Tyler Higaki

When anxiety won't let up, focus keeps slipping no matter what you try, or you're just not living the life you imagined, something needs to change. I'm Tyler, a psychiatric nurse practitioner with degrees from the US Air Force Academy, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, and UC Anschutz. My background is as much about diverse lived experience as it is clinical training. I take time to get to know you beyond your symptoms, and I believe the strongest path forward starts with good rapport, honest conversation, and a plan that fits your actual life.

My approach starts with one belief: mental health is health. Psychiatry does not exist apart from the rest of your body and life, so I connect what is happening in the room with what is happening in the real world. Sessions are practical and plain-English, no jargon. I draw on psychodynamic understanding to make sense of patterns, and solution-focused tools to move through them. When medication is part of the picture, we discuss it together and only use it when it genuinely helps. You drive the plan.

Our first session starts with your story: what brought you here, what you have already tried, and what you most want to change. listen more than I speak at first, and by the end you will have a clearer picture of where to start. Follow-up sessions build from