Dr. Raphael Morris, MD

Dr. Raphael Morris, MD is a clinical and forensic psychiatrist in practice for 20 years. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, was the Director of Forensic Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City, and spent years training psychiatrists in hospital settings. In addition to his clinical practice, he has consulted as an expert on high profile criminal cases around the country. In his practice he treats treatment refractory mood disorders, chemical dependency, and psychiatric manifestations of medical conditions. He spent years working in hospitals as a Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist and also evaluated and treated traumatized and brain injured patients in the correctional system. He has a special interest in psychiatric rehabilitation and nutritional supplementation for mood disorders.

Kirsten Manalo

PMHNP-BC, DNP, RN

Kirsten is a board-certified psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner that specializes in treating a variety of mental health disorders including mood disorders, depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and ADHD. She has 9 years of nursing experience with background specialties in psychiatric/mental health (inpatient and outpatient), medical-surgical nursing, home health, and academia. Her education and experience enables her to treat patients with a holistic approach meaning other factors that affect mental health and well-being are taken into consideration as well. This includes addressing multiple facets of health: emotional, psychological, physiological, sociocultural, and spiritual. Kirsten believes that mental healthcare treatment is not limited to just medications and therapy. It involves looking into other areas of an individual’s life as well including current stressors and stress management, past experiences, relationship dynamics, utilization of resources and support systems, overall health, and lifestyle.

Kirsten is passionate in helping individuals become the best version of themselves by providing support in navigating through the challenges of life. She strives to deliver the highest quality of care by taking time to establish rapport with each patient and work in collaboration with them to meet their treatment goals. Kirsten follows evidence-based practice with an emphasis on patient-centered care, taking time to formulate diagnosis, providing psychoeducation on medications and treatment, giving recommendations based on clinical judgment, while taking into consideration patient preferences, making sure to address any questions and concerns along the way.