Our Team.
Heidi Linn, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC
Heidi is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who was drawn to mental health nursing as a student listening to community peers share their stories of recovery. Their vulnerability and openness helped Heidi to see that mental health affects us all. Hearing how their lives had been transformed by connection set the course of her nursing career early on. #ourstorieshavepower. Heidi graduated from the University of Auckland in 2004 with a Bachelor of Nursing degree.
Since 2005, Heidi worked in a variety of healthcare environments: medical-surgical, cardiac, rehabilitative units, as well as adult and adolescent psychiatric units. She spent six years at Craig Hospital working on both the Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Units, learning the importance of empowering patients and their families in recovery and wellness. Heidi has worked within the veteran community. Since becoming a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in 2021, Heidi’s primary focus has been on outpatient mental health, treating children, adolescents and adults with a variety of mental health conditions.
Heidi has completed the EMDR basic training and offers EMDR along with supportive therapy, motivational interviewing and mindfulness-based therapy. She has completed an Advanced Practice Psychotherapy Fellowship in Aug 2024.
Heidi sees individuals ages 6 and above.
Education
2004
Bachelor of Nursing
University of Auckland, New Zealand
2017
Master of Nursing Education, Community Health
Oregon Health & Sciences University
2021
Doctorate of Nursing Practice, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Rush University
Valeria Martinez Tenrerio, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
Valeria/Val is a board-certified (bilingual) psychiatric nurse practitioner (PMHNP-BC). Her path into nursing and behavioral health was rather unusual. When she was a worker’s compensation and disability paralegal, she witnessed the difficulties that clients suffering from mental illnesses faced both in seeking and receiving mental health services and doing something to help fullfill unmet needs became her aspiration. Her passion for mental health continued to grow while working as an oncology bedside nurse where she provided care not just for her patient’s physical symptoms but also by helping them and their families cope with the anxiety, helplessness, and confusion that cancer brings.
Valeria has over 8 years of nursing experience working in oncology and medical surgical units at University of Colorado Hospital. She obtained her MSN from the University of Colorado Denver in 2023. Her behavioral health training and experience includes community settings as well as hospital-based settings. She enjoys working with older teens as well as adults of all ages with a wide array of diagnosis including grief, life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, bipolar, and psychotic disorders. When offering treatment plans, she values her patients’ unique experience, world view, autonomy and self-determination and involves them in all aspects of the decision-making process.
Outside of work, Valeria is an advocate for the Hispanic community, currently serving as the President of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses in Denver. She cherishes her time with her husband and grown children and loves to travel and learn about other cultures.
Valeria sees teens and adults from ages 15+. She is a bilingual provider, fluent in medical English and
Spanish.
Education
1998
Doctor of Medicine,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016
Bachelors Degree in Nursing, Summa Cum Laude
University of Colorado at Anschutz
Dec 2023
Master of Science in Nursing
University of Colorado Anschutz
Emily Johnson, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
As a dedicated Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Emily is committed to providing compassionate and personalized care to support clients on their mental health journey. With a deep passion for collaborating with clients to develop individualized care plans, Emily creates a supportive environment where patients feel heard, well-informed, respected, and empowered to actively participate in their own care.
Emily integrates principles of nutritional psychiatry, integrative medicine, and functional medicine into their practice. Nutritional psychiatry focuses on the relationship between diet and mental health, emphasizing how nutrition can influence mood and cognitive function. Integrative medicine combines conventional treatments with complementary therapies to address the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. Functional medicine aims to identify and address the root causes of mental health issues through a personalized, systems-based approach.
Offering a balanced approach that includes both medication management and psychotherapy, Emily strives to address the complex interplay between mental health and overall wellness. Driven by a goal to empower patients to improve their overall well-being, Emily is dedicated to helping clients achieve their best possible mental health outcomes. Through a blend of evidence-based practices and empathetic support, Emily ensures that every client’s unique needs and goals are central to their care plan, promoting both mental and holistic health.
Emily sees individuals ages 10+
Education
2015
Bachelor of Nursing Science
2024, October
Continuing Education
2024 - Completed Psychiatry Redefined Functional Medicine Fellowship
2024 - Current Integrative Psychiatry Institute Fellow
Master of Nursing Science,
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Princika KC, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC
Princika is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner who graduated from the University of Wyoming with her doctoral degree in nursing practice in 2023. Princika began her medical career shortly after moving to Wyoming in 2017. She completed her Associate Degree in Nursing from Laramie County Community College. She then continued her education and received a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from the University of Wyoming in 2020.
