About Shalon Bobbitt, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Ms. Bobbit engages holistic treatments that address the mind, body and social needs of each patient. Described as sensitive, compassionate, and genuine by patients and their families, Ms. Bobbit focuses on building positive relationships with her patients and measures success by their confidence and satisfaction. Her extensive background working as a psychiatric nurse has taught her that patients often have co-morbidities, such as diabetes, hypertension or obesity that need to be addressed along with their psychiatric illness. Along these lines, she is particularly proud of her previous work with patients who struggled with eating disorders and other co-morbidities such as substance abuse and bipolar disorders. Ms. Bobbit is committed to providing mental health services to traditionally underserved communities. She works with children, adults, families and teens, offering medication management for a wide variety of mindcare needs and specializing in eating disorders and recovery, behaviorally disabled children and developmental disabilities.
Education & Certification
Shalon Bobbit, MSN, PMHNP-BC, received her Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner- BC certification from Anderson University in Anderson, South Carolina. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and her Diploma in Nursing from the Watts School of Nursing in Durham, NC. Ms. Bobbit also has an Associate’s degree in Health Science from Mount Olive College in Mount Olive, NC and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC.
Specialty Areas
- Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anxiety
- Anger Management
- Bipolar Disorder
- Dementia
- Depression
- Hoarding
- Invega Treatment
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Personality Disorder
- Postpartum Depression
- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Self-Harm
- Social Anxiety
- Vivitrol Treatment