Steven Elrod

I am a down-to-earth, supportive, nonjudgmental, and open-minded NP who works exclusively with adult clients as a Board Certified Psychiatric NP. I began my work in psychiatric care as a registered nurse treating patients in various hospital settings who were experiencing a mental health crisis. For a more rewarding 1-on-1 approach, I returned to grad school and earned a Masters, and chose to become certified as a Psychiatric NP. I am honored and fortunate to have the opportunity to guide adults with depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, Bipolar, Panic, and other ailments from a place of love and respect and based on an ever growing national library of peer reviewed scientific literature and medical treatment guidelines.

I view our alliance as a treatment team, involving the client in as much of the decision making process as possible depending on their comfort level.

The first session is always about getting to know each other, bonding, building bilateral trust, and becoming comfortable with each other. Much of the first session (or two sometimes) also involves a simple yet comprehensive data gathering, assessment of the data, and possibly the formulation of diagnosis(es) depending on the patient's symptoms or lack thereof. Then a mutually agreed upon treatment plan based on the latest scientific consensus will be molded with the intention of assisting the client in an improvement of symptoms to a tolerable state.