My name is Dr. Christy Abumere. I have over 30 years of experience working as a health care practitioner. I am a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP), a Family Nurse Practitioner ( FNP), and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), with a vast experience in psychiatric nursing. I have served in many roles i.e., Assistant Director of Nursing, Nurse Consultant, as well as a Medical Director in an outpatient mental health clinic. My specialty is medication management with supportive therapy. I specialized in working and treating individuals suffering from both acute and chronic mental health health disorders, like Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, OCD, etc, I am also a certified Medication-Assisted Treatment- Buprenorphine, Certification in the Treatment of ADHD, and Medical Marijuana Certifications.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Getting to know one another. encourage openness. Going over what the client wants to accomplish. Clarifying goals and expectations. Providing Assurance. Collaborative approach Active listening. Assuring that Mental Illness is not a taboo. Together we can do this.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
As always, my patients’ health, welfare, and safety are my utmost concerns. I utilize a holistic approach to individual health issues, and offer sessions that promote nonjudgmentally, increase self-expression, active listening, and medication management. My goal is to help patients grow from their struggles, heal from their pain, and move forward to where they want to be in life.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I specialized in working and treating individuals suffering from both acute and chronic mental health disorders, like Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder OCD, etc,
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy ( CBT) is a psyco-social intervention that focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. It is used to improve emotional regulation and create a suite of coping strategies to solve a problematic issues. It helps individual to alter their ways of thinking, feeling, and behavior which create significant factors in our experiences both positively and negatively. Cognitive-behavioral therapy aims to change our thought patterns, our conscious and unconscious beliefs, our attitudes, and, ultimately, our behavior, in order to help us face difficulties and achieve our goals.