life Itself: “Life brings you to your knees. It brings you lower than you think you can go, but if you stand back up and move forward, if you go just a little farther, you will always find love”.

Life can be hard sometimes; then it can be good. I have learned, there really is hope and healing. Sometimes maybe you just need someone to talk to, sometimes you may need medication, and then there are times you need both.

With a commitment to excellence and a belief in not only conventional medicine but also holistic approaches to well-being, acceptance, and healing you can expect to find understanding, professionalism, solutions, and enrichment.