--- title: Monsuru Akinyemi, PMHNP date: 2025-05-27T20:09:35Z modified: 2026-10-16T01:31:15Z permalink: "https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/team/monsuru-akinyemi-pmhnp/" type: team status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 4480 specialty: - Psychiatry office: - Columbia Psychiatry - Falls Church, VA modality_areas: - Art Therapy - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Family Therapy - Group Therapy - Individual Counseling - Medication Management - Relationship Counseling - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) - Trauma-Focused CBT conditions: - Addiction & Substance Use - ADHD - Adoption - Anger Management & Impulse Disorders - Anxiety Disorders - Autism Spectrum Disorders - Behavioral Issues - Bipolar Disorder - Body Dysmorphia - Career Issues - Chronic Illness & Chronic Pain - Cultural (racial, ethnic) Identity Issues - Delusional Disorders - "Dementia & Alzheimer's" - Depression - Developmental Disorders - Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - Domestic Violence - Eating Disorders - Eating/Food Insecurities - Family Conflict - Gambling Addiction - Gender Dysphoria - Grief and Bereavement - Hoarding - Homelessness - Infertility or Pregnancy Loss - Intellectual Disabilities - Learning Disabilities - LGBTQI+ identity and/or stressors - "Men's Issues" - Military Lifestyle Issues - Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms - Parenting Issues - Personality Disorders - Pre/Post-Partum - Relationship Issues - Schizophrenic Disorders - School Issues - Self-Harming Behaviors - Sex Abuse Victims - Sexual Addictions - Sexual Disorders - Sexual Dysfunction - Sleep Disorders - Social Anxiety - Sports Psychology - Stress Management - Suicidality - Transition to Adulthood - Trauma - Traumatic Brain Injury - Veteran’s Issues - Weight loss/evaluation for bariatric surgery - "Women's Issues" special_populations: - Co-Occurring Disorders - Geriatric - HIV/AIDS - Immigrant Populations - LGBTQI+ language: - Yoruba featured_image: "https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WebTeamCoverPhotos_CMH.png" timestamp: 2026-10-16T01:31:15Z tags: - Psychiatry - Columbia Psychiatry - Falls Church, VA - Art Therapy - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Family Therapy - Group Therapy - Individual Counseling - Medication Management - Relationship Counseling - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) - Trauma-Focused CBT - Addiction & Substance Use - ADHD - Adoption - Anger Management & Impulse Disorders - Anxiety Disorders - Autism Spectrum Disorders - Behavioral Issues - Bipolar Disorder - Body Dysmorphia - Career Issues - Chronic Illness & Chronic Pain - Cultural (racial, ethnic) Identity Issues - Delusional Disorders - "Dementia & Alzheimer's" - Depression - Developmental Disorders - Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - Domestic Violence - Eating Disorders - Eating/Food Insecurities - Family Conflict - Gambling Addiction - Gender Dysphoria - Grief and Bereavement - Hoarding - Homelessness - Infertility or Pregnancy Loss - Intellectual Disabilities - Learning Disabilities - LGBTQI+ identity and/or stressors - "Men's Issues" - Military Lifestyle Issues - Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms - Parenting Issues - Personality Disorders - Pre/Post-Partum - Relationship Issues - Schizophrenic Disorders - School Issues - Self-Harming Behaviors - Sex Abuse Victims - Sexual Addictions - Sexual Disorders - Sexual Dysfunction - Sleep Disorders - Social Anxiety - Sports Psychology - Stress Management - Suicidality - Transition to Adulthood - Trauma - Traumatic Brain Injury - Veteran’s Issues - Weight loss/evaluation for bariatric surgery - "Women's Issues" - Co-Occurring Disorders - Geriatric - HIV/AIDS - Immigrant Populations - LGBTQI+ - Yoruba --- ### Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I am a provider at our [Falls Church, VA](https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/location/falls-church-va.md) clinic who offers [psychiatric](https://www.columbiapsychiatry-dc.com/psychiatric-care/psychiatry-and-medication/) services! 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