Dr. Donald is a Board-Certified Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and an ADD/ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider. Dr. Donald has extensive experience working in a wide range of practice settings, including private practice, community mental health, correctional services, and addiction medicine. Dr. Donald's clinical experiences have equipped her with the needed skillset to provide holistic, quality, individualized, evidence-based care. Her overarching goal is to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with her clients to achieve and sustain overall mental and physical wellness to become their BEST selves. I strongly believe the mind and body are interrelated, and therefore, must work together in harmony. I look forward to working with you and together, finding your desired level of optimum health both mentally and physically. Through therapy and prescriptive measures, it can be obtained as well as maintained. Together, our goal will be for you to achieve a level of increased satisfaction with life that manifests itself daily. I look forward to your future visit and the opportunity to serve you.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In our first session you can expect setting collaborative treatment goals. The discussion of the experiences and expectations and barriers to previous treatment of the client.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

My biggest strengths are excellent communication skills to manage a wide range of relationships with colleagues, and patients and their families, emotional resilience, a calm temperament and the ability to work well under pressure. I work collaboratively with others, foster teams and can lead multidisciplinary teams. problem-solving and diagnostic skills.

About Dr. Carnika Donald, DNP, MSN, APRN, FPMHNP-BC, ADHD-CCSP, LNC