Ashley L.

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About Ashley L.

Skilled and compassionate MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC with uniquely diverse experience providing psychiatric, substance use, and trauma-informed nursing care in clinical outpatient and inpatient settings, as well as residential settings as an advocate/non-profit manager. Proficient in patient and family education regarding the management of acute and chronic mental health conditions. Self-directed professional with superior problem-solving, communication, and management skills. Successful in prioritizing tasks and organizing projects to improve the quality of patient care. Strong rapport-building skills with patients from diverse demographics, with a specialization in complex biopsychosocial needs including homelessness and substance use disorders. Uses a person-centered, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and integrative approach, utilizing strategies from CBT, DBT, interpersonal therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused brief therapy.