Emily Epstein

I am a certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with six years of experience as an advanced-practice nurse and prior experience as a direct support professional and acute psychiatric nurse. I take an integrative, trauma-informed, person-centered approach to psychiatry. I believe that helping people achieve optimal mental health requires much more than just psychiatric medications to reduce symptoms. It also requires holding compassionate space, addressing root-cause and other associated factors, focusing on what’s meaningful, and empowering people to actively engage in their mental health recovery. I value relationships above all else, and I believe they are key to successful mental health recovery. I live with my husband Kyle, our toddler Elsie, and our Australian Cattle Dog “Alo” in Durango, Colorado, where I enjoy playing in the mountains. I feel so lucky to call Durango home.