Adults, young adults, children (5+), Neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, Caregivers & Professionals
English, Translation services available upon request
Limited Availability
Virtual Only
Weekdays & Daytime
Meriah Ward (they/them) provides a space where you do not have to perform wellness to be taken seriously. As a dual board-certified Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Meriah offers comprehensive care—from psychiatric diagnostic evaluations and virtual psychotherapy to collaborative medication management—for adults and young adults worn down from masking, carrying too much alone, or trying to function in systems that were not built for them.
Care is collaborative, transparent, and paced to respect your capacity. Whether you are exploring medication options, seeking diagnostic clarity, or navigating physical and emotional health under their FNP and PMHNP umbrella, the goal is always to build real safety, support your autonomy, and bring steadiness to your nervous system.
Meriah specializes in working with neurodivergent individuals, LGBTQIA+ clients, and adults navigating chronic pain, chronic illness, disability stress, and complex trauma. Sessions center on identifying what lies beneath overwhelm, shutdown, and emotional intensity—helping you build tools tailored to your unique brain, find language for your lived experience, and develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
If you have experienced being dismissed, misunderstood, or rushed in healthcare settings, this work offers a clear shift. You will not be asked to shrink your experience to fit a neat box, but rather met with curiosity, respect, and grounded clinical support.
Chronic overwhelm, burnout, and shutdown
Identity exploration and queer/trans support
Trauma from attachment wounds or spiritual harm
Masking, executive dysfunction, and ADHD/autism fatigue
Nervous system dysregulation, anxiety, and panic
Chronic fatigue, pain, and feeling disconnected from the body
Relationship patterns and self-trust ruptures
Boundaries, self-compassion, and emotional resilience
Sessions with Dr. Ward are warm, validating, and unhurried. You’ll feel met as a whole person, complexities and all. Rather than following a rigid protocol, they work collaboratively to explore what’s showing up in your body, your relationships, and your self-talk.
Expect a mix of deep insight and practical strategy: you might spend one session understanding internal parts and the next brainstorming routines or accommodation tools that actually fit your life. Dr. Ward doesn’t rush you or perform “fixing”. Instead, they walk alongside you as you build trust in yourself.
Dr. Ward holds dual board certifications as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). They bring a total of 10 years of nursing experience, including 6 years of advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) experience, with a focus on working in underserved communities and a deep commitment to care that is affirming, anti-oppressive, and consent-based.
They’ve completed extensive additional training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), psychodynamic therapy, and neurodivergent-informed approaches. Their lived experience with chronic illness and neurodivergence also grounds their empathy and advocacy in meaningful ways.
Dr. Ward has contributed to national continuing education platforms, clinical publications, and public media around identity-affirming mental health, trauma, and ethical psychiatry.
CA: Aetna, Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, Curative, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Cigna, Carelon Behavioral Health, and Providence Health Plan.
NC: Healthy Blue NC, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Aetna, Meritain Health, Cigna, Carelon Behavioral Health, North Carolina Health Choice, North Carolina Medicaid, Oscar Health Plan, Optum, Medicare, Railroad Medicare, Carolina Complete Health, Wellcare, Ambetter of North Carolina, Partners Behavioral Health, Vaya Health, Coventry Health, Trillium Health, Curative, Providence Health Plan, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, and participating employer-sponsored/small group plans.
VA: Medicaid, Medicare, Aetna, Cigna, Cigna Medicare, Curative, Providence Health Plan, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Carelon Behavioral Health, Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
Superbills: Superbills can be provided for reimbursement.
If you do not see your insurance on the list, still reach out to discuss options that may be available.
Yes, this is a common starting point in sessions. We can explore neurodivergence together through a non-pathologizing lens and help you understand how your brain and body are actually working, rather than what they “should” be doing.
You never have to rush. We go at your pace, and I’ll never push you into sharing details you’re not ready to explore. Trauma work can happen through regulation, parts work, and body awareness, not just retelling.
I approach meds collaboratively. We talk openly about goals, side effects, and alternatives. I support deprescribing when appropriate and always center your autonomy.
Yes. These are central parts of my work. I don’t treat executive dysfunction as laziness or avoidance. I understand the cognitive and emotional toll of functioning in a world not built for you.
Absolutely. These conversations are welcome and often essential to healing.
Yes, this integration is core to what I offer. Your body, brain, and lived experience all deserve care.
