Sarah Franklin
I am a Psychiatric nurse practitioner who specializes in eating disorders, personality disorders, and chronic suicidal ideation. I enjoy working across the lifespan with individuals of all ages using patient centered care. I have experience helping those who also have physical conditions navigate the complexity of mental health.
As a specialist I have completed hours of continuous education in personality disorders and eating disorders in order to better serve this population.
And as a part of the LGBTQ+ community I do my best to provide compassionate and gender affirming care to others in the community who have not found it. I believe each person is the expert of their own experience.
First session
The first session is 60-75 minutes. During this time I will complete a full psychiatric assessment, gathering information on your current and past psychiatric symptoms, as well as medical, social, and developments history. Afterwards we will work together to create a treatment plan. This could mean therapy, medication, or both.
Strengths
Having lived experience with mental illness, I went into the profession wanting to give my patients the care the care that took me so long to find. I never want anyone to feel rushed or misunderstood when seeing me. I want my patients to feel free to ask questions and get the answers they need. I have worked in a variety of settings and have experience treating a wide range of diagnosis from anxiety disorders to psychotic disorders.
Ideal clients
I am a Psychiatric nurse practitioner who specializes in eating disorders, personality disorders, and chronic suicidal ideation. I enjoy working across the lifespan with individuals of all ages using patient centered care. I have experience helping those who also have physical conditions navigate the complexity of mental health. And as a part of the LGBTQ+ community I do my best to provide compassionate and gender affirming care to others in the community who have not found it elsewhere.
Treatment methods
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Combined with medication management, DBT therapy focuses on learning new skills such as mindfulness, emotional regulation, and radical accetance to aid in past trauma current negative coping skills, and distorted thinking.
Gender-affirming therapy
Transgender and non-binary patients are educated on what medications affect hormone levels to prevent unnecessary complaints in care.
Motivational Interviewing
MI helps each individual decide their own goals based on previous experience.
Location
Virtual sessions