IJ Mbadugha
IJ Mbadugha
(she/her)
I am a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. My interest in helping the medically underserved arose decades before COVID-19. However, the pandemic was a large catalyst for her focus shift to the mentally disadvantaged population. My goal is to equitably provide and maintain a high quality of care as the premier community resource. Ensuring compassionate, empathetic, powerful, and competent mental health services is at the forefront of her priorities. I am culturally diverse and believe in health equity. I strive to mitigate the stigma associated with mental illness by advocating for our patients. My mental health services are delivered with care, compassion, respect, autonomy, and integrity. I utilize practices spanning psychotherapy, medication management, counseling, and other evidence-based methods to ensure the highest possible quality of mental health delivery and care
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
"I believe that our patients and families deserve the best in healthcare delivery. My purpose is to help eliminate the stigma and barriers to mental healthcare and provide the highest quality and compassionate care based on individualized needs, utilizing evidence-based practices. To support our patients at all stages of their recovery, allowing them to live their best lives."
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
Offer effective psychotherapy where patients will learn to identify and challenge harmful thoughts, replacing them with more realistic, healthy perspectives. My job as a practitioner is to be the calming center during therapy, incorporating medication management when necessary. Monitoring the patient's progress, celebrating success, and full recovery. I believe that our patients and families deserve the best in mental healthcare delivery. My purpose is to help eliminate the stigma and barriers to mental healthcare and to support patients at all stages of their recovery, allowing them to live their best lives.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
Do you think you have symptoms of ADHD? Do you need answers? I got you! I am accepting new patients for ADHD Neuropsychological testing. For Depressive, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorders: Are you anxious? Have mood swings? Have you been feeling sad, tearful, empty, helpless, hopeless, or worthless? Fixed on past failures or self-blame? Lack of interest or pleasure in most or all normal activities? We got you! I also offer great medication management and psychotherapy tools available to help you get your life back. I accept patients 6 and older.
About IJ Mbadugha
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VirtualMy treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Educating the patient on how to reframe distorted thoughts with positive thinking through mindfulness. I am culturally diverse and believe in health equity. I strive to mitigate the stigma associated with mental illness by advocating for our patients. My mental health services are delivered with care, compassion, respect, autonomy, and integrity. I utilize practices spanning psychotherapy, medication management, counseling, and other evidence-based methods to ensure the highest possible quality of mental health delivery and care