Psychiatric Medication | Psychotherapy/Counseling | Group Counseling | Hypnotherapy

Vaishali Desai, PMHNP-BC

Vaishali Desai, PMHNP-BC

She started her career as a Registered Nurse. She received her Bachelors in Nursing from UMDNJ and began working with the addiction population. After seeing the need for psychiatry service was growing, Vaishali pursued her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Psych Mental Healt

As a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Vaishali has experience working with various Mental Health Disorders such as Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and many more. Vaishali has worked in different settings, including detox facilities, nursing homes, and Autistic/ developmental disabled day programs. Her main approach is building a therapeutic relationship with her patients. Vaishali has worked in the field of Mental Health for 8 years. She started her career as a Registered Nurse. She received her Bachelors in Nursing from UMDNJ and began working with the addiction population. After seeing the need for psychiatry service was growing, Vaishali pursued her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Psych Mental Health. Vaishali obtained her DNP from Rutgers University and graduated with Honors.

Language proficiencies: English and Gujarati (Indo-Aryan); Understand and speak a little bit of Hindi.


Specialty

Psychiatry

Degrees

Advanced practice nurse

Education

Doctor of Nursing Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health - Rutgers University; Bachelor in Science nursing - University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey.