Meet Your California Psychiatric Provider
Get to know the SacredHLI clinician currently serving adults in California, learn about her approach to psychiatric care, and choose how you would like to begin.
Dr. Joann Ezeibe
Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Dr. Joann is dedicated to providing compassionate, evidence-based mental health care for adults. She believes every patient deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, and understanding in a safe, judgment-free environment.
She partners with patients to develop individualized treatment plans that may include comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, medication management, supportive therapy, lifestyle recommendations, and referrals when appropriate.
Her goal is to empower patients toward lasting emotional wellness, improved functioning, and a better quality of life through collaborative, patient-centered care.
Start Your Care Pathway →Common Reasons Patients Seek Care
Patients may seek psychiatric evaluation and care for a range of mental health concerns. Common visit reasons associated with Dr. Joann’s practice include:
Individual treatment recommendations depend on clinical evaluation and each patient’s circumstances.
What You Can Expect Working With Dr. Joann
Compassionate & Collaborative
Dr. Joann understands that seeking mental health care can feel overwhelming. She strives to help patients feel comfortable, heard, and respected from the first meeting.
Her approach is compassionate, collaborative, and judgment-free. She takes time to listen, answer questions, and involve patients in developing treatment plans that reflect their individual needs, goals, and preferences.
Individualized Care
Care begins with understanding your symptoms, history, current concerns, previous treatment experiences, and personal goals.
Treatment recommendations are individualized and may incorporate medication management, supportive therapy, lifestyle recommendations, and appropriate referrals.
Your First Appointment
Your first appointment is a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation. Dr. Joann will discuss your symptoms, medical and mental health history, current concerns, treatment goals, and previous medications or therapies.
Together, you will develop an individualized treatment plan based on your clinical needs and preferences. Follow-up appointments focus on monitoring progress, evaluating response to treatment, making adjustments when appropriate, and supporting your continuing mental health journey.
The objective is to build a trusting therapeutic relationship in which you and your provider work collaboratively toward improved functioning and lasting wellness.
Your California Care Pathway
SacredHLI makes it possible to learn about your provider before deciding how you would like to begin care.
1. Meet Your Provider
Learn about Dr. Joann’s professional background, philosophy of care, and approach to working with patients.
2. Start With a Conversation
If you would like to speak with a SacredHLI psychiatric provider first, request a complimentary 15-minute telephone consultation.
3. Begin Appropriate Care
When you are ready, SacredHLI will guide you through the appropriate intake, insurance, private-pay, or financial-access pathway.
Complimentary 15-Minute Psychiatry Consultation
Finding the right psychiatric provider matters. If you would like to have a brief conversation before deciding whether to begin care, you may request a complimentary 15-minute telephone consultation.
This gives you an opportunity to ask general questions, better understand SacredHLI’s psychiatric-care pathway, and decide whether you would like to proceed.
The complimentary consultation is informational and does not include diagnosis, treatment, medication prescribing, or establishment of an ongoing clinician-patient relationship.
Ways to Begin Care
SacredHLI’s Start Here pathway will help direct you to the appropriate option based on how you intend to access care.
Commercial Insurance
SacredHLI coordinates commercial insurance-based psychiatric care through participating clinicians using Headway. Insurance participation and eligibility are verified through the applicable insurance pathway.
Private Pay
Patients who prefer not to use commercial insurance may access SacredHLI’s private-pay psychiatric-care pathway.
Financial Access
If SacredHLI’s standard self-pay rate presents a significant financial hardship, you may request an individualized Financial Access Review.
Professional Background
Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Regis College — Doctor of Nursing Practice
Indiana State University
Sacred Healing Lights International, Inc.
1437382652
California Telepsychiatry
SacredHLI provides scheduled outpatient psychiatric care through telehealth. For a California telehealth appointment, the patient must be physically located in California at the time the clinical service is provided.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Begin with SacredHLI’s Start Here pathway. You can request a complimentary consultation, use commercial insurance, choose private pay, or tell us if you need additional guidance accessing care.