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Francine Buckner, ARNP, PhD

Counseling, psychotherapy, and medication management

Welcome

Thank you for taking the time to visit this site. My focus is on working with people from all backgrounds to help them navigate whatever challenges they face with the clarity and resilience they need to flourish despite difficulty.

Collaboration

I see our sessions as collaborative endeavors, with the client and myself working as a team toward achieving their individual and relationship goals.

Medication

Medication for mental health issues can be an important part of healing, but it is only one piece of a multifaceted solution. My goal is to prescribe medications judiciously- only when needed, and only as long as they are needed for.

Mind & Body

The mind and body are deeply integrated. I seek to work with the client to address the issues they face from this holistic perspective, treating both as a single unity.

About

I am both a Family Nurse Practitioner, (FNP) and a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, (PMHNP). This means that I have a Master's of Science degree (MS) and a Masters of Science in Nursing degree (MSN) in both family practice, which includes mental health issues in its scope of practice, and in mental health care specifically, giving me further training and specific expertise in this field. In 2023 l also revived a research PhD in Nursing with a dissertation concerning how to provide ethical clinical care. Because my professional experience bridges primary care and mental health this helps me bring the mind and the body together as we work through the issues brought to the therapy sessions.

We can also provide psychotherapy services, like a psychologist, psychiatrist, or counselor, and also bring the client-centered nursing perspective to this part of the process as well. We strive to meet the client "where they are at," we do not assume we know more about the client's situation than they do, and we believe that the client is doing the best they can with the tools they have at have at hand.

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Francine Buckner, ARNP, PhD

For appointments, contact Heidi at
francinebucknertherapy@gmail.com