Compassionate Mental Health Care
You care for others. Let’s care for you.
Personalized psychiatric care for adults located in California who are balancing work, caregiving, chronic health concerns, and the demands of everyday life.
- Adults 18+
- California Telehealth
- Los Angeles Appointments
Who We Serve
Your mental health is connected to the life you are carrying.
Novascend provides psychiatric care for adults navigating emotional concerns alongside work, family responsibilities, caregiving, chronic illness, and major changes in health.
Care is individualized around your symptoms, medical history, functioning, current responsibilities, and personal goals.
Explore Our ServicesAdults Balancing Everyday Demands
Support for adults managing anxiety, depression, attention concerns, trauma, sleep difficulties, stress, or emotional exhaustion while balancing work, relationships, and daily life.
Caregivers and Healthcare Professionals
Psychiatric care for people who spend much of their time caring for others and may be experiencing burnout, anxiety, low mood, sleep disruption, or difficulty prioritizing their own well-being.
Adults Living With Chronic Illness
Special FocusCare for adults whose mental health is affected by chronic medical conditions, treatment burden, health uncertainty, changes in independence, or complex care needs.
Novascend has a special clinical focus on the mental health needs of people living with chronic kidney disease and dialysis.
What We Treat
Care begins with understanding what has been making life harder.
You do not need to know your diagnosis before reaching out. A comprehensive psychiatric evaluation can help clarify what may be contributing to your symptoms and whether Novascend is the right fit.
Anxiety & Panic
Persistent worry, racing thoughts, physical tension, fear, or panic that interferes with daily life.
Depression
Low mood, emotional heaviness, loss of interest, low motivation, or difficulty functioning.
Adult ADHD & Focus
Ongoing concerns with attention, organization, time management, impulsivity, or follow-through.
Trauma & PTSD
Intrusive memories, avoidance, hypervigilance, emotional numbing, or distress connected to past experiences.
Insomnia & Sleep
Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, waking too early, or feeling unrested during the day.
Grief, Adjustment & Caregiver Strain
Support for loss, life transitions, caregiving demands, chronic stress, and changes in health or independence.
Special Clinical Focus
CKD & Dialysis Mental Health
Psychiatric care for adults experiencing depression, anxiety, treatment fatigue, adjustment difficulties, sleep concerns, caregiver strain, or the emotional impact of chronic kidney disease and dialysis.
Why Novascend
Thoughtful psychiatric care, designed around the whole person.
Novascend combines psychiatric training with experience in dialysis nursing, hospital case management, utilization review, and care coordination to provide clear, individualized care for adults across California.
Comprehensive Evaluation
Care begins with a detailed review of your symptoms, medical history, medications, functioning, life circumstances, risks, strengths, and treatment goals before recommendations are made.
Kidney-Aware Treatment Planning
Special FocusFor patients living with kidney disease, treatment planning considers kidney function, dialysis schedule, medical complexity, current medications, side-effect burden, and the involvement of other members of the healthcare team.
Measurement-Informed Follow-Up
Validated symptom measures may be used alongside clinical conversation to monitor progress, clarify treatment response, identify changes, and support shared treatment decisions.
Care Coordination
When appropriate and authorized, care may include communication with primary care, nephrology, therapy, pharmacy, or other members of your treatment team.
Clear, Shared Decisions
Treatment options are discussed openly so you understand the expected benefits, possible risks, limitations, alternatives, monitoring needs, and next steps.
Care That Fits Real Life
Recommendations consider your responsibilities, work, caregiving, transportation, treatment schedule, health limitations, preferences, and ability to follow the plan safely.
Care Before Prescribing
Treatment begins with understanding, not assumptions.
Not every patient needs medication, and not every medication is appropriate for every patient. Recommendations are based on clinical evaluation, safety, diagnosis, medical history, treatment goals, and individual preferences.
A Personal Note From the Founder
The medical chart told part of the story. I learned to listen for the rest.
A chart can document your diagnosis, laboratory results, and treatment. It cannot fully show the fear, exhaustion, or uncertainty you may be carrying.
For a decade, I cared for people receiving dialysis. I came to know patients who returned week after week while managing fatigue, demanding treatment schedules, changing family roles, and the uncertainty of living with kidney disease.
My clinical background also includes behavioral health nursing and charge-nurse leadership in a skilled nursing facility. My work later expanded into hospital case management, utilization review, prior authorization, and care coordination through roles at Providence Medical Foundation and UCLA Health.
Across these settings, I saw how easily emotional health could be overshadowed by medical complexity. That is why I created Novascend Neurowellness—to provide psychiatric care that recognizes your symptoms, health history, responsibilities, and goals as parts of one complete story.
Professional Background
My experience includes a decade in dialysis nursing, behavioral health nursing, charge-nurse leadership in skilled nursing, and clinical and care-management roles at Providence Medical Foundation and UCLA Health.
My goal is for you to feel seen, informed, and supported—not reduced to a diagnosis, laboratory result, or medical condition.
Services We Offer
Psychiatric care that starts with clarity. Treatment designed for real life.
Your care begins with a thoughtful evaluation and develops into an individualized plan based on your symptoms, medical history, daily functioning, responsibilities, and goals.
Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
A detailed assessment of your symptoms, medical and psychiatric history, medications, sleep, daily functioning, safety concerns, strengths, and treatment goals.
Recommendations are made after the evaluation—not before.
Medication Management
Individualized medication planning with discussion of potential benefits, risks, alternatives, side effects, monitoring needs, and how treatment may interact with your broader health.
Medication is recommended only when clinically appropriate.
Follow-Up and Progress Monitoring
Ongoing visits review symptoms, functioning, treatment response, side effects, and changing needs. Validated measures may be used to support clinical decisions and track progress over time.
Brief supportive psychotherapy may be included when appropriate.
Adult ADHD Evaluation
Assessment of attention, organization, time management, impulsivity, follow-through, developmental history, and other conditions that may affect concentration or executive functioning.
Standardized rating tools may be used when clinically appropriate.
CKD and Dialysis Mental Health
Special FocusPsychiatric care for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, treatment fatigue, grief, sleep concerns, adjustment difficulties, or emotional strain related to kidney disease and dialysis.
Treatment planning considers medical complexity and kidney-related care.
Care Coordination and Referrals
When appropriate and with your permission, care may include coordination with primary care, nephrology, therapy, pharmacy, or other members of your healthcare team.
Referrals are provided when another service or level of care is needed.
How Care Is Available
Flexible psychiatric care for adults across California.
Appointments may be available through secure telehealth throughout California and in person in the Los Angeles area, based on clinical appropriateness and current scheduling availability.
How It Works
Four Simple Steps
From your first request to ongoing care, you will know what to expect and what comes next.
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Request an Appointment
Complete a short, secure form and tell us what support you are looking for. We will contact you about availability and next steps.
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Complete Your Evaluation
Your first visit explores your symptoms, health history, medications, daily life, concerns, and goals.
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Review Your Care Plan
We will explain the findings, recommendations, and available treatment options so you can make an informed decision.
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Continue at Your Pace
Follow-up visits are scheduled according to your needs, progress, and treatment goals. Changes are explained clearly along the way.
Ready to Begin?
Take the first step toward feeling more supported.
Submit an appointment request and we will guide you through what comes next.
Request an Appointment