Cassandra Gagliardo

(She/Her), M.S.N., PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Cassandra is a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP-BC), with a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). She is passionate about providing quality, compassionate, and comprehensive mental health services to children, adolescents, and adults. Cassandra possesses strong clinical skills enhanced by a natural ability to build rapport with patients and families. She follows evidence-based guidelines blended with clinical experience, personal observation, and intuition. As a PMHNP, Cassandra’s role is multifaceted and includes a holistic perspective with each patient she encounters. Her approach includes inter-professional collaboration for the whole person, and a patient centered approach to mental health care and treatment planning. 

Cassandra has special interests including, but not limited to, the integration of behavioral medicine, trauma informed care, suicide prevention, and integrative health. She strives to meet each patient where they are at in life, and builds a treatment plan according to patient preference, which may include religious or spiritual values, social and cultural values, beliefs about what constitutes quality of life, personal priorities, and beliefs about health.