Hi, I’m Brandy Coward.
I’m a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and the founder of Auxilia Health. I provide comprehensive psychiatric care for adults, including diagnostic evaluation and medication management. My work is grounded in evidence-based practice, clear communication, and care that is responsive to real life.
I have full prescriptive authority as a PMHNP and manage psychiatric medications when they are clinically appropriate. Treatment decisions are individualized and informed by both current psychiatric evidence and each patient’s medical history, symptoms, and goals.
My clinical background spans acute, crisis, and outpatient settings. This experience has shaped a practice rooted in careful assessment, clinical judgment, and long-term stability. At Auxilia Health, care is centered on trust, transparency, and helping patients make informed decisions about their mental health.
My Approach
I approach psychiatric care as an active, goal-oriented process. While I value reflection and thoughtful conversation, my role is not to provide passive talk therapy. I’m comfortable offering direct feedback and challenging patterns that keep people stuck, when it’s clinically appropriate and done with care.
Change often requires more than insight alone. For some patients, progress comes through working things through; for others, through medication management; and most often, through an integrated approach that combines both. Integrated care, where psychiatric expertise and therapeutic work inform one another, is where I see the most meaningful and sustainable outcomes.
I work best with patients who are open to engagement, accountability, and forward movement. Care at Auxilia Health is collaborative, but it is also intentional. The goal is not just understanding symptoms, but creating positive, lasting change that holds up outside the appointment room.