Ellen Minier
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Asheville, NC | Telehealth
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About Ellen Minier, PMHNP
As a provider, Ellen believes it is important to treat the individual, not their diagnosis. She has noticed that many people introduce themselves as their diagnosis, saying “I’m Depressed” or “I’m Bipolar.” Ms. Minier believes no one should be defined by a label and puts her patients at the center of their treatment plan. She works to empower people through sharing supportive resources and suggestions, knowing that everyone needs help some of the time. Her experience cultivating strength and hope with her own mindcare allows her to bring a great degree of empathy to her work with patients, and she wants patients to know that she will be with them every step of the way. It is her sincere goal to hold out hope for her patients that they will feel better until they gain that hope for themselves. As a former chef she loves to explore the brain-gut connection and how nutrition can affect our mental health; she regularly contributes “Mood Food” columns on this topic on MindPath’s “Be Well” blog. Ms. Minier has always been drawn to the way the human mind works and has seen the powerful connections between physical and mental health.
Partial List of Specialties
- ADD/ADHD
- Adjustment Concerns
- Alcohol Use
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Bariatric Surgery Evaluation
- Bipolar
- Cognitive Disorder
- Dementia
- Depression
- Developmental Disability
- Dissociative Disorder
- Drug Use (non-opioid)
- Opioid/Pain Med Use
- Eating Disorder
- Compulsive Gambling
- Gender Confirmation Surgery Evaluation
- Hoarding
- Invega Treatment
- LGBTQ+ Care
- OCD
- Pain Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Postpartum Depression
- Psychosis
- PTSD/Trauma
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Sex / Pornography Addiction
- Somatoform Disorder
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vivitrol Treatment
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TelehealthSignifies the completion of a mental health telehealth training program
TelehealthEducation & Certifications
– Master of Science in Nursing from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL
– Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and Registered Nurse (RN) degrees from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, NC
– Member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
– Certified as a Suboxone Prescriber
– Board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
