CARATIVE PSYCHIATRY
CARATIVE PSYCHIATRY
CHILD ADOLESCENT & ADULT MENTAL HEALTH
Our Philosophy
Welcome to Carative Psychiatry! Our mission is to enhance wellness and motivate self-improvement by strengthening minds. We offer high-quality health care for patients seeking a trustworthy long-term psychiatric provider who can provide medication management and supportive counseling.
Carative Psychiatry providers will work closely with other professionals to provide the most comprehensive care for our clients and families. In addition, we collaborate with specialists in your area to support your total health and wellness.
At Carative Psychiatry, we desire to provide health services to our clients that focus on improving their mental health but also educating and preventing future issues. Carative Psychiatry is a Nurse practitioner-owned psychiatric practice that uses evidenced based practice to improve the quality of life of their clients.
The providers at Carative Psychiatry provide care to their patients using medical and mental healthcare models to treat the individual holistically. We are passionate about serving the community and helping others achieve their goals by using the Carative theory factors. Carative factors include being empathetic, instilling faith and hope, cultivating sensitivity to one’s self and others, developing trusting and caring relationships, promoting and accepting your feelings, working toward problem-solving, teaching and promoting self-care, providing a stable spiritual and physical environment for healing, and recognizing and accepting spiritual beliefs while incorporating all disciplines of care. By using these core values, we can help you as our client achieve the best results for your mental health.
MEET OUR PROVIDERS
Ashley Cyronak
MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP--BC
Licensed in: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Washington, South Carolina
Ashley Cyronak is a board-certified Family Nurse practitioner and Psychiatric Nurse practitioner who is dedicated, compassionate, and diligent and takes pride in serving children, adolescents, and adults with their mental health needs. Ms. Cyronak graduated with Honors with her master’s in nursing at Frontier Nursing University and has a certificate from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in psychiatry. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of Charleston. Ashley is originally from Charleston, South Carolina. However, due to having many interests, she has traveled all over the world and has even worked in Australia.
Patients see her for a variety of reasons, including pediatric consultations, postpartum depression, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, ADHD, alcoholism and addiction. Ms. Cyronak treats a range of conditions, and she is eager to help the wider community receive the care they deserve. She is dedicated to helping patients receive the treatment they need so they can enjoy a positive and fulfilling lifestyle. She has a passion to help patients achieve their goals and feel their best.
Founder, Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Jamie Miskell
MA, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Licensed in: Arizona, California, Colorado
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Jamie Miskell is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She earned her Master of Science degree from the University of Louisville and is credentialed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She also possesses a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hartford. She is committed to empathic and lasting relationships with her clients. Her goal is to aid each individual as they pursue wholeness and freedom from the weight of emotional distress.
She works with those seeking help for anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and addiction.
Her background also includes achievement in traumatic brain injury, neuropsychological evaluation, and counsel for families impacted by a traumatic brain injury. Her history of inpatient care has consult psychiatry, acute care psychiatry, dementia, and delirium. In addition, Jamie specializes in TBI and neurocognitive disorders.
Ms. Miskell is a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and the American Nurses Association.
Tara N. Valenzuela
DNP, PMHNP-BC
Licensed in: California, Iowa, Alaska, Hawaii
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Dr. Tara Valenzuela DNP, PMHNP-BC., is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She treats mental health across the lifespan. Her treatments are healing-centered, education-forward, and person-focused. This involves customized strategies that may begin with therapy and medication and can apply holistic planning, including nutrition and activity, to treat the whole person. She aligns with the idea that Nursing is the facilitation of healing and works to provide intervention, education, and advocacy. Dr. Tara Valenzuela believes psychiatric treatment allows a life worth living to be lived. In the unprecedented year of 2020, she achieved a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus. Her quality improvement project improved outcomes for people with depression in a community health clinic through care integration. She uses her work to help practices transform how they deliver healthcare and teaches the art and science of nursing in academia. She also helps with healing for survivors of trauma and PTSD. The treatment of addiction, anxiety, panic attacks, mood disorders, phobias, OCD, and ADHD is within her wheelhouse. All ages, all issues welcome.
