I received my training in nursing and advanced practice psychiatric nursing from Columbia University in New York City where I completed both a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and a Masters of Science in Nursing. I am also a member of the academic honor society, Sigma Theta Tau. After my training I returned home to Seattle.
I have been in practice as a psychiatric nurse practitioner for 20 years. I have a special interest in the full spectrum of anxiety disorders including OCD, Panic Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. However, my passion is working with people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I also very much enjoy working with ADHD as well.
At Reed College in Portland, Oregon I completed my first undergraduate degree in Political Philosophy. My coursework culminated in a thesis on the work of Walter Benjamin. I am somehow a member of the academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa.
If you are still reading, what has come before and after will lead the reader to think that I have done nothing but go to school and get certified endlessly. In fact, I have worked a variety of jobs to save money to travel extensively in Southeast Asia, India, Europe, and Scandinavia. These experiences inform my work with patients in a way as profoundly as my training did.
I am nationally board certified as an Advance Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. I am a member of the Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses of Washington State, ARNPs United of Washington State, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and the American Nurses Association. I am also Past President and founder of the nonprofit, Archway Psychiatric Center.
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Alsept Psychiatric PLLC
About the therapist
Phone: 206.240.5584
Fax: 866.453.0617
E-mail: paula.alsept@gmail.com
Days: Tuesday - Friday