“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you” Maya Angelou

Hello! My name is Tatiana Sadak.

I am a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). I love my work, because it gives me opportunities to listen to meaningful life-stories, to learn with and from my patients and to be a witness to their recovery and progress towards well-being. My treatment methods adapt and evolve to meet your dynamic needs at different stages of your healing.

It is my mission and privilege to help you achieve optimal wellness in the face of:

• Depression and Bipolar Disorder
• Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)
• Dementia and Geriatric Neurodegenerative Disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Eating disorders
• Relationship conflict, Anger Management, or simply feeling Stressed and Overwhelmed

I use eclectic combinations of techniques including:

• Education, Coaching
• Self-management training, Lifestyle modification
• Psychotherapy, Biofeedback, Hypnosis
• Medication Management

Who are Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners:

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing is a specialized area of nursing practice committed to promoting mental health through the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of human responses to mental health problems and psychiatric disorders. PMHNP are licensed to provide comprehensive, patient-centered mental health treatments and have an independent authority to prescribe medications. Essential components of this specialty practice include health and wellness promotion through identification of mental health issues, prevention of mental health problems and care and treatment (including medication management) of persons with psychiatric disorders.

My philosophy of clinical care:

As a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) my main goals are to work in close partnership with patients to:

• Promote optimal mental and physical health and well-being
• Focus on wellness, prevention and minimizing avoidable complications
• Address impaired ability to function that is related to psychiatric, emotional and physiological distress
• Help coping with emotional stress related to illness, pain, disability and loss
• Utilize holistic approaches to symptom management, therapy, and psychopharmological interventions with broad focus on:
• Interpersonal
• Organizational
• Sociocultural
• Spiritual
• Environmental circumstances
• Mental and emotional well-being

What to expect from your appointments:

Our first appointment will be 60-75minutes

• We will have an opportunity to:
• get to know each other
• review your medical, psychiatric history and medications (please bring your medication containers)
• work in close partnership to start identifying target symptoms and establishing therapy goals
• Follow-up therapy and medication management appointments range from 30-60 minutes

What would make our therapeutic relationship a success:

• Mutual respect
• Openness to try new things
• Commitment to change
• Willingness to nurture an honest and comfortable collaborative relationship

My approach to Psychotherapy:

I believe that fundamental mission of psychotherapy is to assist people with:

• Re-connecting with self
• Promoting interpersonal growth and awareness
• Developing self-sustaining skills to manage obstacles
• Buffering stress in order to avoid neural compromise
• Reinstating healthy neural functioning
• Instilling optimism and hope for the future

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Neuro-Psychology
• Biofeedback (em wave technology)
• Hypnosis
• Dynamic Psychotherapy

My approach to psychopharmacology (medications):

• I believe that medications can help achieve a state of body and mind that allows patients to better benefit from psychotherapy
• I use conservative prescribing practices that are complimented and supported by psychotherapy
• My experience:
• Developed and taught geriatric pharmacology, psychiatry and neuroscience curriculums at the University of Washington School of Nursing
• Facilitated pharmacological clinical trials at the Seattle Veteran’s Hospital
• Co-authored several peer-reviewed publications

Tatiana Sadak’s Profile

Education and Training:

• PhD Candidate: University of Washington
• Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: Hartford Foundation
• Post-Graduate Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Residency: UW Memory Disorders Clinic
• Cambridge Who’s Who Among Executive and Professional
• Women in the field of Research, Medicine and Health Care
• DeTornyay Center for Healthy Aging Scholar and advisory board member: University of Washington
• Masters in Nursing Sciences and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Degree: University of Washington
• Mastery of Psychopharmacology Program: Neuroscience Education Institute
• BA in Psychology: Seattle Pacific University

Populations Served:

• Adults and older adults