Southwest Counseling Service provides psychiatric services to adults and children that may benefit from therapy and medication. Our staff works with you to determine the effectiveness of treatment and to monitor possible side effects from medication.
Southwest Counseling Service’s Psychiatric Staff believes psychiatric medication, in combination with psychotherapy and feedback from you, is the ideal method of treating and managing mental illness. We monitor psychiatric medication closely to determine effectiveness and to monitor side effects. Southwest Counseling Service’s Psychiatric Staff follows best practice guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association and American Nurses Association.
Psychiatric services can help children, adolescents, and adults dealing with:
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor that can provide therapy but can also prescribe medication to patients suffering from mental disorders and focuses on managing medication with the individual for the best treatment.
An advanced practice registered nurse has a master’s degree that includes academic and clinical training in a particular area of medicine. Psychiatric nurse practitioners are eligible to prescribe medication and provide psychotherapy.
Our psychiatric services provide medication management to offer you the best possible treatment. Medication management is a collaborative effort between the provider and individual. Our psychiatrists and advanced practitioning registered nurse will monitor your medication, therapy, and feedback to provide you with the best treatment. All of our services focus on your needs and require your feedback. There are many different solutions and treatments and our staff works to meet your needs.
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Please contact our Ankeny location at (307) 352-6689 for any questions.
Our psychiatric team provides services in person and through our telepsychiatry (web-camera) system.
Mark Rindflesh, M.D., is a Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist licensed in Wyoming and Utah, who practices at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute and has a private practice. Dr. Rindflesh consults with Southwest Counseling Service and is scheduled to provide tele-psychiatry several days a week using Southwest Counseling’s tele psych web-camera system.
Kenyatta Merriweather, APRN, DNP, MSN, is ANCC certified and licensed by the Wyoming State Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with Prescriptive Authority. Ms. Merriweather is able to work independently in the State of Wyoming and provides tele-psychiatry services Monday through Thursday for Southwest Counseling Service.
Virginia (Jenny) Brock, APRN, MSN, is ANCC certified and licensed by the Wyoming State Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with Prescriptive Authority. Ms. Brock is able to work independently in the State of Wyoming and provides tele-psychiatry services Tuesday through Thursday for Southwest Counseling Service.
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