Diverse Mind Care

Diverse Mind Care is a mental health counseling practice in Hicksville, New York. It was founded to make high-quality mental health care more accessible and affordable, including for people who do not have insurance, and it offers competitively priced appointments that combine medication management and therapy in a single visit. The practice treats a wide range of mental health concerns, among them major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. It holds a rating of 4.80 based on 35 reviews.

Care is provided by Fahimir Jean-Baptiste, an ANCC board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Hofstra University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Molloy College, and her clinical career has spanned inpatient and outpatient settings. Her approach treats the patient as an equal partner in the therapeutic alliance, with the goal of empowering clients to take charge of their own health care. She combines care of mind, body, and spirit, and provides psychiatric evaluation, supportive psychotherapy, medications, and medication education.

Every patient receives individualized attention. The practice takes a detailed psychiatric history in order to form an accurate assessment and treatment plan, and it uses evidence-based practices. Communication, listening, and education are treated as vital parts of every encounter, and the practice emphasizes prevention of disease and promotion of healthy lifestyles. A first session is held online and runs roughly one hour, focused on learning the patient's history and identifying areas to work on; follow-up appointments typically run 45 minutes, with therapy included alongside medication management.

The practice sits on Duffy Avenue, a short walk from Newbridge Road and about a tenth of a mile from the Hicksville train station. The public artworks Evening Transit, Hempstead Plains and The Goldberg Eagle are both roughly a tenth of a mile away, and Jerusalem Avenue and North Jerusalem Avenue are about two tenths of a mile from the office.

Diverse Mind Care has built a strong local reputation reflected in consistently high customer ratings, along with a steady record of repeat and referred clients. For Hicksville residents seeking psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and therapy from a board certified nurse practitioner, that combination of accessibility and individualized care is what the practice is known for.