Heidi Linn, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC

Heidi Linn is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providing care to individuals throughout their lifespan, including children, adolescents, and adults. She completed her doctorate of nursing practice at Rush University and has provided care in the outpatient mental health sector. As a nurse first, Heidi values exploring the lifestyle impacts of nutrition, exercise, rest, and play on one's mental health and utilizing medications and other mental health treatments when necessary to influence change. She deeply believes in the therapeutic process to guide treatment and relies on input from patients to direct treatment plans. She provides psychiatric care for a variety of mental health conditions. Support We Provide - Providing In-Person and Telehealth Psychiatric Evaluation and Medication Management Psychiatric Evaluation:Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations involve multiple components, including exploring psychosocial factors, life history, substance use …patterns and medical history. We will explore problems with memory, thought processes and behaviors.Screening tools can be used to help establish diagnosis along with input from family and friends who know you well. The goal is to understand how thinking, behavior and emotions are impacting your ability to work, function in your community and within your family or social circle. Medication Management:While medication management is not always necessary to manage mental health, it is a tool available. As licensed providers we use a conservative approach, using the least amount of medication necessary. Exploring how exercise, nutrition and other aspects of wellness are important when considering the use of psychotropic medications which we include in our ongoing evaluation. Psychotherapy:Our providers use a combination of techniques, often in conjunction with medication management, to explore themes impacting individuals. We incorporate concepts of mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance commitment therapy, and trauma informed theory into our practice. We will predominantly offer individual therapy in conjunction with medication management, though may offer individual therapy alone on a case by case basis. Group therapy will be offered periodically for PTSD, Cognitive Processing Therapy and Emotional Freedom Therapy.