Lavanya Kamineni, PMHNP - Psychiatric NP at Grow Therapy

Lavanya Kamineni

Lavanya Kamineni

(she/her)

PMHNP
10 years of experience
Virtual

I am dual-certified Family nurse practitioner and Psychiatric Mental health nurse practitioner with over 10 years of experience caring for patients in variety of clinical settings including primary care and internal medicine. For more than a year, I am taking care of patients with Depression, anxiety, mood disorders and ADHD thru Telepsychiatry. I earned Bachelors of science in nursing degree from Ramapo college, Master of science in family nurse practitioner from Rutgers University, Post-master’s certification in psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner from Wilkes university, Pennsylvania

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

In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then get into the specific challenges you're facing. At the end of the visit, We will have treatment plan. Patient's education will be part of each appointment.

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

As working wide age range of clients, I learned to be empathetic , compassionate and patience, helps us to evaluate clients and understand problems. I use my analytical and critical thinking skills to help in the process of treatment plan. My main goal is to identifying the problems and tailoring the treatment plan that can give good progress

Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.

I approach health from a holistic perspective, must include an awareness of body and mind as well as the emotional and internal personal lives we lead. My philosophy, as a provider, is to provide individualized care to patients by acknowledging their unique situations, educating patients and their families, providing unconditionally compassionate, high-quality care. My treatment approaches would include medication, life style changes and /or Therapy.

About Lavanya Kamineni

Identifies as

Specializes in

ADHDBipolar DisorderDepressionAnxietyPost Partum

Serves ages

Children (6 to 12)Teenagers (13 to 17)

Licensed in

Appointments

Virtual

My treatment methods

Motivational Interviewing

As PMHNP, I use motivation interview to engage patient and establish working relationship with patients, focusing on problems and goals of patient, involves patient’s own motivation to change and plan to find solutions, promote autonomy of decision making and continuing to elicit and strengthen change talk.

Integrative

As PMHNP, I will use holistic approach to treat psychiatric illnesses. I use conventional and complimentary treatment methods to help patient's psychiatric illnesses.