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OUR PHILOSOPHY

Welcome to Desert Uplands Behavioral Health! Our mission is to enhance wellness and motivate self-improvement by strengthening minds. We offer high quality health care for patients seeking a trustworthy long-term psychiatric provider who can provide diagnosis, medication management and brief supportive counseling. 

Desert Uplands Behavioral Health is a Nurse Practitioner owned psychiatric practice that uses evidence based practices to improve the quality of life of our clients. We collaborate with specialists in your area to provide the most comprehensive care and support your total health and wellness. We are also happy to provide essentially a "concierge practice" in which you are easily able to contact your provider and have your concerns addressed quickly, usually in less than 24 hours for non-emergent issues.

Our aim is to provide health services to our clients that focus on improving your mental health but also to educate and prevent future issues. This is accomplished using medical and mental health care models to holistically treat the individual. 

At Desert Uplands Behavioral Health we are passionate about serving the community and helping others achieve their goals. By developing trusting, caring relationships, working towards problem solving, and teaching and promoting self care we are able to cultivate in our clients the ability to be sensitive toward one's self and others. Through teaching and promoting self care, and recognizing and accepting spiritual beliefs, we can help you achieve the best results for your mental health.

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"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves"

-Thomas Edison

MEET YOUR PROVIDER

Hello! I'm Debra Gwerder and I am board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as both a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. I am caring, compassionate, diligent and take pride in serving adults of all ages with their mental health needs.

 

I graduated from Arizona State University in 1998 with a Master of Nursing in Family Practice. I worked with the inpatient psychiatric population for 17 years taking care of their medical needs prior to obtaining my post Master certificate as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from University of Cincinnati in 2017. I am licensed in the State of Arizona and can provide care to people located anywhere in Arizona. I love working in mental health where I'm able to make a difference in my clients quality of life while also taking into account their medical issues. This holistic approach leads to safer outcomes for my patients.

 

I have experience working with those seeking help for anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, ADHD, PTSD and OCD.

 

I enjoy cooking, hiking and spending time with my family and friends and my puppy, Milli.

Credentials: MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

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2733 N. Power Rd. Suite #102-220, Mesa, AZ 85215

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