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ALL HEALTH STARTS
AND STOPS WITH
MENTAL HEALTH

ALL HEALTH STARTS AND STOPS WITH MENTAL HEALTH

OUR STORY

ABOUT LUNA MENTAL HEALTH

Luna Mental Health, PLLC was established by Kerri Patton in the Fall of 2023. We are passionate about mental health and offer care to children, adolescents, young adults, adults, and older adults. We can help if you are struggling with anxiety, ADHD, eating disorders, depression, mood swings, irritability, trouble sleeping, anger, as well as other psychiatric issues.

You can expect to meet with a provider on a one-on-one basis. We do in-person visits as well as telemedicine. We provide thorough assessments, evaluations, medication management, lab work, and symptom focused counseling.

Our intent is to ease your suffering and help you to manage your illness with an approach that best suits your needs. We use medication management, education, limited counseling, labs, and testing to help you improve your overall quality of life.

Request an appointment below.

GET TO KNOW KERRI PATTON

PMHNP-BC

Portrait of Kerri Patton, ARNP with the quote "ALL HEALTH STARTS AND STOPS WITH MENTAL HEALTH"

I have dedicated my entire professional career to nursing. As a nurse practitioner practicing since 2006, I have worked in many areas including internal medicine, substance abuse, and palliative care. I attended the University of Iowa for a post master’s certificate in psychiatric mental health. This area has always been of great interest to me. Although I have worked in many different areas throughout my career, mental health has always been a common thread in my practice.

I believe all health starts and stops with mental health and I want to be able to provide quality psychiatric care to my patients. I enjoy meeting patients and hearing their stories as well as helping them live their best life. Quality care is important to me and I strive to deliver that to all my patients and their families.

INTRODUCING SHYRL HOAG

PMHNP-BC

Shyrl Hoag headshot

Shyrl has had decades of providing direct patient care in the medical surgical and inpatient psychiatric settings, both adult and child units, focuses on patient-centered, holistic care by promoting harmonious, patient-provider relationship. She encourages collaboration in order to reach her patient’s goals by presenting individualized treatment options, allowing the patient to guide the direction of treatment. Shyrl has inpatient and outpatient experience treating children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. Her areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar mood disorders, schizophrenia, substance abuse, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, impulse-control disorders, eating disorders, Autism, and PTSD. Shyrl provides a warm, calming environment that allows patients to feel safe and heard. Through understanding of neurobiology, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology, and life experiences.

She understands that people from all walks of life can suffer from mental health concerns at any given time. She strives to provide culturally competent care strives to provide safe non-judgmental or non-critical environment, while allowing clients to take an active role in the decision-making process of their treatment plan. She believes that successful medication management, in combination with therapy and other positive psycho social factors are essential to achieving mental well-being. She has worked in mental health for 20 years and Medical Surgical 20 years, and various other fields before having mental health experience. Shyrl has experience in both outpatient and inpatient settings, and most clinical training at UIHC. She enjoys working with clients with a variety of psychiatric concerns, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use and addiction, PTSD, and ADHD.

Shyrl completed a degree in Nursing at Des Moines Area Community College, and completed her undergraduate BSN at Grandview College Des Moines, Masters in Nursing Education at Clarke in Dubuque and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Allen College in Waterloo, Iowa.

REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT

The link below will take you to an appointment request form. Please enter the reason for your visit and request an available time and date. We will confirm your request and send you paperwork as necessary. We look forward to seeing you!