Ekaete Okon, APRN, PMHNP-BC(She/Her/Hers)

Ekaete Okon, PMHNP-BC is a compassionate and highly skilled Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and founder of PEP Wellness Center PLLC, where she provides personalized, evidence-based psychiatric care for adults navigating anxiety, depression, adult ADHD, mood instability, sleep concerns, and life transitions. She works especially well with professionals, caregivers, and high-functioning individuals who may be silently struggling with overwhelm, emotional exhaustion, intrusive thoughts, poor focus, or persistent stress. Her care is rooted in creating a safe, supportive space where clients feel heard, respected, and empowered.

Her therapeutic style combines expert medication management with a therapy-informed, whole-person approach. Rather than focusing only on symptoms, Ekaete helps clients explore the emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and situational factors affecting their mental health. She incorporates principles from CBT, supportive psychotherapy, motivational interviewing, psychoeducation, and solution-focused interventions to help clients build insight, challenge unhelpful thought patterns, strengthen coping skills, and create sustainable change. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and deeply patient-centered.

Ekaete brings a broad clinical background spanning psychiatric nursing, telepsychiatry, crisis assessment, behavioral health intake, public health epidemiology, infection prevention, and outpatient medication management. Her experience across hospital, community, and telehealth settings allows her to confidently manage both straightforward and complex psychiatric needs while maintaining a strong emphasis on safety, clinical excellence, and continuity of care.

Through secure telehealth services, she offers psychiatric evaluations, medication follow-ups, and therapy-informed sessions for clients in states where she is licensed, making high-quality mental health care accessible, private, and convenient.