Be Brave, Be Bold,
Be Courageous
Compassionate integrative holistic psychiatric care that embraces the resilience of the human spirit for those struggling with life’s most difficult challenges.
Have you been faced with overwhelming challenges leaving you feeling drained emotionally, burned-out, fatigued, stressed, saddened, anxious, hopeless and depressed?
I specialize in supporting individuals who are navigating complex emotional experiences, major life transitions, chronic illness, trauma, anxiety, depression and burnout. I believe mental health care should honor the whole person, mind, body, and spirit-not just symptoms.
Please know that you are not alone and help is available. I would be honored to walk with you to awaken your internal flame of strength, hope, resilience, and courage.
Specialized Services
Explore our range of services designed to help you move forward with confidence, wherever you're headed next.
Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
During our first session, we will meet for 75 minutes virtually via telehealth where we develop a nurturing/trusting patient-practitioner relationship. We accomplish this partnership by getting to know you as a unique person, by prioritizing what is most important to you, not just your “symptoms”. We will conduct a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and offer treatment options based upon your unique needs and together, choose the best options for you. I specialize in
Depression, Anxiety & Sadness
Trauma, PTSD, & Painful Memories
Surviving Cancer & living with chronic illnesses
Grief & loss
Mood Swings
Obsessive thoughts & Compulsive behaviors
ADHD
Self-Esteem Issues
Insomnia
LGBTQIA+
Follow Up
Appointments
After our initial visit, we meet again to discuss about how you have been doing since we last met. We talk about the treatment recommendations that are working well and those that we may need to adjust. This may include prescribed psychiatric medications, lab work/results, genetic testing, psychotherapy such as CBT, DBT, supportive therapy, and client-centered therapy with complementary holistic interventions such as nutritional supplementation.
These visits are time based depending on your unique needs giving you a choice of services including 30 minute sessions, 45 minute sessions and 60 minute sessions that are more focused in nature to allow for a combination of medication management strategies, holistic interventions, and/or psychotherapy.
Every treatment plan is different and the frequency of visits typically range from weekly sessions to every 2-3 months depending upon your individual goals & needs.
Integrative Holistic Care
Integrative holistic psychiatry includes traditional psychiatric treatments such as medication management and psychotherapy combined with complementary interventions.
We review lifestyle factors—such as stress management, coping mechanisms, exercise, nutrition, life transitions, hormonal fluctuations, past trauma & grief, and sleeping patterns, all of which can deeply impact your mental, emotional and physical well being.
Together, we will explore evidence-based complementary approaches, including meditation, yoga, forest bathing, exercise, and make recommendations for nutritional supplements. Together, we make individualized treatment plans based on your goals.
By implementing lifestyle changes into your daily life, we are able to work together to create a healthier you that will enhance your overall well-being, strength, resilience, and capacity to thrive. Let’s begin the journey together.
Shawn Gates MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
About
I’m Shawn, a Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner based in the Hudson Valley, New York, serving across New York State.
I know with absolute certainty that life can change in an instant. As a cancer survivor, I deeply understand how overwhelming, frightening, and isolating life’s most difficult challenges feel.
My mission is to provide integrative holistic psychiatric care that embraces the resilience of the human spirit for those struggling with life’s most difficult challenges.
Awaken your internal flame of hope, strength, resilience and courage.
How Appointments Work
Experience the highest standard of compassionate personalized care.
I am committed to supporting your journey towards emotional healing, recovery, personal growth and development.
OUR PROCESS
Establishing Care at Brave Heart NP In Psychiatry
Beginning a journey to improve your mental health is a courageous step. You are not alone and I am here to empower you to embark on that journey. I would be honored to walk beside you. This is what to expect when you begin care with me.
Initial Contact/ Complementary Call
I will reach out to you to set up an initial complementary 15 minute phone call to share detailed information about my practice, including fee structure. This gives you a chance to see if my approach resonates with you and your goals to determine if we are a good “fit”.
Comprehensive Evaluation
Next, we will schedule a 75-minute comprehensive psychiatric evaluation appointment. Prior to meeting, you will receive forms to complete. Please fill these out thoroughly, as they provide invaluable information regarding your unique history and goals. This allows us to develop treatment strategies which will include the option of medication management and/or integrative holistic interventions. This is how we understand the relationship between the body, mind, and spirit.
Creating Your Treatment Plan
I look forward toward collaborating with you to establish a personalized treatment plan.
Together, we will choose the options that are most aligned with your goals and may include:
medication management options
labs
genetic testing
psychotherapy
(Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/ Dialectical Behavioral Therapy/Buddhist Psychology/Supportive Therapy/Client Centered Therapy/Humanistic Therapy/Insight-Oriented Therapy)
meditation
nervous system support
mind body-work
nutrition
lifestyle coaching.
Ongoing Support
Next, we discuss options on how to move forward to support your healing journey & goals. My small private practice offers greater attention to details than most larger practices.
My patients love that I am available for communication between appointments to address any question and/or concerns that may arise.
All calls and emails will receive a prompt response generally within 1-3 business days.
I look forward to walking beside you as you begin your journey towards a happier, stronger more fulfilling and purposeful life.
Professional Associations/Memberships
“Life is not measured in the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away”.