Dr. Deanna Palacios
Personal Statement:
Dr. Deanna Palacios, DNP APRN PMHNP-BC, is a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner licensed in Pennsylvania and our office’s Psychiatry Director. She has been a psychiatric nurse for over 14 years; she received her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008, her Master’s degree in Nursing in 2013; and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice in 2022 from Drexel University, Philadelphia. She is board certified as an Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Dr. Palacios has clinical experience working with the chronically mentally ill population, the addiction population and with clients who have mood and anxiety disorders. Her training has been eclectic, but includes training in medical (psychopharmacologic) treatment, individual, cognitive and group psychotherapy, and substance abuse recovery. She has provided services in all levels of psychiatric care including outpatient, intensive outpatient (IOP), partial hospitalization (PHP) and inpatient hospital care.
She is accepting new patients ages 13 and above and she is bilingual in Spanish.
Dr. Deanna Palacios, DNP APRN PMHNP-BC es una enfermera practicante en psiquiátrica y salud mental con licencia en Pennsylvania y tambien es la Directora psiquiátrica de la oficina. Ha sido enfermera psiquiátrica por más de 14 años. Recibió su licenciatura en enfermeria de la Universidad de Texas en Austin en el 2008, su titulo de maestria en enfermeria en el 2013, y su titulo de doctoria en el 2022 de la Universidad de Drexel, Philadelphia. Recibió su certificación como una enfermera profesional en salud mental psiquiátrico de adultos en julio del 2013.
Dr. Palacios tiene experiencia clinica con la población de enfermos mentales crónicos, población de adicción y clientes con desórdenes de estado de ánimo y ansiedad. Su experiencia ha sido ecléctica, pero incluye capacitación en el tratamiento médico (psicofarmacológico), individual, psicoterapia cognitiva y de grupo, y recuperación de abuso de sustancias. Ella ha trabajado en servicios en todos niveles de la atención psiquiátrica incluyendo hospitalización y hospitalización ambulatoria.
Ella está aceptando nuevos pacientes de 13 años y mayores, y es bilingue en Espanol.
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"Your office staff and your treatment team's flexibility and kindness have been one of the reasons I've continued to seek care at your office. It's very impressive that you are able to provide a community mental health service in a way that people with and without insurance can afford. I am very lucky to find that level of care at a business that accepts insurance."
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