Tessa Schultz DNP, APRN, PMHNP- BC, Founder

Tessa is a doctoral-level psychiatric nurse practitioner and assistant professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science with a focus in child and adolescent psychiatry. She has years of experience specializing in the treatment of children/adolescents and young adults in multiple treatment settings. As an advanced practice nurse Tessa can prescribe medications, diagnose mental health disorders, order and interpret lab values and provide psychotherapy. Psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrists have the same capacity despite completing different academic routes.

She is a graduate from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Doctor of Nursing program, specializing in Psychiatric Mental Health; ranked #6 nationally. Academically, Tessa has experience as a graduate research assistant and has been awarded the best evidenced-based poster presentation at the ISPN conference in San Antonio, TX.

Tessa understands mental health is complex and treating mental health encompasses more than medications. Tessa has worked in many different settings and came to the realization that she is limited in how she can help others with the traditional mainstream psychiatry approaches. She created The Sunroom to change mental health treatment at it’s core. She looks at the heart and soul of a person and creates an individualized treatment plan for each client.

Some fun things about Tessa; she has visited the Bodhi Tree in India, she loves yoga and meditation, she believes in second and third chances, morning sunlight, spontaneous trips, poetry, creating and spending time with her husband and 3 sons. Her favorite psychiatry book currently: “How to Change your Mind” by Michael Pollan. She values eastern philosophy and how the practice of mindfulness can be incorporated into western way of life to live healthier and more fulfilled.

Tessa would love to meet you and start this journey at The Sunroom together.

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