Casandra Moyer
DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C,
PNP-BC
Licensed in: Oregon
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Casandra graduated with a doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of San Diego. She is certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB), and Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
She works with children from 5 to 6 years old, adolescents, and older adults (senior) with autism, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use problems, and more. She provides medication management, health promotion, supportive therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness and meditation education, basic principles, and information. She also has basic training in EMDR therapy, so she can provide guidance information for clients considering this. In addition, she can provide medication management and supportive therapy for clients with eating disorders.
Stephanie Weingard
MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Licensed in: Florida, Arizona, Massachusetts
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Stephanie L. Weingard graduated from Florida International University on July 31, 2018, achieving a post-master certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She completed her ANCC board examination on November 1, 2018, and received her licensure from the state of Florida on December 4, 2018. She is currently Autonomously Licensed and has obtained both her DEA & X-Waivers.
Mrs. Weingard enjoys working with a diverse patient population and is certified to work across the lifespan. Her goals as a Psychiatric Advance Practice Registered Nurse are to increase access to mental health treatment, build therapeutic relationships with patients, work collaboratively with a Multidisciplinary team, and foster a healing environment for her clientele.
Mrs. Weingard has worked as a board-certified psychiatric registered nurse in inpatient, outpatient, and intensive outpatient settings over the past eight years. She is also a United States Air Force Reservist and works providing mental health care to both active duty and reserve members. In 2012 she was awarded the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Excellence in Nursing award for care improvement strategies implemented in the intensive psychiatric inpatient unit where she worked. In 2016 she was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal for her exemplary service providing mental health care & again in 2020 for excellence in culturally competent care provision. She is also the recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal for her contributions to mental health programs within the Air Force Reserve.
Dr. Hopkins (she/her) received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from The University of Alabama in 2013. Dr. Hopkins holds two Masters degrees in nursing from Troy University (conferred in 2007) and The University of Alabama at Birmingham (conferred in 2017). She is dually board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Dr. Hopkins is considered a subject matter expert in the field of psychiatric/mental health NP education. During Dr. Hopkins’ many years of clinical experience she has worked in a variety of clinical settings as a nurse practitioner to include mental health/psychiatry, emergency medicine, internal medicine, family practice, women’s health, pediatrics, and geriatrics.
Dr. Hopkins’ professional interests include treating mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders in adults. She has an extensive history of treating substance use disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Hopkins loves working with clients, their family, and other mental health provider to improve the mental health and outcomes of her clients. She often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and supportive therapy techniques when evaluating and treating mental health issues.
Dr. Hopkins’ hobbies include spending time with her family, reading, and traveling. She has a passion for helping others and enjoys participating in community and civic activities, volunteering to help the less fortunate, and serving those in need.
Crystal Hopkins
DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC
Licensed in: Washington, California, Minnesota, Delaware, and Oklahoma
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Kyle Chen
PMHNP-BC
Licensed in: California
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Kyle Chen is a Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. He received his degree from California State University – Los Angeles and is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). He has over 6 years of nursing experience in a variety of settings including inpatient and outpatient facilities. His clinical interests include, but are not limited to, the following: attention deficit disorder (Hyperactive/Inattentive), depressive disorders, anxiety/panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, eating disorders, bipolar disorder. His goal is to create a collaborative relationship with you to understand your unique story and provide individualized treatments through evidence-based practice.
His approach to treatment is holistic, highly collaborative, and heavily influenced by patient education and involvement. He believes that there are multiple factors that impact an individual’s mental health. These factors include a person’s biology, psychology, and environment. As you explore these aspects during your meetings, you both will develop a collaborative treatment plan tailored to your mental health needs. Kyle highly encourages a combination approach that includes medication management with him and therapy with a psychologist or therapist. We look forward to partnering up with you to help achieve your mental health goals!
Kristi Muncie
MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Licensed in: Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Delaware, Washington
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Kristi Muncie is board-certified as a family nurse practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and also board-certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Kristi is compassionate, empathic and kind. She has dedicated decades of her life to helping others. She obtained her bachelor's degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 1996 and then obtained both her master's degree and post-master's degree from the University of Cincinnati.
