Hello, my name is Uche and I am a family psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner! Do you have a desire to navigate through life with ease and achieve your goals and dreams? Do you struggle with your emotions and sometimes unable to keep your thoughts in check? Do you battle with low self-esteem; allowing fear, worry, anxiety, depression, or any form of mental illness and/or addiction hold you down? Are you in contemplation concerning your current medications, or deciding if medication is right for you at this time? You have come to the right place, as I can work with you to assess, diagnose and treat existing mental health stresses and challenges! I can also help you develop mental clarity, gain confidence, avoid distress and burnout and help you accomplish your desired goals and dreams! I work with adults of all ages to help stabilize their mental health and foster growth and independence. I empower children, adolescents and young adults to know, love and accept themselves; bringing out their best self and maximizing their potential. I also provide individuals and families with tools needed to deal with and support loved ones facing any mental health distress. I utilize medications, therapies and other self-care strategies in nursing your whole person; spirit, soul and body back to life and optimal health. I would love to work with you to discover your hidden gifts and gems that would enable you become your best self and live your very best life!
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Introductions, engagement and rapport building (including history-taking), asking questions and clarification of information, and developing a trust relationship.
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I have worked as a Board Certified Family Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for 15+ years, but I have been a psychiatric registered nurse for over 25 years. I have worked with individuals and families across the lifespan from pediatric to geriatric, however I have a passion to see adolescents and young adults heal, grow and become their very best selves. I work to create a greater awareness and access to mental health treatment, as well as incorporating spiritual and physical health for the total wellbeing experience. I deal with a range of mental health disorders, while focusing on depressive, anxiety and mood disorders.
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Motivational Interviewing
I have been using motivational interviewing to help individuals and families understand who they are, the strengths they have, and elicit positive behavioral changes in their lives. This technique helps one gain insight into their mental state, explore ambivalence, identify obstacles to change and develop tools to become better at reaching and achieving their life goals.
Faith based therapy
I utilize faith based therapy to help individuals and families come to terms with the spiritual aspects of themselves in order to help fill deep voids and heal trauma. This is turn enhances the development of tools , techniques and practices that foster the repair of broken foundations which create a pathway for psychological and mental healing. This leads to the positive connection of spirit, soul and body.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a form of talk therapy to help my patients manage and deal with problems they are faced with, by challenging and changing the way they think and behave. I help you to gain insight into the reoccurring patterns of your dominant thoughts whilst opening up your world of possibilities to explore and embrace healthier methods of recreating thought patterns to produce more favorable outcomes.