Michelle (Shelly) Johnson is a dual-certified nurse practitioner in pediatric primary care and psychiatric mental health, offering integrative mental health treatments (a holistic approach that uses conventional and complementary therapies to treat psychiatric disorders) to children, adolescents, and adults. She obtained her pediatric nurse practitioner degree from Azusa Pacific University in 2014 and obtained her psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner certification from Florida State University in 2021.

Shelly works with clients who experience:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Mood disorders
• ADHD
• OCD
• PTSD

Behavioral issues in children and teenagers
Prior to joining the Costello Center, she was working at a pediatric residential psychiatric facility; she also has experience as a nursing instructor in both pediatric and psychiatric medicine. Her work is personalized, utilizing evidence-based practice and includes education, medication, therapy, and complementary modalities. She believes personalized treatment leads to improvement in symptoms, restored mental health, and positive well-being. 

She is now offering a nutritional psychiatry program, which is an integrative approach to address symptoms of mental health issues instead of or in addition to medication management and psychotherapy for mental health conditions. It includes dietary changes and supplements that support mental health.