Diana Manjarres, PMHNP-BC

Diana Manjarres is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner authenticated by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). She worked as a critical care nurse for many years. She noticed how patients with histories of mental illness (from anxiety, depression, to schizophrenia) were easily dismissed in hospital settings. She found herself being an advocate for this patient population. She hopes to help her patients take a pause and just breathe again. She says “Sometimes, we go through life surviving and I hope that, through my services, I can help people start living – truly living for themselves.”

Her core values of service, holism, and compassionate care have definitely shaped her approach to medicine. She believes that no one knows their body as well as they do. Because of that, her approach to medicine is open and combines patient communication and feedback along with her clinical expertise to determine the best treatment plan. She wants clients to know that they will be seen, truly seen for who they are, and heard. She says “Medication is only 30% of the solution. Medicine will not take all your feelings away (we are not making zombies here). Medication just allows you not to drown in your feelings or symptoms. The rest comes from my patient’s gaining insight into themselves.”