Nobody teaches you what happens after you’re licensed.
Clinical education and consulting for NPs, PAs, physicians, residents, and therapists navigating mental health practice without the roadmap their training never gave them.
Clinical training prepares providers to diagnose and prescribe. It rarely prepares them for the parts of practice that determine whether they survive in the field. — Priscilla Garrett, DNP, PMHNP-BC — Founder
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If you work with patients who have mental health needs, this is for you.
You don’t have to be a psychiatrist — or new to practice — to belong here. Any clinician navigating psychiatric care without enough support is in the right place.
NPs, PMHNPs, PAs, physicians, and residents managing psychiatric patients — whether a full caseload or a growing portion of a primary care panel — without the backup or confidence to do it the way they want to.
New graduates and providers in roles bigger than their training covered. The gap between what school taught and what practice demands is real — and it is closeable.
LCSWs, LMSWs, LLMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs, LCADACs, and psychologists who want to understand medications, recognize escalating cases, and collaborate with prescribers as a confident equal.
Clinicians managing psychiatric presentations in older adults — polypharmacy, dementia vs. depression vs. delirium, capacity assessment, and medication thresholds that are entirely different from general adult psychiatry.
Providers working with children and teens navigating ADHD, mood disorders, anxiety, and psychosis — where FDA approvals, black box warnings, school coordination, and family involvement change everything about how you work.
Providers in jails, prisons, and forensic units managing complex psychiatric presentations under constraints that no classroom prepared them for — malingering assessment, violence risk, medication compliance, and documentation that protects both patient and provider.
If you have ever thought “I should know this by now” or “I wish I had someone to call about this case” — you are in the right place. Your credential matters less than your situation.
I didn't come to this work with answers. I came with the right questions.
Long before I became a nurse, I understood mental health from the inside. As a young child watching my mother battle depression and my father carry the weight of military PTSD, and as someone who faced depression and undiagnosed ADHD myself, I always knew mental health had my heart. Not because I had all the answers, but because I had a perspective most providers never get. I knew this world from the inside out. The good, the bad, the ugly. And I have been driven to change the system ever since.
I spent most of my life feeling lost, or so I thought. I knew I wanted to help people. Children, families, the ones falling through the cracks. I became a registered nurse in 2016 and moved immediately into integrated care, because I saw firsthand the stigma mental health carries and what happens when physical and psychiatric needs go unaddressed together. I started teaching in 2018, became a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in 2021, and earned my Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2024. All while fighting battles no one around me knew about, let alone could comprehend. I was building a career and finding myself at the same time.
Along the way I found my footing. I learned not to settle in contracts, in patient care, in the rooms where decisions get made. I fought for patient-centered care without stigma. And somewhere in that process, something unexpected happened. Students started following me. Colleagues started asking for guidance. Supervisors asked me to mentor them. Not because I had all the answers, but because I was brave enough to ask questions, to admit what I didn’t know, and to center my patients and myself without apology.
The biggest inspiration was you.
Yes, you. The person who just completed a program and has no idea what comes next. The one who fears saying the wrong thing to a patient in crisis. The one sitting across from someone whose pain feels too big, too close, too unfamiliar. The clinician doubting whether they belong in the room at all.
Or you. The therapist who has ever felt less than because you don’t know the medications. The one who wants to advocate for your patient but doesn’t know how to start that conversation with the prescriber.
Or you. The medical student, the resident, the primary care provider watching your panel fill with patients who need psychiatric care right now. Patients who trust you. Patients who won’t go anywhere else. Stuck between knowing they need help and not yet feeling confident enough to give it.
Practical Provider Group was built for all of you. Built from everything I had to figure out the hard way, so you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Every offering we provide, in one place.
Self-paced courses, live workshops, and cohort programs — each built for a specific moment in a provider’s career.
From graduation to first day of practice. Boards application, ANCC vs. AANP decision, DEA registration, state licensure, credentialing, job search, and first offer evaluation.
Clinical fundamentals for new psychiatric providers. Risk assessment, documentation, psychopharmacology, limit-setting, and the professional foundations that protect a career.
For providers who have survived year one and are ready to grow — leadership, contract renegotiation, specialty advancement, and building a sustainable career in psychiatric practice.
Read, understand, and negotiate any psychiatric employment contract. Red flags, non-competes, productivity models, tail coverage, and how to counter without damaging the relationship.
Professional limit-setting for mental health providers. How to hold limits without burning relationships, document protective boundaries, and protect your license and longevity.
An eight-week live virtual cohort for providers in their first year of psychiatric practice. Real cases, real answers, a small group of peers going through the same thing at the same time.
The complete documentation toolkit for psychiatric providers. Psychiatric intake template, follow-up notes template, progress notes, treatment plan framework, CPT billing codes reference, screening battery (PHQ-9, GAD-7, C-SSRS, PCL-5, MDQ, AUDIT), and diagnosis outline series covering 10 conditions.
Direct consulting, built around you.
For providers and teams who want direct, personalized support beyond a course or cohort. Every engagement includes written guidance and a clear path forward.
Eight weeks of live virtual group education and peer support for providers in their first year of psychiatric practice. 8–12 providers per cohort. Real cases, real guidance.
Three months of direct bi-weekly consulting tailored to your practice, your goals, and the challenges you are navigating right now.
Six months of sustained consulting support for providers navigating a major career transition, advanced career development, or ongoing clinical challenges that need longer runway.
The same three-month consulting structure shared with 3–6 providers at a similar career stage. Peer accountability, shared learning, and a lower investment per person.
A private half or full day built entirely around your most pressing clinical, professional, or organizational need. Individuals, small teams, and clinical leadership groups.
When your providers need support, we scale with you.
Health systems, NP programs, telehealth companies, and community health organizations partner with Practical Provider Group to support their clinical staff at scale.
Institutional licenses for the New Grad Guide and Foundation Course for graduating cohorts. Optional live orientation session with Dr. Garrett. Completion tracking and invoice billing available.
Onboarding education for new PMHNP and NP hires, VIP Intensives for clinical leadership teams, and group consulting packages for providers new to psychiatric practice settings.
Provider education and consulting for telehealth platforms employing NPs and PAs in psychiatric roles. Custom curriculum development, live training, and ongoing provider support contracts.
Clinical education and consulting for community mental health centers and federally qualified health centers managing high-need populations with lean clinical teams.
Co-provision of continuing education content through ANCC-approved provider organizations. Bring our clinical education to your accredited CE platform and offer contact hours to your members.
Bespoke clinical education programs developed for your organization’s specific population, setting, and workforce needs. Scoped and priced per project.
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Course, cohort, intensive, or consulting — delivered on your schedule with full support throughout the engagement.
Written notes, resources, and a clear picture of what comes next in your practice — not just a certificate of completion.
The difference between finishing a course and finishing this one.
Most continuing education teaches you what you already mostly know. These programs are built around the gaps your training actually left.
Before you sign that contract, read this.
Ten red flags that appear in psychiatric employment contracts — and exactly what to ask for instead. Sent once, free, no obligation.
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