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Why did you become a therapist, and what motivates you to continue?

Lem ScottL

Lem Scott

PMHNP-BC
Online & In-PersonAccepting New Clients
I am a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and the founder of Ash & Bloom Wellness, an integrative psychiatry practice serving adults across North Carolina by telehealth and in person in Raleigh. My work blends careful diagnostic assessment, evidence-based medication management, and practical lifestyle, sleep, and stress interventions so treatment fits the whole person rather than a single symptom list. Clinically, I focus on depression, anxiety, bipolar spectrum disorders, ADHD, trauma-related conditions, and co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. I provide buprenorphine (Suboxone) treatment for opioid use disorder and harm-reduction informed care for alcohol and other substance use, and I work comfortably alongside therapists and primary care clinicians as the medication management partner in a client's care team. I am doctorally prepared, hold national certification in psychiatric mental health care, and teach in graduate psychiatric nursing education, which keeps my practice current and grounded in the evidence. Visits are unhurried, collaborative, and free of judgment. You can expect clear explanations of your options, honest discussion of risks and benefits, and a plan you help build. New clients can start with a brief consultation to see whether we are a good fit. Private pay and insurance options are both available, and prescriptions are managed responsibly with attention to long-term function, not just short-term relief.
Moshe ManessM

Moshe Maness

LMHC
Online TherapyAccepting New Clients
Moshe Maness is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor from Brooklyn, NY but now online in NY. CT, MA, PA, FL, AK and WA. Moshe is passionate about showing individuals that their mental health doesn’t have to control their lives. Moshe helps clients who face depression, anxiety, stress, and difficult emotions that hold them back from living full lives. These individuals might also face perfectionism or burnout. Their mental health may get in the way of succeeding in the workplace, building healthy relationships, or feeling confident in themselves. Many of Moshe’s clients also experience overwhelming and at times confusing feelings of anger, frustration, loneliness, or regret. Moshe’s approach to therapy is psychodynamic, person-centered, and emotionally-focused. Clients talk openly about what’s on their mind, including their past, recent or current emotions, situations that made them react in a certain way, or ideas that came to them since the last session. Moshe helps clients make connections between the past and the present. He also teaches clients how to pay close attention to how they’re feeling, both emotionally and physically. Clients practice mindfulness to develop a keen sense of awareness that can help them better understand their reactions. Moshe also helps clients align their lives closer to their values and what’s important to them so that there’s no dissonance between how they live and how they want to live. He encourages them to consider existential questions about their life’s purpose and what it means to them to be fulfilled. Moshe earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University. He empowers clients to live confidently and with a sense of worthiness, even if they’re facing mental health challenges. He values creativity, compassion, and acceptance in his work with clients and strives to build a strong, trusting therapeutic relationship from the very first session.