Psychiatry in Lansing, Michigan Melissa Black, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Melissa began work in behavioral health as a residential psych tech in 2005 while attending nursing school and teaching yoga. She specialized in psychiatric nursing for ten years in the acute psychiatric inpatient and partial hospitalization settings with both adults and older adults. She received her MSN in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in 2021 from Regis College in Massachusetts. She has a special interest in perinatal mental health, psychotherapeutic supportive eating disorder treatment, and treatments of anxiety disorders, OCD, ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, and thought disorders. Melissa brings a holistic approach to each person who seeks help and believes in partnering with all individuals seeking treatment to find the most helpful approach for them. She is enthusiastic about recovery-based treatment models, trauma-informed care, mindfulness approach and training, intuitive eating, and healthy at every size (HAES). She hopes to foster inclusion and acceptance for all community members within the behavioral health community and beyond. She is LQBTQIA+ allied and aims to always be a safe place for those seeking care.