Patryce Bak, PMHNP-BC is a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and certified holistic health coach. She received her psychiatric training at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and trained as a health coach at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She has specialized training to work with complex PTSD and trauma, utilizing Polyvagal Theory and Internal Family Systems, amongst other therapies. She has also gained much knowledge through her work as an artist, her journey as a cancer survivor and twenty years of yoga and spiritual exploration. Patryce’s approach to health and wellness is rooted in integrative and functional medicine principles. As a holistic minded psychiatric nurse practitioner, she considers the whole person when designing individualized treatment plans. Her practice is based on the philosophy that the body’s inherent ability to heal itself can be tapped into with this holistic approach to healing focused on supporting mind-body-spirit through herbal, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies. Patryce feel’s a strong calling to being of service to others, and a deep curiosity about consciousness, resilience and meaning-making. In working together, it’s her goal to support clients in healing and creating opportunities for sustained change.