Psychiatric Medication Management

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Psychiatric Medication Management

At Counseling Pathways, we show compassion and understanding through a holistic care approach. Dr. Martha F Hernandez, MD is a health care provider with over 44 years of experience. Her specialties include Psychiatry for Adults and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Hernanez is supported in treatment with our psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNP) who are advanced practice registered nurses specializing in caring for the mental health and well-being of their clients. They provide assessment and management of mental health illness and diseases and implement measures to achieve overall physical and psychological well-being and balance for their patients.

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Ongoing Support:

Providing ongoing guidance and monitoring

to ensure progress and adapt treatment as needed.

Miranda Webster, PMHNP-BC

Meet our Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Miranda Webster!

Miranda Webster is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with a deep commitment to helping people find hope, healing, and practical paths toward better mental health. Grounded in compassion and a genuine desire to meet people in the middle of their struggles, she helps patients recognize their strengths, reconnect with their potential, and move toward healthier, more fulfilling lives.

Before becoming a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, Miranda built an extensive career spending three decades in emergency medicine. Her vast experience as a nurse and critical care flight nurse gave her a first-hand perspective on trauma, burnout, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and insomnia. She understands that repeated exposure to crisis, loss, uncertainty, and human suffering can profoundly affect both the mind and body—particularly for healthcare professionals, first responders, and others who spend their lives caring for or protecting others.

Miranda takes a holistic, whole-person approach to psychiatric care. She believes meaningful treatment begins with understanding the root causes of a person’s symptoms rather than simply adding another medication. Her individualized treatment plans may incorporate sleep support, nutrition, exercise, psychotherapy, evidence-informed supplementation, stress management, relaxation techniques, and practical lifestyle skills—using medication thoughtfully when it is clinically

She is committed to shared decision-making and informed consent, ensuring patients understand the potential benefits, side effects, risks, and long-term considerations of psychiatric medications. Miranda also recognizes the importance of avoiding unnecessary polypharmacy and supports appropriate, carefully monitored medication reduction or tapering for patients whose medications may no longer be serving their overall health and well-being.

With clinical knowledge, emergency-care experience, personal insight, perspective, and a truly compassionate heart, Miranda strives to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where patients feel heard, respected, and empowered. She has a special interest in supporting healthcare workers, first responders, and others experiencing burnout, trauma-related stress, anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties.
Her goal is not just symptom relief—it is to help people build sustainable coping skills, restore balance, and create lives that feel healthier, more manageable, and more hopeful.