Licensed Nurse Practitioner

Melissa Phelan, PMHNP-BC

Melissa Phelan, PMHNP-BC, has worked in the medical field for nine years. The primary focus of her practice is medication management. Melissa enjoys working with all ages, genders, and mental health conditions but is passionate about working with adolescents. As a part of her medication management sessions, she employs brief psychotherapy, utilizing a neurodiversity-affirming strengths-based approach and executive skill training.

Melissa has received additional training to become a Certified ADHD Professional, and had over nine months of one-on-one training with Tatiana Pritchard PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC. As a trained psychiatric nurse practitioner, Melissa uses an evidence-based approach to provide psycho-pharmacological medications, education on psychiatric disorders and therapeutic interventions and recommendations.

Melissa’s goal is to establish long time rapport with patients and their families. She believes it is important to have an open, collaborative relationship with her clients to ensure they feel heard and are active participants in their mental health care.

Melissa recieved her Masters in Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Degree from Gonzaga University, WA and is a licensed PMHNP in WA state. Melissa will be accepting adult and pediatric patients starting September 2024. Being a native to the Pacific Northwest, Melissa enjoys spending time outdoors during the spring and summer months, and traveling with her family.

therapist

Robert Geiger
LMHC, CADC III, SUDP

Robert has 38 years of experience working with mental health and addiction-related issues and has enjoyed working with a wide range of clients. When interacting with patients, Robert highly values kindness, compassion, respect, and awareness, as well as being present, understanding, and genuine. In his own words, Robert states, “I have always felt like it is a gift to have others share their lives with me.”

His therapeutic approaches are guided by sound clinical research. He primarily uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Neural Therapy, also called neurofeedback. Neurofeedback has been shown to be an effective, non-invasive, non-medication treatment approach for many conditions, including ADHD, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and chronic sleep disorders. He has done years of training and supervision under top experts in these fields to develop this craft. He sees adults (18+).

Through the years, he has worked with a variety of patient concerns, although depression, anxiety, ADHD, and addiction have been the most common. He prides himself in providing a safe and supportive environment where patients can grow and make the changes they have always wanted to enrich their lives. Robert is not currently accepting new patients.

Robert received his education at Western Washington University and Multnomah University. Robert enjoys outdoor activities, working with weights , training in the marshal arts and eastern philosophy. He also has a long time meditation practice.