Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Joan Gibson is a board certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist with 20+ years of psychiatric experience. She provided outpatient psychiatric care at a hospital based clinic for 19 years. She has experience treating a broad range of psychiatric disorders, including ADHD, Major Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and PTSD. She enjoys listening to her patients, assessing their individual needs and developing comprehensive treatment plans to address their psychiatric needs.
She is well versed on psychiatric medications to treat various psychiatric disorders and continues to seek out education on various pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to treat mental illness. She enjoys researching and collaborating with other health care providers. The most rewarding part of her job is seeing patients who feel and function better and are able to experience more happiness in their everyday lives.
In her free time Joan enjoys walking, cooking, traveling, family and volunteering within her local community.
