• The Integrative Mental Wellness & ReLeaf Clinic

    Herbal psychiatric care for every phase of the reproductive journey - from first menstrual cycles to postpartum, perimenopause, and beyond.

  • The Integrative Mental Wellness & ReLeaf Clinic is a holistic mental health practice for women, offering herbal medicine prescribing, culinary medicine, and culinary art therapy - with the full prescriptive authority to add or transition to conventional psychiatric medication whenever your healing needs it.

    You deserve care that starts with the earth and never leaves your side.

    A Different Kind of Mental Health Care

    You've tried the conventional route. Maybe it helped. Maybe it didn't. Maybe you left every appointment feeling like your symptoms were heard, but you weren't.

    Or maybe you've been curious about herbal medicine but nervous about giving up the safety net of a clincian who can prescribe medication if you need it.

    What if you didn't have to choose?

    At The Integrative Mental Wellness & ReLeaf Clinic, I combine my training as a Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and a Board-Certified Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse to offer something rare: rigorous psychiatric care that leads with botanical medicine, culinary healing, and creative therapy backed by the full authority to prescribe pharmaceutical medication when your care calls for it.

    I lead with plants. I lead with food. I lead with presence and deep listening.

    And I carry the prescription pad so you never have to be referred out, start over with a new clincian, or choose between holistic and conventional care.

    Your treatment plan might be entirely herbal. It might be a blend of botanicals and medication. It might start with pharmaceuticals and transition to herbs over time. Whatever your path, it stays in one trusted pair of hands - mine.

  • Our Services

     

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    Herbal

    Psychiatric Care

    You'll receive a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation. The same thorough diagnostic process you'd experience in any top psychiatric practice, followed by an individualized herbal treatment plan designed specifically for your mind, your body, and your life stage. Every botanical recommendation is evidence-informed, customized, carefully dosed, and closely monitored.

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    Integrated Medication Management

    Because I'm a fully licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner, I can prescribe conventional psychiatric medication whenever it's clinically needed as a complement to herbal medicine, as a bridge during transitions, or as a standalone treatment. You'll never be sent elsewhere for a prescription. Your complete psychiatric care stays under one roof.

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    Culinary Medicine

    Food is medicine, and your kitchen is your pharmacy. Through one-on-one culinary medicine consultations, we'll explore how what you eat directly shapes how you feel and build a personalized, sustainable, delicious plan to feed your mental health from the inside out.

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    Culinary Art Therapy

    Healing doesn't only happen in a therapy chair. In our therapeutic cooking sessions, women come together to cook, create, and connect. Our signature 12-week "Nourish" group program uses cooking as vehicles for emotional processing, self-discovery, and community.

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    This Practice Was Built for You If...

    Services are delivered through secure virtual care in GA, MD, DC, FL, NV, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    • You're a woman struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, PMDD, perimenopausal mood changes, postpartum mood disorders, or chronic stress
    • You want a mental health provider who understands both psychiatry and plant medicine
    • You've been curious about herbal alternatives but want a clinician who can also prescribe medication if needed so you never fall through the cracks
    • You're currently on psychiatric medication and want to explore herbal alternatives with a provider who can safely guide the transition
    • You want the flexibility of a treatment plan that can move between botanical and pharmaceutical approaches as your needs change
    • You believe that how you nourish yourself matters as much as what's on your treatment plan
    • You're craving community, creativity, and a deeper connection to your healing
    • You're done feeling like a diagnosis and ready to feel like a whole person

  • Why This Practice Is Different

    Most holistic practitioners can't prescribe medication.
    Most psychiatric prescribers don't know the first thing about herbal medicine.
    I'm both.

    That means:
    - If herbs are enough, beautiful. We go deep with plants, food, and healing.
    - If you need medication, I prescribe it myself. No referral. No waiting. No starting over.
    -If you want both, I create an integrated plan and monitor everything together, screening for interactions and optimizing both modalities.
    -If you want to discontinue medication, I guide the taper while building your botanical foundation, so you're never left without support.

    This is truly integrative care. Not either/or, but the full spectrum, in one trusted relationship.

  • Meet Your Nurse Practitioner



    I'm a Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Board-Certified Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse. I built this practice because I believe women deserve mental health care that honors the wisdom of the body, the power of plants, and the medicine of the table.

    Joanne Patterson, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC, APHN-BC

  • You Are In The Right Place

    Whether you're coming in with a bottle of supplements and a thousand questions, a medication list you want to reconsider, or simply a feeling that there has to be a better way, you belong here.

    The first step is a consultation. A real conversation about who you are, what you're carrying, and what nourishment looks like for you.
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