Tara Payne

Tara Payne is the owner and founder of Payne Influential Mental Health. She is a board-certified

Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner (PMHNP). She obtained her Master of Science in

Nursing from the University of South Alabama. Tara has been a Registered Nurse for almost 20

years in which she has been devoted to helping and treating patients with a variety of conditions.

She has specialized in critical care, mental health, and several other acute care specialties. Tara is a Perinatal Mental Health provider through PSI (Postpartum Support International) as well as a Trauma Certified provider. Tara has learned how vital mental health is when it comes to treating a patient as a “whole” person. This has driven her passion to help serve the mental health community and those in need of mental health management.

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At Payne Influential Mental Health, our goal is to build strong, trusting therapeutic relationships

that empower patients to actively participate in their mental health management and develop

healthy coping strategies that provides long-term mental health stability and resilience. We

also aim to reduce the stigma associated with mental health, enhance access to mental health

services, and deliver compassionate care that is founded on clinical excellence. Mental health management impacts people in many different ways. No individual session will be the same as another. We recognize these differences and are prepared to work at a level and pace that is comfortable for you.

“Our goal is to create compassionate relationships within a trusting environment that encourages expression of needs, concerns, and fears to promote positive mental health management”