Princika’s style of practice can be traditional (prescribing medications) or alternative medications such as vitamins, supplements, lifestyle modification, etc. Some of her practice specialties include (but not limited to) ADHD, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, bipolar disorder and insomnia. Over the course of her nursing journey, she worked in a variety of clinical settings both medical and behavioral health focused, including: bariatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurological issues with comorbid conditions of mental illness. Her main area of interest is the connection of mind, body, and spiritual that plays a vital role in one’s healing.
Princika enjoys hiking, travelling and spending time with her family.
Princika sees individuals aged 6+ via Telehealth on Fridays and Saturdays.
Education
2015
Bachelors degree in Business Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Dec 2018
Associates Degree in Nursing, Laramie County Community College
2020
Bachelors Degree in Nursing, University of Wyoming
2023
Doctorate of Nursing Practice, Psychiatry, University of Wyoming
Erik Flores, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
Erik is a Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) with over six years experience as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. He was drawn to the mental health field wanting to learn what makes everyone different and unique as individuals. In 2014, Erik started working as a psychiatric nurse on an inpatient child and adolescent unit at a teaching hospital. This allowed him to work on other units while continuing his education, including the inpatient adult and inpatient chemical dependency unit. He found he enjoyed working with patients with co-occurring disorders after working in the outpatient chemical dependency program. He enjoys working with people throughout their recovery journey, as well as finding programs and resources that best fit their needs. After graduating with his Masters in 2018, Erik accepted his first Nurse Practitioner role at Denver Health working in the Denver City Jail, where he worked for three years. He most recently worked at Denver Springs, seeing children, adolescents and adults in the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). With over a decade of experience working in mental health, he is excited to work in private practice and build a caseload of patients to work with on an ongoing basis. He prides himself in being an approachable person, meeting people where they are at in life, and providing a safe space. He has a particular interest in working with the Hispanic community, the LGBT population, and substance abuse. In his spare time, he enjoys fitness classes, hiking with his husky, gardening, and going to shows and musical festivals.
Erik sees individuals aged 6+.
Education
2013
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology,
St. Edward's University, Austin, TX
2014
Bachelors Degree in Nursing, University of Rochester, NY
2018
Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Ashley Shurley, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, DipABLM
Trained as a family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, Ashley uses a mind-body lens that focuses on building total health from the ground up. She uses medications, supplements, supportive psychotherapy, deep rest practices like yoga nidra, alignment with biorhythms, mind-body techniques, behavioral activation, and the five pillars of lifestyle medicine as some of the tools available to get you feeling well and reconnected with your own inner resources.
She treats anxiety disorders, mood disorders, sleep problems, trauma and attachment wounds, OCD, and ADHD. Her professional interests include supporting women as they navigate the perimenopause transition, helping people with ADHD learn how their neurodivergent brains work, holding space for people through grief and loss, and assisting healthcare workers in recovering from burnout. Ashley is also board certified in Lifestyle Medicine. Together, we'll create a holistic treatment plan that supports your resilience and vitality.
Before returning to school for psychiatric mental health specialization, Ashley dedicated the first 14 years of her nursing career to increasing access to care by bringing preventive services to communities while working in various roles in Denver Health's Mobile Health Centers Division.
She enjoys watching surfing documentaries, playing tennis, studying Ayurveda, sharing cartoons from the New Yorker & smelling coffee beans. She will travel far & wide to see her favorite musicians and likes to spend summer evenings relaxing in a hammock. She grew up among the red dirt and colorful sunsets of southwest Oklahoma.
Ashley sees individuals aged 19+
Education
2004
Bachelor of Arts in Letters,University of Oklahoma
2008
Bachelor of Science in Nursing,Duke University
2015
Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner,University of Colorado
2023
Post-Master's Certificate Student, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner,
Vanderbilt University
Conditions We Treat
Mood Disorders
Depression
Bipolar Disorder
Cyclothymia
Anxiety Disorders
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Trauma
Neurocognitive Disorders
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Acute Stress Disorder
ADHD/ADD
Autism Spectrum Disorder