Your Mental Health Partner:
Shinichi Daimyo
My practice is based on this core premise: every person has the ability to create a life that has deep significance and achievable meaning.
I believe therapy can be a safe place to explore what is hard, face what most weighs on us, and tap into how strong we can be. I believe psychiatric medication, when personalized, understood, and rightly chosen, can be incredible tools to aid this journey.
My style is rooted in insight and narrative therapy, and integrates humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, acceptance and commitment, systemic and interpersonal based approaches. My approach drives towards making idealism realistic by unleashing our imagination on making the impossible possible. I encourage living in laughter, expressing joy, deep introspection, and aspirational accountability throughout our process. These practices lay the foundation for deep healing and transformative change.
Growing up as the child of Vietnamese and Japanese immigrants in the boat refugee community of Los Angeles, I experienced first-hand the consequences of stigmatization and inequity on the well-being of communities fighting for a better life. These experiences are the foundation of my 20+ year career providing mental health care to those who are often forgotten, and core to my commitment to providing my patients care that is centered on being heard, understood, and affirmed.
I’m a devout dog person who loves 2 cats (Droplet+Babs), an unapologetic elder emo, and still convinced at age 40+ that I can dunk a basketball. I’m a practical optimist who believes in our power to expand the bounds of our imagined potential to create great beauty and joy even in the midst of our hardest moments.
Professional Background
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MSN, Yale School of Nursing
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
BA, University of Southern California
American Nurses Association/SAMHSA Minority Fellow
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow
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Independently licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner in MA, NH, VT, ME, DC, OR, WA
ANCC Board Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Therapist, Solidarity Mental Health
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Therapist, Insight Northwest Counseling
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Therapist, Project H.O.M.E.
Clinical Faculty, Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions
Psychiatric NP and Therapy Intern, Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, CT
Psychiatric NP and Therapy Intern, Optimus Healthcare FQHC
Psychiatric NP and Therapy Intern, FamilyAID
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Senior Clinical Lead, Mental Health | Co-Chair, Community Mental Health Equity, Project H.O.M.E.
Senior Advisor | Mental Health Officer, Partners In Health
Behavioral Health Advisor, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Deputy Executive Commissioner
Program Manager, Harvard Medical School, Program In Global Mental Health and Social Change
Mental Health and Human Rights Policy Fellow, World Health Organization
Durant Fellow, Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Mental Health Response, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Obama Florida Healthcare Advisory Committee
Research Coordinator, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
Health Systems and Management Advisor, Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance, Boston Medical Center
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Advisory Board, American Psychological Association Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship
Advisory Board, Generation Mental Health
Board Member, Rhiza Collective
Board Member, Do Good Well
Board Member, Southeastern Pennsylvania Area Health Center
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