Wayne Palmer, PMHNP

Biography

"Wayne Palmer is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) with a Master of Science in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from the University of Maryland, earned in 2016. With over eight years of experience, he provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and telepsychiatry services for children, adolescents, and adults across diverse clinical settings.

Wayne specializes in treating conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, trauma, substance use, and psychosis. His approach is patient-centered and rooted in evidence-based care, integrating empathy, accessibility, and technology to improve mental health outcomes. He is especially passionate about supporting underserved populations, including veterans, LGBTQ+ individuals, and culturally diverse communities.

In his free time, Wayne enjoys volleyball, running, and spending quality time with his family."

Brightside offerings

Medication Teen Medication

Clinical Focus Areas

ADHD Addiction Anger Management Anxiety Disorders Autism Spectrum Disorders Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality (BPD) Chronic Pain Depression Dissociative Disorders (DID) Eating Disorders Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD) Oppositional Defiance (ODD) Postpartum Pregnancy Prenatal Psychosis Self-Harming Sleep or Insomnia Stress Substance Use Disorders Suicidal Ideation Testing and Evaluation Trauma and PTSD

Languages

English

Identity

Male He/Him/His

Culture & faith

African American Arab Cultures Bicultural / Multicultural People Blind People and Culture Caribbean Cultures Catholicism Central American Cultures Central Asian Cultures Chicano/a/x Christianity Diasporic or Black Culture East Asian Cultures Eastern European Cultures Indigenous Cultures Interfaith Islam Jehovah's Witnesses Latin American Cultures Mexican American Culture North Asian Cultures Northern European Cultures Pacific Islander Cultures South American Cultures South Asia Cultures Southeast Asian Cultures Southern European Cultures Spiritism Western European Cultures Wiccan/ Paganism

Community & allyship

Chronic Illness Immigrants LGBTQ+ Men's Mental Health People with Disabilities Refugees Survivors of Trauma and Abuse Veterans

Credentials

PHNP

States served

California Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia

Insurances accepted

Aetna All Savers Allegiance Benefit Plan Management Allied Benefit Systems Allwell By Wellcare Ambetter AmeriHealth Administrators (non-Medicaid plans) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia Anthem Blue Cross California Blue Shield of California Carelon Behavioral Health Cigna Detroit Diesel (Carelon) Felra and UFCW Health and Welfare Fund (Carelon) GEHA Healthscopes Highmark Pennsylvania Imperial County Schools (Carelon) Independence Blue Cross (IBX) Magellan