Karin has been practicing professionally at a Nurse Practitioner for more than 20 years.
She earned her Bachelors Degree in Integrative Biology from the University of California Berkeley in 1992,
went on to get her Masters Degree in Nursing Case Management from San Francisco State University, then completed Post Masters graduate certification an Adult and Geriatric primary care Nurse Practitioner in 2001.
After working as an adult and geriatric medical NP for over 16 years she decided to specialize further in her true passion which is psychiatry. She returned to post graduate school for additional training as a PMHNP at the University of Cincinnati, and had been working full time as a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner since 2017.
She has extensive experience assisting diverse clients with complex medical and mental health conditions across all settings including acute inpatient hospital, outpatient psychiatry settings, and assisted living facilities and long term care settings.
Her background as a primary care medical NP allows her to evaluate her clients comprehensively by considering and addressing the physical as well as mental health issues that affect their overall health and well being.
Over the years she has developed a specific interest in helping clients with treatment resistant depression and anxiety explore and integrate alternative methods of treatment into their plan of care to complement the more traditional medication management approach to care. Specifically she is excited about positive outcomes that patients are seeing with ketamine therapy and TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) treatment.
In 2020 she completed additional training and obtained certification in the provision of IV ketamine therapy, and she is please to be able to offer you this service in our clinic.
We anticipate that TMS will also be available in our clinic by the end of 2022.
Our Staff Nurses:
Have experience in the health care field for over 20 years. They are dedicated to provide you with the best service and care so that your needs are met. They have a dynamic set of skills and can assists with client appointment scheduling, intakes and assessments. Our staff is composed of skilled clinicians certified to perform basic lab procedures, IV starts and EKGs. They can also assist you with paperwork, authorizations, troubleshooting superbills, insurance issues etc.
* As our clinic grows, we plan to expand to meet the need by hiring additional qualified staff to meet out evolving needs.
At MAPS we specialize in treatment resistant depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of TBI and neurodegenerative disorders. We also treat bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and adult ADHD.
We offer Ketamine therapy including infusions, IM injections and intranasal treatment for various MH disorders.
Our provider has completed additional specialized training and receive certification in the safe administration of ketamine therapy.
There is a huge body of research that supports the use of ketamine for mental health conditions. Check out our page on ketamine therapy, and links to research articles.
Our provider has specialized training and extensive experience in the treatment of late life MH disorders and neurocognitive disorders including Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, FTD, Lewy Body Dementia and Dementia of Parkinson's disease. She offers you specialized services tailored to you and your loved ones' needs.
See our list of services for more information.
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