Kristi works with patients across the lifespan and is currently licensed in four states. She welcomes clients seeking help for a wide variety of psychiatric mental health conditions including but not limited to; anxiety, depression, mood disorders, ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorders, addictions and insomnia.
Kristi feels that mental health is vital to overall well-being and she is dedicated to helping her patients because she believes everyone deserves to live their best lives possible.
Jaspreet Takhar
MSN, AGPCNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Licensed in: California
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Jaspreet Takhar is a board certified Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with several years of experience. Jaspreet attended the University of California Los Angeles for both a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Masters of Science in Nursing. She holds a post master’s certification in psychiatry from Regis College.
Throughout her career, Jaspreet has demonstrated a compassionate and patient-centered approach to care. She believes in creating a safe and supportive environment where patients can openly discuss their concerns and work collaboratively with her to achieve their goals. Jaspreet approaches mental in a way that considers the overall wellbeing of the individual including nutrition, active stressors, activity, and self-care.
Jaspreet works with adult patients of all backgrounds, specializing in the treatment of individuals with attention deficit disorder, insomnia, depression disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders and mood disorders. She is well-versed in psychopharmacology and uses evidence-based practice to develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.
Pai Yeh (Art)
PMHNP-BC
Licensed in: Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Nevada
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Art Yeh (pronounced "yay!") is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC). He has worked as a provider in a wide array of settings in different states. Art has done psychiatric consulting and specializes in many disorders including depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorders, and psychosis. He has worked telehealth treating clients across the lifespan. Art treats children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients. Art has made himself a dynamic behavioral health provider by providing inpatient behavioral health services to adolescents, adults, and geriatric in 4 different states.
Art graduated from the California State University, Long Beach School of Nursing with honors. Part of his leisure time is spent completing continuing medical education credits on a daily basis to provide his clients with the latest information in regards to psychopharmacology.
Jennique (Jenn) Simplice
MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Licensed in: California
Board Certified
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Jenn Simplice is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with a master’s degree from Charles R. Drew University. Jenn has a wide array of experience in various settings, particularly critical care and psychiatry. Jenn is a dedicated and compassionate provider who makes the safety and wellbeing of her patient a top priority, she serves patients of all age populations including adolescents, adults, and the geriatric community. Jenn received her bachelors on the East Coast from New Jersey City University and is originally from the Bronx, New York. Jenn migrated to the West Coast as a travel RN where she completed her masters and currently continues to reside in southern CA.
Ms. Simplice specializes in mood disorders, ADHD, depression, post-partum depression, PTSD, anxiety, schizophrenia and more. She provides medication management and supportive therapy. Jenn believes in patient focused care and combines both the holistic approach with western medicine to achieve optimal mental health for her clients. Jenn enjoys working with a diverse patient population and her goal is to build therapeutic patient/provider relationships and create a healing environment for her clients.
Ericka Hofmeyer
PhD, LMFT, Psychotherapy
Licensed in: California, Florida, Michigan, Delaware
Board Certified Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Dr. Ericka Hofmeyer is a psychotherapist licensed in CA, FL, DE and MI. She received her MA in psychology from Antioch University in Los Angeles and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Pacific Graduate Institute. She trained with psychoanalysts, provided psychological testing and assessments, developed behavioral health training modules, established programming for young adults with neurodivergence, and completed her dissertation with Women In Long Term Recovery From Alcoholism.
Dr. Ericka served in positions throughout Southern California as a behavioral health clinical director and supervisor, establishing inclusive treatment teams built on mutual trust and a clear vision. She created program content, curriculum guidelines, and policy writing for a prestigious California-based women’s trauma center.
In her therapeutic work, Dr. Hofmeyer is an EMDR trained, Jungian informed, holistic psychotherapist with experience in dream analysis, mindfulness, anxiety and depression, addiction, sleep issues, neurodivergence, and trauma. She studies intergenerational family patterns and identifies links to patients’ current behaviors. She utilizes practical resources from cognitive and behavioral treatments including: DBT, CBT and ACT as well as exposure and response prevention (ERP) treatment for obsessive/compulsive aspects. Dr. Ericka works with patients of all ages and orientations.
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