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Psychiatry in Crofton, Maryland Tamela Pratt, Nurse Practitioner

Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)

Ages Served: 15-75+

Appointments: In-office and Online

Manages Medications: Yes

Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Tamela Pratt, Nurse Practitioner

Tamela Pratt, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC

Specializes In:

ADHD
Attention & focus
First responder stress
Military & veteran
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Tamela Pratt helps patients regain stability, clarity, and confidence through thoughtful psychiatric medication management as a prescriber at LifeStance Health serving patients across Maryland. She provides evidence-based care for teens, adults, and older adults navigating complex mental health concerns, working collaboratively with patients and, when appropriate, their families to create treatment plans that support both symptom relief and long-term wellbeing. She specializes in medication management for ADHD, anxiety disorders, and bipolar disorder, with experience supporting adolescents and teens as well as adults and seniors. Tamela treats teens ages 11 to 17, young adults, adults, and older adults, adjusting care to meet developmental, medical, and lifestyle considerations at each stage of life. Her clinical approach emphasizes careful assessment, ongoing monitoring, and clear communication so patients feel informed and supported throughout treatment. She also works with select populations including military members and veterans, LGBTQ+ individuals, and individuals with autism spectrum disorders, and offers additional areas of clinical focus. In her practice, Tamela incorporates mindfulness-informed strategies alongside medication management and provides medical procedure evaluations when indicated. She values a balanced, compassionate approach that considers both mental and physical health. Outside of clinical work, Tamela enjoys reading, dancing, spending time with family and friends, and finding meaningful ways to help others, interests that reinforce her warm, patient-centered style of care.

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Psychiatry/Medication Management

Treat and prevent mental health disorders using medication and therapy.

  • ADHD
  • Attention & focus
  • First responder stress
  • Military & veteran
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Ability status
  • Aging
  • Alcohol use
  • Anger issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Autism: generally independent
  • Autism: requires some assistance
  • Autism: requires substantial support
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body image
  • Brain/head injuries (TBI)
  • Bullying or harassment
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Caregiving
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Conditions caused by stress
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
  • Early adulthood: Starting college or career
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • End-of-life challenges
  • Ethnic identity
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Gambling
  • Gender identity
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Hair pulling & skin picking
  • Hallucinations
  • Hoarding
  • Immigration/cultural status
  • Intellectual challenges: generally independent
  • Intellectual challenges: requires some assistance
  • Intellectual challenges: requires substantial support
  • Intense mood changes
  • LGBTQ+
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Men's health/issues
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other addictive behaviors
  • Other neurological conditions
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
  • Personality disorders
  • Phobias
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Pornography/sexual behaviors
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Psychosis/issues with reality
  • Racial identity
  • Religion & spirituality
  • Retirement
  • Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social injustice
  • Social skills & communication
  • Stress from ongoing health issues
  • Stress management
  • Stroke-related conditions
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unhealthy eating habits
  • Unusual thoughts or beliefs
  • Video game/internet

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

FAQs

Please call us at 443-795-4300 to schedule an appointment with Tamela Pratt.

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