About

About Firelight Psychiatry

Purpose

We are put here on this earth for a purpose, many purposes actually.

It's a privilege and an honor that people entrust me with their brains, their struggles, their deep deep's and their victories!! I'm grateful every day that I get to be a light, a nurse, part of another human's journey, I do my best to never take that lightly.

Because I'm imperfect and I'm part an industry that largely utilizes big pharma cheese and insurance, I don't always get it right, but it will never be intentional or for lack of honest effort.

Approach

"If you don't treat people like numbers, they don't act like numbers" - a smart person

I refuse to agree with the idea that people cannot be courteous and considerate of my time. That has not been my experience with my patients and I've had to hang my own banner to prove this. This is how Firelight Psychiatry opened its doors, by refusing to go along with the idea that most people lacked basic respect and consideration and instead required a "firewall" between a provider and patient. I try to foster an accessible relationship with every patient, especially at the beginning of our therapeutic relationship. I've found that the key to our mutual success is to take that extra time to understand what is going on, what is important to you, and what is conceivable, then we figure out what to do about it.

"It's a lot easier to eat an elephant one bite at a time" - my excavator

I do my best to be very considerate of my patient's time and my patients are very considerate of my time, and for that I'm grateful.

Commitment

My Commitment

- A limited number of patients on my books. This allows me to treat people like people, to dedicate the time and energy that each patient requires to meet their goals and address their individual needs and provide responses in a timely manner.

-A relationship - you know you better than anyone. I need you to fill me in so I can be more effective. I want to know when things change, when they are different, worse, when they are better! I want to know when you have overcome some major thing not only so I can celebrate with you but your victories help me to help others. Taking time to learn how you have triumphed in life helps me to help others... why I believe we hare put here, for each other.

-The best software, billing managers, and portal system available to me to streamline all of the "necessary evil" tasks relating to the business aspect of our relationship. I'm hoping this will allow you more of an opportunity to participate in the entire treatment process. I disagree with the provider being the "all knowing" and the patient being left in the dark, nope, not here.

About Julie, PMHNP-BC

How I Got Here

Hello!! I'm Julie, that's my girl Danni.

I'm from Colorado, worked as an RN for 16yrs in Colorado and work as a Psych NP in Colorado today. I live in Southwest Virginia, near the Appalachian trail, turns out that the environment, weather, and climate are major factors in the quality of my inner light!

=People go into psychiatry and psychology fields to figure out what is wrong with themselves or those closest to them, I'm no exception.... along this journey I learned that I have a passion and a heart for those that are struggling, those that love those that are struggling, those that have been dealt a crap set of cards, those that have made some bad choices, those that find themselves trying to set themselves on an acceptable path that is beneficial to themselves and their families and loved ones, maybe for the first time, maybe the 5th. Most people can't get this done alone, most people didn't get into the spot alone.

=I've learned some things over the last few years. In order to stay fresh, keep my inner light burning and my passion for people consistent, I had to make the decision to hang my own banner, make my own policies, rules and decisions. I don't need a thousand patients, If I see a certain number of people a day, a week I can pay my bills, feed my dogs, horses, keep my chickens laying eggs and my inner light shines like the lightning bugs outside my window here in the spring months!! Then I'm useful to my family, my community, my patients and myself.