Integrative Psychiatric Care for Women

Root-cause care, rooted in the nervous system

Elvine Mind & Body blends evidence-based psychiatric care with hormone-informed, nervous-system-centered support — for women who want to understand what's actually driving their mental health, not just manage the symptoms.

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Our Philosophy

At Elvine Mind & Body, we provide compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric care that treats the whole person — mind, body, and nervous system. Because we believe healing starts with rest, we prioritize restoring sleep as the foundation of care. Whether you're navigating a hormonal transition or simply want a provider who looks past the symptom to find the root cause, you are welcome here.

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About

I'm a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner with over two decades of nursing experience, including nearly a decade in geriatric and home-based care.

That background taught me something conventional psychiatry often misses: mental health symptoms rarely happen in isolation. They're connected to sleep, hormones, inflammation, and the nervous system as a whole. Elvine Mind & Body was built on that understanding.

I combine psychiatric prescribing expertise with functional and integrative approaches — including hormone-informed care, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), and nervous system regulation strategies — to help women get to the why behind what they're feeling, not just the what.

Rest is not a reward you earn after you've done enough. It's a baseline requirement for a regulated nervous system — and a foundational part of how I practice.

What We Treat

Root-cause psychiatric care for women

With close attention to sleep, hormones, and the nervous system.

Sleep & Insomnia Our Specialty

Chronic Insomnia: Structured, evidence-based insomnia treatment (CBT-I) that retrains your body and brain to sleep again, without relying on sleeping pills.
Hormone-Related Sleep Disruption: Care for night sweats, 3 a.m. waking, and the restless nights that often come with perimenopause, pregnancy, and postpartum.
Stress & Nervous System Overload: Gentle tools to quiet a racing mind at night and help your body feel safe enough to rest.

Hormonal Transitions & Women's Mental Health

Perimenopause & Menopause: Root-cause care for the mood swings, anxiety, brain fog, and irritability that hormones can bring, with lab work to see the full picture.
PMS & PMDD: Relief for mood symptoms that rise and fall with your cycle.
Postpartum Depression & Anxiety: Compassionate support in the months after birth.
Infertility & Pregnancy Loss: Care for the grief, anxiety, and exhaustion that can come with trying to conceive or with loss.

Mood & Anxiety

Anxiety & Panic: Calming the nervous system so you can feel steady during the day and rest at night. (To protect your long-term sleep and brain health, we do not prescribe long-term daily benzodiazepines.)
Depression: Evidence-based medication and therapy, with attention to hormones, thyroid, nutrition, and sleep.
Trauma & PTSD: Trauma-informed care that moves at your pace.

ADHD Non-Stimulant Care

Adult ADHD Evaluation: A thorough assessment of focus, memory, and follow-through, including how sleep, anxiety, and hormones may be playing a role. Many women first notice ADHD symptoms, or see them worsen, during perimenopause.
Non-Stimulant Treatment: Medication options such as atomoxetine (Strattera), viloxazine (Qelbree), guanfacine ER, and bupropion, alongside sleep, nutrition, and nervous system support.
Protecting Your Sleep: Non-stimulant options avoid the late-day stimulation and crashes that can disrupt rest.

Note: ADHD evaluations include validated screening tools and a detailed history. In some cases, we may recommend formal neuropsychological testing with a licensed psychologist to confirm the diagnosis.

Integrated Psychotherapy

Therapy that works alongside your medical care, at a pace that feels right for you. Together we build practical skills to quiet a busy mind, move through hard seasons, and rest more deeply.

CBT-I + ACT for Sleep: We pair insomnia-focused CBT with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), so you learn not only new sleep habits but also how to stop fighting with the anxious thoughts that keep you awake. Less struggle at night often means better sleep.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Tools to make room for difficult feelings, loosen the grip of worry, and live by what matters most to you, even during hormonal and life transitions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Structured, skills-based support for anxiety, depression, and negative thought patterns.

Integrative Adjunct Therapies

Gentle, evidence-informed practices that support your treatment and help your nervous system find its way back to calm.

Mindfulness: Simple, guided practices to settle a racing mind, ease stress, and bring you back into the present, during the day and at bedtime.
Nervous System Regulation: Breathwork and body-based (somatic) techniques to help your body shift out of fight-or-flight and into rest.
Lifestyle & Root-Cause Support: Guidance on nutrition, movement, light exposure, and daily rhythms that support mood, hormones, and sleep.

What We Don't Provide

We do not prescribe stimulant medications (such as Adderall, Vyvanse, or Ritalin). If stimulant treatment is the best fit for you, we're happy to refer you to a trusted provider.

Approach

How we work together

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Comprehensive intake

We look at your full picture: symptoms, hormonal history, sleep, stress load, and life context.

Root-cause conversation

Medication is one tool, not the only one. We talk through what's actually driving what you're experiencing.

Personalized plan

A combination of psychiatric care, hormone-informed guidance, and nervous-system strategies for your stage of life.

Ongoing partnership

We adjust as your body and life change — this is a relationship, not a single appointment.