79. Building a Consulting Business & Private Practice with Kirby Williams PMHNP

In this episode, I interview Kirby Williams PMHNP and CEO of Beacon Behavioral Health & Consulting about how she got started in her private practice and consulting business. Ms. Kirby P. Williams started her nursing career as a hospital RN working in various medical specialties. Her interest in psychiatry and mental health care developed when she saw the gaps in care and attention to the mental health conditions of hospitalized patients. She obtained her adult psychiatric nurse practitioner certification in 2011 and has worked in various settings including acute inpatient psychiatry, community mental health, primary care psychiatric consults, private practice and academia.

Ms. Williams has served as a graduate nursing preceptor since 2012. Currently, she works as an outpatient community mental health nurse practitioner through a community mental health organization. Through her private business, Beacon Behavioral Health and Consulting, she provides career coaching to individual PMHNPs and consulting with organizations who seek mental health support and education.

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