Comprehensive. Collaborative. Caring.
Diane Johnston, APRN, PMHNP is a Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her approach to mental health treatment is holistic, taking into consideration anything that impacts the patient’s mental health. She is uniquely qualified to evaluate and diagnose mental health issues, prescribe medications, and provide psychotherapy. She collaborates with other mental health professionals who refer patients to her for her expertise in psychopharmacology. She also work with family practice and internal medicine physicians as well as integrative medicine professionals.
A Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Can:
- Provide both psychotherapy and psychiatric care
- Provide individual and family counseling for all ages, including cognitive behavioral therapy, EMDR, and other mental health therapeutic modalities
- Practice mind/body medicine (relaxation, meditation, and mindfulness)
- Conduct full patient mental health evaluations
- Diagnose specific mental health conditions
- Prescribe medications
- Make medical referrals
- Create a care plan
- Collaborate with other mental health practitioners