With over a decade of experience as a Board Certified Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, my approach is individualized, targeted, compassionate, and caring. I pride myself in getting to know the people I care for and giving them the quality treatment they deserve. We will work together to find the best treatment for the symptoms you are experiencing to ease any suffering or discomfort you are having so you can live a life that is what you want it to be. Psychiatric assessments, medication management, developmental testing and evaluations, as well as collaboration with individual therapists, are some of the services I provide. You don’t need to suffer any longer. I’m here to help.

As a practitioner, I believe that each individual has the potential and ability to achieve their vision of health and wellness. The foundation of my practice is connection, safety, and flexibility – all designed to meet people where they are. I utilize psychotherapy, medications, and holistic treatment to align with people and help provide structure, support, and hope.

Together, we will set goals, build resiliency, and assess patterns and barriers to achieving those goals. I work with each person to determine what well-being looks like in the context of their life and goals. I have worked with a broad range of people but specialize in working with individuals struggling with Bipolar, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, and Substance Use. I also work with individuals coping with grief, trauma, and relational issues.

My nursing experience involved working with chronic mental illness and substance use disorders in community and inpatient mental health settings. I received my Masters degree in nursing from New York University as a psychiatric nurse practitioner with a subspecialty treating substance use disorders. During my training, I treated the severely persistently mentally-ill with co-occurring disorders, and also trained in private practices.

My treatment approach is one that is humanistic, meeting a person where they are at and being non-judgemental. I believe in helping a person identify the upstream core of what is causing the harmful ripple effects throughout their lives. Then helping them heal at the core while also cope in more healthy ways with the damaging downstream effects. I specialize in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and addictions through the use of alternative therapies and is a registered Suboxone provider.

Dr. Arden is a doctorally prepared psychiatric nurse practitioner who has been at the forefront of modernizing mental healthcare for over 18 years. Dr. Arden received her doctorate from Rush University where she studied translational research, translating scientific evidence into clinical settings with the goal of innovating care to improve outcomes. She completed her graduate studies at New York University where she received the distinguished student award in the specialization of substance use and addictions. She also taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs at NYU.

Dr. Arden is the Lead Clinician at Mindbloom, the country’s largest ketamine therapy provider, where she has supported more than 700 people through healing with ketamine therapy. She is an author of Mindbloom’s landmark clinical study and plays a vital role in developing their clinical protocols.

In my 20 years of working in general and addiction psychiatry, my path has been one of discovering the value in helping individuals learn how to heal themselves. I work with people from a shared decision-making model. Authenticity and non-judgment drive my practice. I don’t believe that all people need medications, but some people can certainly benefit from them.

My clients can expect to take away some tools for growth, but most importantly a feeling of non-judgment. I firmly believe that people change at different paces and there is no “right” or “wrong” road to that change. I see treatment as holistic and believe that wellness encompasses the spiritual, physical, and mental realms of existence – and I believe that wellness and illness are culturally-informed.

Dr. Knapp has several publications and has presented at more than 15 regional, national, and international conferences on topics pertaining to primary mental health and substance use treatment. Dr. Knapp was formerly the Director of the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Substance Use Sequence Programs at New York University. Additionally, she was part of the team at UCSF that developed one of the first NP residency programs in the country. She contributed in research at NYU Langone and New York University, with a focus on helping early learners become interested in substance use research. She also received grant funding from NY State to help clinicians learn about progressive ways to treat women with substance use disorders. She has a specialty in treating professionals with substance use disorders. She is also a registered Suboxone provider.