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Nicole Kennedy

Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Board Certified, PMHNP-BC
MassachusettsNew Hampshire
Anxiety -Bipolar disorder- Depression-Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)-Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-Panic attacks / panic disorder-

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Professional statement

Insurance Covered Psychiatric Medication Management: Personalized, Compassionate, Evidence-Based, Empowering! Experience working at Harvard hospitals.

Greetings! I’m Nicole, and I would be honored to hear from you and care for you in your mental health journey. Send me a message and let me know your needs and how I can help you. Thanks!

→ Customized Compassionate Care: I individualize my medication treatment plans to your unique experiences, symptoms, narrative, needs, and goals.

→ Root Cause Approach: I delve deeper than surface symptoms, taking time to understand your history and diagnostic picture (ordering appropriate laboratory tests; optional genetic testing).

→ Scientific and Up To Date: Evidence-based and accurate advice and interventions. Committed to staying informed on the best practices in mental health care.

→ Whole Person Care: I take a holistic approach, including considering possible variables that may contribute to optimizing your mental health (psychological, social, interpersonal, existential/spiritual).

→ Medications in Context: We will work on your overall wellness journey (psychology, other medical issues, your self-care, lifestyle, nutrition, etc.)

→ Empowerment, Not Pessimism: I assist you to regain a sense of agency, hope, and untapped potential.

→Empathic and Supportive: I create a warm environment where you feel safe expressing yourself.

If what I say resonates with you, please send me a message. I am looking forward to hearing from you and learning about how I can best help you. Thank you!


Message to clients

Accepting new patients for medication management. Insurance covered! Send me a message with your needs!

My approach is centered on personalization, dedication, compassion, and forging robust, trustworthy bonds with my patients. Together, we'll embark on a joint exploration of your worries, hopes, and treatment goals. Your narrative matters, and I will lend a keen ear while working closely to devise a treatment strategy that harmonizes with your clinical goals.

I have experience working at Harvard Medical School Hospitals, and years of clinical experience caring for my patients in trusting alliances.

Looking forward to hearing from you! Send me a message to let me know what I can help you with. thanks!


Work and Education

McLean Hospital, 2021 - Present
Cambridge Health Alliance – Behavioral Health, 2021 - 2022


Licensure

Massachusetts: RN2324861 - New Hampshire: 113161-23

Languages

Abkhazian, Afar, Afrikaans, Akan, Albanian, American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Aragonese, Armenian, Assamese, Avaric, Avestan, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bihari, Bislama, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Central Khmer, Chamorro, Chechen, Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja, Chinese, Church Slavic, Chuvash, Cornish, Corsican, Cree, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian, Dutch & Flemish, Dzongkha, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe, Faroese, Fijian, Finnish, French, Fulah, Gaelic, Galician, Ganda, Georgian, German, Greek, Guaraní, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Herero, Hindi, Hiri Motu, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ido, Igbo, Indonesian, Interlingua, Interlingue, Inuktitut, Inupiaq, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kalaallisut, Greenlandic, Kannada, Kanuri, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kikuyu & Gikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Kirghiz & Kyrgyz, Komi, Kongo, Korean, Kuanyama & Kwanyama, Kurdish, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Limburgan, Lingala, Lithuanian, Luba-Katanga, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Marshallese, Mongolian, Nauru, Navajo, Ndonga, Nepali, North Ndebele, Northern Sami, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan, Ojibwa, Oriya, Oromo, Ossetian, Pali, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian & Moldavian, Romansh, Rundi, Russian, Samoan, Sango, Sanskrit, Sardinian, Serbian, Shona, Sichuan Yi, Nuosu, Sindhi, Sinhala, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, South Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Tongan (Tonga Islands), Tsonga, Tswana, Turkish, Turkmen, Twi, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Venda, Vietnamese, Volapük, Walloon, Welsh, Western Frisian, Wolof, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zhuang, Chuang, Zulu, Cantonese, Mandarin, Farsi, Taiwanese, Cebuano

Specialties

Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)

Bipolar disorder - Developing coping and preventive strategies to stabilize extreme mood swings, including manic and depressive episodes; increasing effective strategies to regulate emotions and maintain a healthy daily routine

Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - Reducing unwanted intrusive thoughts and rituals by gradually building comfort and confidence facing difficult fears, thoughts, and emotions

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Healing painful experiences and memories from the past

Panic attacks / panic disorder - Brief, intense periods of overwhelming fear or anxiety




Clientele

  • Adults (24+)
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Young adults (18-24)

Locations & Hours


Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Aetna International
  • Aetna Student Health Insurance
  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
  • Berklee College of Music Student Health Insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA HMO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA PPO
  • Boston College Student Health Insurance (UnitedHealthcare)
  • Cigna
  • Evernorth
  • Harvard Pilgrim
  • Harvard Student Health Insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO)
  • Humana
  • Lesley University Student Health Insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO)
  • MIT Student and Affiliate Extended Insurance Plan (Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO)
  • Magellan Health
  • Mass General Brigham
  • Multiplan or PHCS
  • Northeastern University Student Health Insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO)
  • Optum
  • Oxford Health Plans
  • Tufts Health Plan (Commercial Plans, not via Mass Health or Navigator)
  • Tufts University Student Health Insurance
  • UMR
  • United Healthcare
  • United Healthcare Shared Services
  • United Healthcare Student Health Plan

Out-of-pocket fees

  • Individual sessions:$20 (30min)

Additional session information

Out-of-network billing options

This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:

  • Super billing
  • Direct billing
Payment options
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
Session frequency

Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.

  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Every other week
  • Every other month
  • As needed
Therapist's note

I take most insurances (but not Medicaid); send me a message to see if I am a good fit for your needs; looking forward to hearing from you, thanks!