NURSE PRACTITIONER
Kristy Wade, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Child, Adolescent & Young Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Stafford, Virginia & Statewide Telehealth
Kristy Wade, DNP, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Resilience Counseling & Social Skills Center with more than 20 years of experience in diverse healthcare settings.
Kristy specializes in psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and young adults ages 6–28, with a strong clinical focus on pediatric and transitional-age mental health care.
She provides in-person psychiatric services at our Stafford, Virginia office, as well as telehealth psychiatry and medication management for patients located throughout Virginia.
Kristy's clinical experience includes treating ADHD, anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD, mood disorders, and other psychiatric concerns affecting children, teenagers, and young adults.
Her approach emphasizes compassionate, evidence-based and individualized psychiatric care, with treatment plans developed around each patient's developmental stage, strengths, needs, and treatment goals.
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Child, Adolescent & Young Adult Psychiatry
Mental health concerns can look different at different stages of development.
Children, teenagers, college-age patients, and young adults may experience changes in mood, attention, behavior, relationships, school performance, sleep, emotional regulation, and daily functioning.
Kristy specializes in working with patients ages 6–28 and provides psychiatric evaluation, treatment, and medication management with consideration for each patient's developmental stage and individual needs.
For younger patients, collaboration with parents and caregivers can also be an important part of psychiatric treatment when clinically appropriate.
Areas of Clinical Focus
Kristy's clinical experience includes psychiatric evaluation and treatment for children, adolescents, and young adults experiencing concerns such as:
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Mood Disorders
Other Psychiatric Concerns Affecting Children, Adolescents & Young Adults
Mental health symptoms frequently overlap. Kristy works to understand the broader clinical picture when developing individualized treatment recommendations.
ADHD Psychiatry & Medication Management
ADHD can affect much more than a person's ability to pay attention.
For children, teenagers, and young adults, ADHD may affect organization, impulse control, emotional regulation, academic performance, relationships, work, and everyday functioning.
Kristy works with young people experiencing ADHD and provides psychiatric treatment and medication management when medication is clinically appropriate.
Because ADHD may occur alongside anxiety, depression, mood concerns, trauma-related symptoms, and other mental health challenges, treatment considers the individual patient rather than focusing on a diagnosis in isolation.
An Individualized & Collaborative Approach
Kristy believes meaningful progress is supported by collaborative relationships with patients and families.
She develops individualized treatment plans tailored to each patient's developmental stage, strengths, unique needs, and treatment goals.
Her approach emphasizes education, empowerment, evidence-based care, and long-term wellness.
For children and adolescents, this may also involve helping parents and caregivers better understand the treatment plan and their child's mental health needs when appropriate.
In-Person Psychiatry in Stafford, Virginia
Kristy provides in-person child, adolescent, and young-adult psychiatry and medication management at Resilience's Stafford office.
Resilience Counseling & Social Skills Center
2052 Richmond Highway, Suite 201
Stafford, VA 22554
Families and young adults seeking psychiatric care in Stafford and surrounding Northern Virginia communities can contact our scheduling team to learn more about Kristy's current availability for in-person psychiatric evaluations and medication-management appointments.
Telehealth Psychiatry Throughout Virginia
Kristy also provides telehealth psychiatry and medication management to patients throughout Virginia.
Telehealth allows eligible patients located anywhere in Virginia to meet with Kristy through secure video appointments without regularly traveling to the Stafford office.
This can make ongoing psychiatric care more accessible for families and young adults who live farther from Stafford, have demanding school, work, or family schedules, experience transportation limitations, or prefer the convenience of appropriate psychiatric care from home.
Depending upon clinical needs, telehealth appointments may include psychiatric evaluation, medication management, treatment monitoring, and ongoing psychiatric follow-up.
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Experience & Professional Background
Kristy brings more than 20 years of experience in diverse healthcare settings to her work as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Her professional focus includes pediatric and transitional-age mental health care, with particular attention to the psychiatric needs of children, adolescents, and young adults.
Kristy's doctoral work focused on quality improvement in mental health care, reflecting her interest in improving treatment outcomes and strengthening systems of care.
She remains engaged with emerging research and best practices in child and adolescent mental health and is passionate about increasing mental health awareness and reducing stigma surrounding mental illness.
Psychiatry & Medication Management at Resilience
Kristy is part of the multidisciplinary psychiatric team at Resilience Counseling & Social Skills Center.
Resilience's psychiatric team includes two psychiatrists and three board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNP-BCs) providing psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and ongoing psychiatric care.
Two of our psychiatric prescribers have a particular focus on children, adolescents, and young adults, expanding access to specialized psychiatric care for younger patients and their families.
Patients receiving psychiatric services at Resilience also have access to a broader behavioral health organization offering counseling and psychotherapy, psychological testing, and other specialized mental health services.
When clinically appropriate and with appropriate patient authorization, psychiatric care may be coordinated with other treating mental health professionals.
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Request an Appointment With Kristy Wade, DNP, PMHNP-BC
If you are looking for child, adolescent, or young-adult psychiatric care in Stafford or through telehealth anywhere in Virginia, our scheduling team can help you determine Kristy's current availability.
Kristy provides:
In-Person Psychiatry — Stafford, Virginia
Telehealth Psychiatry — Throughout Virginia
Ages Served — 6–28
To request an appointment:
Phone: (540) 699-0226, Extension 2
Email: intakes@resiliencecounseling.care
Get Started at Resilience
Take the first step on your journey to build the resilience skills necessary to thrive, no matter what circumstances you face!
Finding the right mental health provider is an important first step, and you don't have to determine the right provider or service on your own.
Whether you're looking for counseling or psychotherapy, psychiatric care and medication management, specialized child and adolescent psychiatry, or psychological testing, our team can help you determine an appropriate next step.
Resilience offers care across five Virginia locations, telehealth throughout Virginia, and specialized Child, Adolescent & Young Adult Psychiatry throughout Florida via telehealth.