Are you struggling or not enjoying things you used to, or having a hard time sleeping? Stressors can build up and become overwhelming and sometimes you just need help to get back on track. Welcome to a practice built on safety, respect, and deep inclusivity. As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, I am privileged to partner with individuals from all cultural backgrounds, races and sexual orientations. Your lived experience is vital to your healing. Together, we will create a psychiatric care plan that honors exactly who you are. In practice, I order lab work and provide thorough education on mental health diagnoses and medication management, so you always understand your own care. I offer in-person and telehealth appointments to clients across Minnesota, and every visit can be fully telehealth if that works better for you. I have always enjoyed science and especially neuroscience. I’m fascinated by how the brain works. Also, mental health and being a Registered Nurse runs in my family. My mother, two of my aunts and my grandmother were registered nurses. My uncle was a psychiatrist. I had a passion for my psychiatric clinical experiences in nursing school, so when I graduated with my Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1995, I knew immediately that psychiatric nursing was my path. While working my first few years out of college I began a Master’s program to become a Family Nurse Practitioner but life happened. I spent the next several years raising my children, always knowing I’d return to finish what I started. Once my kids had grown up I went back to graduate school and completed my Master’s Degree as a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and achieved my lifelong dream. After years of practicing in a wide variety of settings, I decided to open my own private practice. I wanted more one-on-one time with clients and the independence to practice mental health care the way I believe it should work: unhurried, personal, and centered on real relationships.