Brianna Dawson, PMHNP-BC, built her practice on a truth many women know all too well:

You can be high-functioning, successful, and seemingly “fine”—and still be silently struggling.

Her own journey through emotional health and identity challenges taught her just how isolating it can be to appear composed while quietly carrying the weight of anxiety, fatigue, or disconnection. That lived experience gave Brianna a deeper understanding of what her patients often couldn’t find words for—and what the system so often overlooks.

As a psychiatric nurse practitioner working across acute care, community mental health, and perinatal psychiatry, she began to see the same story repeated: women dismissed, misdiagnosed, or reduced to a checklist of symptoms. Appointments were rushed. Context was ignored. Diagnoses were handed down without deeper questions being asked.

She knew there had to be a better way.

So she built it.

Behavioral Wellness for Women was founded with one central aim: to deliver thoughtful, whole-person mental health care that meets women where they are—and helps them reconnect with who they want to be. Brianna blends psychiatry with nervous system support, hormone-aware education, and collaborative care models to treat the root causes behind anxiety, depression, mood shifts, and burnout.

Because when women are heard, informed, and supported, healing becomes a shared process—not a solitary struggle.

Meet the Founder of Behavioral Wellness for Women

Name: Brianna Dawson, PMHNP-BC
Practice: Behavioral Wellness for Women
Location: Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Clinical Focus: Reproductive psychiatry, hormone-informed mental health, integrative care for women across the lifespan
Website: behavioralwellnessforwomen.com
Instagram: @behavioralwellnessforwomen

Behavioral Wellness for Women is a boutique psychiatric practice grounded in evidence-based care and guided by partnership. Brianna offers psychiatric evaluations, medication management, group support, and integrative tools to help women make sense of their symptoms and reconnect with their health.

Her mission is simple: restore clarity, calm, and confidence to women who’ve been told they’re “fine”—even when they feel anything but.

What Makes Her Model Different

“I believe people—especially women—deserve care that is unhurried, individualized, and rooted in genuine partnership,” Brianna shares.

Her clinical approach integrates modern psychiatry with holistic frameworks: nutrition, nervous system regulation, lifestyle interventions, and hormone education. Rather than viewing symptoms in isolation, she helps patients connect the dots between mood, sleep, stress, cycles, and life transitions—whether they’re navigating menstruation, pregnancy, perimenopause, or chronic fatigue.

Too often, Brianna says, women are prescribed medication with little explanation, or told to “manage stress” without real tools or context.

Her model is different.

She slows the process down. She invites women to learn how their bodies work. And she makes sure they never feel like they have to prove they’re struggling in order to get support.

“Care should restore agency,” she says. “When women are educated and included in their decisions, healing becomes collaborative—not something done to them.”

A Patient Story That Anchors Her Why

There’s one woman Brianna will never forget.

She came into the practice overwhelmed, disconnected, and unsure whether anything could actually help. She had been through several providers, cycled through medications, and started to believe maybe this was just how life was going to feel.

Brianna approached her care differently. She took time to understand her hormone patterns. Reviewed her labs together. Supported her nervous system. Gently layered in psychiatric treatment. And most importantly—she made space for the woman’s full story.

What happened next wasn’t a dramatic overnight transformation. It was a slow, steady return to self.

“She started showing up differently in her work, her relationships, her sense of self,” Brianna reflects. “And that’s the shift I want more women to experience. Not just symptom relief—but real clarity and confidence again.”

From Clinician to CEO: How The Business Academy Changed Her Path

Brianna didn’t set out to become a business owner. Like many advanced practice clinicians, she started with a vision for better care—but lacked the infrastructure to build around it.

That changed when she joined The Business Academy.

“Working with The Advanced Practice gave me clarity I didn’t know I needed,” she explains. “I learned how to articulate my offers, structure my services, and communicate the value of what I do.”

The biggest shift?

Understanding that her model of care wasn’t just compassionate—it was rare. The Business Academy helped her build a practice around that rarity, from brand messaging to pricing to systems that support a high-touch patient experience without burning out the provider.

“The Business Academy showed me how to lead a practice that reflects my values—where women feel safe, seen, and supported—and to build it in a way that’s sustainable for me too.”

A Bigger Vision for Women’s Mental Health

Brianna isn’t just building a practice. She’s building a movement toward better care for women.

One of her most exciting projects is a reproductive psychiatry training program designed to help other providers deliver more informed, compassionate, and context-aware care. It’s a way to scale the impact of her philosophy—while addressing the growing demand for hormone-literate mental health clinicians.

She also hopes to evolve Behavioral Wellness for Women into a hub for training, group care, and collaborative treatment. A place where women don’t just come for help—they come to feel whole again.

Her message is bold and beautifully simple:

“Mental health care for women should not be an afterthought. It should be intelligent, intentional, and integrated.”

Looking ahead, Brianna is working to ensure that kind of care becomes the standard—not the exception.

If you’d like to learn more about Brianna Dawson and Behavioral Wellness for Women, visit
behavioralwellnessforwomen.com or follow @behavioralwellnessforwomen.