Blaine Guelde-PatelAPRN · Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, Integrative Health & Healing
An Orlando psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner who founded Integrative Health & Healing and cares for adults with ADHD, anxiety and depression, pairing medication management with non-medication approaches.
The conversation
15 minutes with host Joe Brown. Start anywhere: chapters on the right.
- 0:00They're the expert in themselves
- 0:04What this episode covers
- 0:41Welcome & meet Blaine Guelde-Patel, APRN
- 1:16What to look for in a mental health provider
- 2:03Therapist vs. psychiatrist vs. psych NP
- 3:33What happens at your first appointment
- 5:20Adult ADHD: how an evaluation works
- 6:23When it's time to get help
- 8:15Afraid of medication?
- 9:42What a trauma center taught her about mental health
- 11:51When a loved one won't get help
- 13:14What she wants every patient to know
- 14:11Where to find Integrative Health & Healing
For general information, not a substitute for advice from your own doctor.
How she thinks
about care
- Nurse practitioner degree
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Virginia Commonwealth University (2013)
- Psychiatric training
- Post-graduate Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certificate, University of Cincinnati (2019)
- Undergraduate
- Bachelor's degree, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (now AdventHealth University)
- License
- Florida APRN license APRN11005551, as listed in the NPI registry (NPI 1811324585)
- Practice
- Integrative Health & Healing, Orlando, FL (founded 2021)
- Sees
- Adults, in person in Orlando and by telehealth across Florida
Background from integrativehhfl.com.
Blaine Guelde-Patel, APRN, is a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner in Orlando, Florida, where she founded Integrative Health & Healing in 2021. She has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare.
She earned her bachelor's degree at Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (now AdventHealth University) and her Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013, then completed a post-graduate Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certificate at the University of Cincinnati in 2019.
Her practice website says she began her nurse practitioner career with the Acute Pain Management Service at the University of Maryland's R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, then worked at the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine in Baltimore from 2016 to 2020, where she trained in mindfulness and other mind-body techniques.
Integrative Health & Healing cares for adults with ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, grief, mood disorders and stress. The practice has an office in Orlando and also sees patients by telehealth across Florida.
Her practice website says that while most of her days are focused on prescribing medications, non-medication techniques and whole-person wellness are what drive her.
The practice describes its care as individualized: every person is unique, so their plan of care should be too.
Summary written by Top Providers from her podcast interview and her practice website and the NPI registry.
In her words
Verbatim from her podcast interview.
Looking for someone that you feel like you can connect with, that you feel safe with, and that you can be honest with.Blaine Guelde-Patel, Top Providers Podcast
I may be the expert in the medicine, but they're the expert in themselves and what's going to make sense for them.Blaine Guelde-Patel, Top Providers Podcast
You don't have to wait until you have suicidal thoughts or self-harm thoughts or these really bad, negative, intrusive thoughts to get support.Blaine Guelde-Patel, Top Providers Podcast
If I do start someone on a medication, it's always at a low dose, and it's always with their permission.Blaine Guelde-Patel, Top Providers Podcast
Clips
Under a minute each, cut straight from the interview.
Shorts0:31Therapist, psychiatrist or psych NP? The difference
Not sure who to see? Blaine Guelde-Patel, APRN, a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, explains the difference: a therapist focuses on talk therapy, while a psychiatrist and a psychiatric nurse practitioner both mostly prescribe medication. General information, not medical advice.
Shorts0:39The sign it's time to stop waiting and get help
You don't have to wait for a crisis to get support. Blaine Guelde-Patel, APRN, describes signs it may be time to reach out, like trouble getting out of bed, getting work done or enjoying the things you used to love. In a crisis, call or text 988. General information, not medical advice.
Shorts0:35Scared of mental health medication? Watch this
Afraid of medication? Blaine Guelde-Patel, APRN, explains that medication isn't always the first step, and that when she does start it, it's at a low dose, only with your permission, and with a plan you're comfortable with. General information, not medical advice.
Shorts0:35What a trauma center taught her about mental health
Pain affects more than the body. Blaine Guelde-Patel, APRN, shares what working in pain management at a trauma center taught her: pain can disrupt sleep, lower mood and pull people away from friends, family and work. General information, not medical advice.
Shorts0:24Picking a mental health provider? Start here
Looking for a mental health provider? Blaine Guelde-Patel, APRN, suggests asking friends and family who they've seen, and looking for someone you can connect with, feel safe with and be honest with. General information, not medical advice.
The practice
Details checked against integrativehhfl.com, Oct 30, 2026.
Integrative Health & Healing
- Address
- 1516 Hillcrest St, Suite 309, Orlando, FL 32803
- Phone
- (689) 233-9653
- Patients
- Adults
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