The Heritage Counseling Associates - Jacqueline Ahrens McCoy, A.R.N.P., M.S.
Jacqueline Ahrens McCoy ARNP, is a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with Prescriptive Authority. Since her 1977 graduation from the University of Maryland, her career has largely been in the area of counseling. She has also taught nursing and been a professional nurse consultant in two large hospitals. Mrs. McCoy has a general counseling practice with special interest in mood, anxiety, dissociative disorders, and relationships issues. Jackie works extensively with trauma victims. She is married to Dr. Claude McCoy, also of Heritage Counseling Associates. She is also a busy mother and grandmother.
Educational background:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing - 1973 - University of Washington
- Master of Science in Psychiatric Nursing - 1977 - University of Maryland
- Certified Clinical Specialist - Psychiatry - 1980 - American Nurses Association
- Advanced Registered Nurse Specialist - 1980 - American Nurses Association
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License:
- Registered Nurse - State of Washington - since 1973
- Advanced Registered Nurse Specialist -State of Washington - since 1980
- Prescriptive Authority - State of Washington - since 1983
- Drug Enforcement Agency - USA - since 2000
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Summary of Qualifications:
- Extensive experience, 30 years, providing psychotherapy to adults, families and groups
- Licensed to prescribe and manage psychotropic medications when indicated
- Experienced with most diagnoses with particular expertise in women’s issues, mood, anxiety, dissociative disorders, adjustment disorders, attention defficit disorder, post traumatic disorder, marital issues, and medication evaluation and management
- Effective in using both short and long-term therapy as well as crisis intervention
- Predominantly family systems, cognitive-behavior approach
- Trained and certified in Eye Movement Densensitization and Reprocessing for use with abuse and truama survivors
- Additional experience in psychosocial hospital consultation, inpatient psychiatry, psychiatric nursing instructor, public speaking
- Personal values rooted in Christianity provide integration of faith issues for Christian clients desiring spiritiual emphasis, however,there is respect for all persons regardless of religious and cultural orientation
- Personal qualities include openness, humor, assertiveness, high energy, work well with others and follow through with commitments; family oriented and intensively interested in family heritages
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A word to prospective clients:
I welcome new clients and sincerely look forward to meeting you and working with you to achieve your personal goals. It has been a joy for me to do this exciting and challenging work and to get to know and help so many great people over the years.
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