Welcome to Canyon Haven Psychiatry. We strive to attend to your mental healthcare needs and the mental healthcare needs of your entire family. Supportive therapy may be provided during your visit as needed, while other therapy needs may be referred out.
Our goal is to provide high-quality, evidence-based and compassionate care at an affordable cost. No walk-ins, but same-day appointments may be available. We are now accepting insurance. Schedule your appointment today, and a member of our staff will contact you within 48 hours to confirm your visit.
We believe treatment should feel like a collaborative partnership, grounded in warmth, respect, and clinical excellence.
You are a person, not a diagnosis. We meet you exactly where you are with genuine empathy.
Creating a sanctuary where you can explore your most vulnerable thoughts without judgment.
Combining warmth with proven clinical methods to facilitate real, lasting change.
Finding calm when your mind feels like a storm. We will work together to help you regain control and find peace.
Learn more →When the color drains from the world, we are here to sit with you in the dark until the light returns.
Learn more →Healing the invisible wounds of the past so you can safely inhabit your present and look toward the future.
Learn more →Helping you understand intrusive thoughts and build practical, evidence-based strategies for greater freedom.
Learn more →Respectful, steady support focused on safety, understanding, symptom management, and meaningful recovery.
Learn more →Personalized support for attention, organization, impulsivity, restlessness, and daily functioning.
Learn more →We believe financial barriers should not stand in the way of your mental health. We work with major insurance providers and offer transparent self-pay options.
Canyon Haven Psychiatry was founded on a simple belief: healing happens in relationship. We built this practice to be the warm, grounded space we felt was missing in mental healthcare.
We believe that you are the expert on your own life. Our role is not to “fix” you, because you are not broken. Our role is to walk alongside you, offering clinical expertise, deep empathy, and a safe container for your exploration.
Every interaction begins with warmth and deep respect for your humanity.
We look at the whole picture—mind, body, relationships, and environment.
As a Board Certified Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, I am dedicated to creating a therapeutic environment where patients feel safe, heard, and respected.
With over 20 years of healthcare experience across critical care, case management, pain management, and inpatient psychiatry, I combine clinical excellence with strong leadership skills supported by my Master's degrees in both Nursing and Business Administration.
I provide compassionate, holistic care to children, adolescents, and adults, ensuring that patients have the time they need to feel supported without being rushed.
My practice integrates evidence-based treatments specializing in:
Evidence-based psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and adults. Every evaluation starts with listening.
Select “View core symptoms and treatment” on any condition to read the detailed information.
Anxiety Disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterized by excessive fear, worry, or nervousness that is persistent and difficult to control. While anxiety is a normal response to stress, anxiety disorders involve intense and prolonged symptoms that interfere with daily life. These disorders can affect thoughts, emotions, physical health, and behavior, often creating a cycle of worry and avoidance.
A person with an anxiety disorder may experience persistent and uncontrollable worry, feel “on edge” or constantly alert, have irrational fears about everyday situations, and expect the worst even without a clear reason.
Anxiety often includes strong physical reactions, such as:
To cope with anxiety, a person may:
Anxiety disorders are highly treatable with proper care. Treatment includes medication and therapy.
Depression, also known as Major Depressive Disorder, is a common but serious mental health condition that affects how a person feels, thinks, and behaves. It goes beyond normal sadness and can persist for weeks or months, interfering with daily functioning and overall quality of life. Depression can impact emotional, physical, and cognitive wellbeing, making even simple tasks feel overwhelming.
Depression is treatable, and many people recover with the right support. Treatment includes medication and therapy.
PTSD is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. These events may involve danger, violence, serious injury, or emotional shock. While it is normal to feel distressed after trauma, PTSD occurs when symptoms persist, intensify, or interfere with daily functioning over time.
PTSD symptoms are generally grouped into four main categories:
PTSD is treatable, and many people experience significant improvement with proper care. Treatment includes medication, therapy, self-care strategies, and support systems.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition characterized by persistent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) performed to reduce anxiety. These patterns can become time-consuming and distressing, interfering with daily life and functioning. Obsessions and compulsions are often linked, creating a cycle where anxiety drives behavior and the behavior temporarily relieves anxiety, but reinforces the cycle over time.
Obsessions are intrusive, distressing thoughts, urges, or images that repeatedly enter the mind.
Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed to reduce anxiety caused by obsessions. The relief from compulsions is temporary, leading to repeated cycles.
A person with OCD may:
OCD is treatable, and many people experience significant improvement with proper care. Treatment includes medication and therapy.
Bipolar Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by significant shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to function. These shifts include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression), which can vary in intensity and duration. These mood episodes are more intense than typical mood changes and can interfere with daily life, relationships, and responsibilities.
Bipolar Disorder is manageable with long-term treatment. Treatment includes medication and therapy.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects attention, impulse control, and activity levels. It often begins in childhood and can continue into adolescence and adulthood.
ADHD is typically grouped into three main symptom areas:
ADHD is manageable with a combination of approaches: medication, behavioral strategies, therapy, and lifestyle support.
Psychosis is a mental health condition characterized by a loss of contact with reality. It is not a single disorder, but rather a symptom that can occur in several medical, neurological, or psychiatric conditions such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Delusional Disorder, severe depression with psychotic features, and substance use. During an episode of psychosis, a person may experience changes in thoughts, perceptions, and beliefs that make it difficult to distinguish what is real from what is not.
A hallucination is when someone perceives something that is not actually there—seeing, hearing, feeling, or even smelling things without an external stimulus.
A delusion is a fixed false belief that a person strongly holds even when there is clear evidence that the belief is not true. The belief is not usually shared by others. Examples include:
Psychosis is treatable, especially with early intervention. Treatment includes medication, therapy, crisis care when needed, and recovery support programs.
Self-pay options are also available. Contact the practice to confirm current insurance participation and appointment availability.
Have a general question or want to request an appointment? Complete the form below and our team will respond within 48 hours.
Trusted local and national resources for patients, families, caregivers, and community members.
Call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, available 24 hours a day.
A database of tools, references, care options, and free resources for seniors and families.
View resource database →Contact the practice if a medication is not working or if you are experiencing an adverse reaction.
Call (480) 999-5114 Contact the practice →Effective Date: July 27, 2026
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Choose the path that fits your situation. Patients and families can request an appointment through our Contact page, while healthcare providers can complete the referral form below.
Request care for yourself through our Contact and Appointment form. Initial psychiatric visits are typically 60–90 minutes.
Start Intake →Refer a patient directly from your practice. Include the clinical context needed for our team to review the referral.
Complete Provider Form →Help a loved one request care through our Contact and Appointment form. Initial psychiatric visits are typically 60–90 minutes.
Start Intake →Complete the information below so our team can review the referral and coordinate the next steps.
We accept most major insurance plans. Flexible self-pay options may also be available.
We're here to help. Reach out the way that works for you.
Our intake coordinator will respond within 48 hours. No walk-ins, but same-day appointments may be available.
