A Provider Who Cares
Gena Penn, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Gena Penn is a dedicated Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner licensed and Board Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Gena has more than two decades of experience delivering compassionate nursing care. She has helped people with various backgrounds and life experiences, working in a range of treatment centers, from community outpatient clinics to emergency and crisis facilities.
Gena views caring for a patient as more than treating and alleviating symptoms. She combines traditional, evidence-based practices such as medication management and supportive therapy with integrative strategies like healthy lifestyle behaviors, nutritional support, and supplementation. Gena recognizes the connection between mind, body, and spirit and acknowledges the importance of spiritual nourishment through faith and biblical principles. When developing individualized treatment plans for her patients, she considers nutritional, biochemical, emotional, mental, and spiritual imbalances to promote healthier lifestyle habits by encouraging exercise, mindful eating, health-promoting diets, and medication when necessary.
Gena is committed to the goal of Balanced Mind Integrative Care to address the whole person and provide accessible, virtual, comprehensive solutions. She aims to empower her patients to achieve balance through self-awareness and making lifestyle modifications. Gena firmly believes that a balanced lifestyle paves the path to total well-being. She is delighted to help you on your journey to enhance your mental and physical health!
Educational Background
- Florida Atlantic University, Florida – Post-Master’s Certificate – Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Grand Canyon University, Arizona – Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with focus on Public Health
- Howard University, Washington, DC – Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
- Florida Nurse Practitioner Network
- American Psychiatric Nurses Associations
- American Nurses Credentialing Center
- American Nurses Association
- Florida’s Nurses Association
- American Nutrition Association
- International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research
- Institute for Functional Medicine
Vision
Balanced Mind Integrative Care’s vision is to empower individuals to attain mental, emotional, and physical well-being through accessible, quality mental health care.
Goals
Balanced Mind Integrative Care’s goal is to treat the whole person, providing virtual, holistic care that combines conventional and integrative approaches to empower individuals toward their own healing through self-awareness and healthier lifestyle changes.
Values
Balanced Mind Integrative Care’s value prioritizes mental health as fundamental for overall wellness. To uphold these beliefs, we have established fundamental values that guide how we treat our patients and collaborate with everyone inside and outside our institution. Our commitment is to ensure every individual is shown acceptance and dignity, with complete impartiality, regardless of disability, race, ethnicity, gender, age, economic status, or sexual orientation. As part of our dedication to service, we are driven by integrity, respect, faith, hope, diversity, and equality.
Mission
Balanced Mind Integrative Care’s mission is to empower individuals on their wellness journey by providing education, support, and advocacy. Understanding the mind-body connection between mental, physical, and spiritual health is essential to improving mental health. Therefore, we encourage and promote a positive mental attitude, healthful lifestyle, diet, nutritional support, and evidenced-based medications and therapies to maintain health and treat mental health conditions.
