Jessica Whelan's Credentials

Biography

As a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, I believe that psychiatry deserves a multidisciplinary approach to care. I believe in integrating combined knowledge using medical, nursing, holistic, and naturopathic approaches to care. I also pride myself in working with my patients and involving them in the care process to achieve wellness. Patient education is also one of my focuses in my treatment services. I provide more services than the typical medicine management only approach to care. I believe in a "Caring and Curing" approach. I am currently working with Dr. Franco Sicuro, but also trained with Dr. Jordan Balter, Dr. Eve Dreyfus, Dr. Alison Mims, Dr. Hugh Starks, and Dr. Raminder Brar. I enjoy working with many types of clients from all ages. I typically do not like to medicate under 5 years of age except in special circumstances. After working with Dr. Jordan Balter I learned with working with the LGBTQ community. I also have knowledge working with neuropsychiatry patients. My practice includes a multidisciplinary team. We integrate psychiatric services, medical services, laboratory services, and focus on other areas such as sleep medicine. We also are expanding to include Intensive Outpatient Programming and Partial Hospitalization Programming.

Languages

• English

Education

• University of Missouri Columbia (Grad. 2013)

Other Specialties

• Psychiatrist
• Nurse Practitioner

Areas of Expertise

• Depersonalization-derealization disorder
• Depression (Major Depressive Disorder)
• Postpartum depression
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation
• Narcissistic personality disorder
• Schizoaffective disorder
• Anxiety
• Bipolar disorder
• Vascular dementia
• Female sexual dysfunction
• Erectile dysfunction
• Narcolepsy
• Mental illness
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Schizoid personality disorder
• Traumatic brain injury
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Borderline personality disorder
• Childhood schizophrenia
• Drug addiction
• Social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
• Separation anxiety
• Psychotherapy
• Frontotemporal dementia
• Multiple sclerosis
• Low sex drive in women
• Nicotine dependence
• Personality disorders
• Dissociative disorders
• Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
• Antisocial personality disorder
• Compulsive sexual behavior
• Alzheimer's disease
• Atypical depression
• Sleep apnea
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Generalized anxiety disorder
• Teen depression
• Schizophrenia

Awards & Recognitions

• Stubblefield Clinical Excellence Award in Psychiatry 2009