Lorraine Chidester, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Dr. Lorraine Chidester is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, who started her nursing career in 1988 and has decades of providing direct patient care in intensive care settings, including trauma, burn, neuro, and cardiac units. Lorraine has experience treating all ages across the lifespan. Areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, OCD, mood disorders, schizophrenia, substance abuse, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, and PTSD.

Lorraine uses the biopsychosocial model, which considers the interconnection between biology, psychology, and socio-environmental factors. She focuses on individualized patient-centered care by promoting a symbiotic, patient-provider relationship. She values collaboration among multi-disciplinary teams and develops an individualized treatment plan using integrated functional and conventional medicine.

Lorraine provides a warm, calming environment that allows patients to feel safe and heard. Through an understanding of neurobiology, psychotherapy, functional medicine, and psychopharmacology, Lorraine utilizes an integrative care model encouraging mental, physical, and social wellness. Our goal is to optimize your function and well-being.

Partnering Provider: Walnut Creek Psychiatry