KELLI MORRISON, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Kentucky (telehealth)

NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS

I reside in East Tennessee and provide medication management and brief, person-centered psychotherapy services through telemedicine for the patients of Lionheart Trauma Support Services. I have been a registered nurse for the last eight years and have been an advanced practice nurse for almost four of those eight. I started my nursing career in the emergency department where I discovered I would much rather listen to a patient’s story than seek out an adrenaline rush; thus, my love for psychiatry was born.

I received my MSN from the University of South Alabama in 2017 and have completed the majority of my DNP at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I am a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society and hold certifications as a Family Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Emergency Nurse.

While I enjoy all aspects of psychiatry, I especially enjoy working with emotional trauma and conditions involving a neuro-traumatic or neurodegenerative etiology such as post-traumatic stress disorder, dementia, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), among others. I am at present time attempting to develop the remainder of my doctoral capstone, focusing on routine screening of athletes in contact sports for symptoms of CTE.

When I’m not working, I enjoy spending time with my husband and son, my four cats (Boo-Boo, Blossom, Schrodinger, and Murray the Tri-Pawed) and my dog Layla. I am also a musician and self-proclaimed nerd. I love to sing, remix music, and am attempting to learn the ocarina. I also enjoy Dungeons and Dragons, painting minis for gaming campaigns, and have an affinity for digital mysteries such as Cicada 3301.

I treat all my patients with respect and compassion and attempt to maximize positive outcomes through the latest evidence-based practice research and collaboration.

I look forward to working with you!