Dawn Weathersby
(She/Her/Hers)
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Experienced mental health nurse practitioner dedicated to helping you find relief, resilience, and renewed well-being through personalized care.
If you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or ready to tackle longstanding habits, I’m here to help you move forward with support, care, and respect. With over 20 years of experience in mental health, I provide evidence-based care tailored to your unique needs. My approach is comprehensive, blending medication management with effective therapy options like CBT, DBT, ACT, and supportive therapy. For those open to exploring, I also offer personality assessments and value inventories, helping to identify strengths and growth areas. I have extensive experience working with adults and seniors, including bariatric patients and individuals dealing with codependency, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and mood disorders. I’m particularly attuned to those facing treatment-resistant depression or seeking guidance pre- and post-bariatric surgery. If you're navigating life’s challenges later in life or working through complex emotions, I offer a safe, non-judgmental space to process, learn, and thrive. With each session, my goal is to provide you with a dependable space to engage in real, honest work. Therapy is challenging but also rewarding, and together, we’ll work towards clarity and resilience.
Practice hours (EST)
Accepts new patients after hospitalization for
- Manic episodes
- Severe depression
- Self-harming behavior
- Suicidal intent or a plan
- Psychosis (delusions and hallucinations)
- Escalating reckless or impulsive behavior
- Suicide attempt
- Eating disorders
- Substance use
- Severe emotional stress or trauma
Reserves times throughout the week for new clients after discharge from the hospital.
Adjusts scheduling to accommodate new clients after their hospitalization.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Abuse
- Academic Concerns
- Aging
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Athletic Performance
- Athletic/Sports performance
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Avoidant Personality
- Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Bullying
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Cognitive Functioning
- College and School Placement
- Compulsive Exercise
- Conflict Resolution
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- Drug Use
- Eating Concerns
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gambling Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Histrionic Personality
- Hoarding
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intimacy Concerns
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Medication Concerns
- Men's Issues
- Narcissistic Personality
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
- Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)
- Panic
- Paranoid Personality
- Parenting Concerns
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Personality Disorders
- Phobia
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Polyamorous relationship
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- Schizoaffective
- Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform and Brief Psychosis
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sex Addiction/Pornography Concerns
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Active duty military
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Athletes
- Body positivity
- Immigrants
- Neurodivergent people
- People of color
- People who are bisexual
- People who are blind or visually impaired
- People who are deaf or hearing impaired
- People who identify as gay
- People who identify as lesbian
- People who identify as non-binary
- People who identify as queer
- People with disabilities
- Professional Healthcare Providers
- Transgender
- Veterans
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Behavior Modification
- Medication Management
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Light Therapy
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Experiential Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness Training
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Coaching
- Narrative Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Behavior Therapy
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Somatic Psychotherapy
- Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT)
- Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Transference Focused Therapy (TFP)
- Positive Psychology
- Social Skills Training
- Eclectic Approaches
- Humanistic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Relationship Enhancement Therapy
- Process-Oriented Psychology
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Gestalt Therapy
- Body Image Therapy
- Integrative Body Psychotherapy
- Object Relations Therapy
- Self Psychology
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapies
- Aversion Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Feminist Therapy
- Medication Management
- Anger Management
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Coaching
- Jungian Therapy
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Psychoanalysis
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Systematic Desensitization
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Erikson/Psychosocial Development
- Reality Therapy
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
$250 — $325per session
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Aetna – New York
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – New York
- Cigna – New York
- ComPsych – New York
- Humana – New York
- Medicare – New York
- Military insurance (e.g. TRICARE) – New York
- Mohawk Valley Health Plan (MVP) – New York
- Optum – New York
- Oscar – New York
- Tricare-Federally Funded – New York
- UHC – New York
- UMR-EAP – New York
- UMR-VA Community Care Network – New York
- Out-of-pocket
- Documentation provided for patient filling
- In-network insurance
Payment methods
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Online
Credentials
Licenses
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
F403802-01, New York
Certificates
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan) PMHNP-BC
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Education
University of Alabama
MS (Master of Science in Nursing), 2021
Western Governors University
BS (Bachelor of Science in Nursing), 2019