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Maria Barnes is a Board Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She obtained an Associate in Nursing Degree from Keiser University in Tampa, FL in 2012, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from Chamberlain College of Nursing in Addison, IL in 2014, and a Master of Science in Nursing Degree at University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2020.
Maria has 12 years of experience in the mental health field working in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She started her career as a staff nurse in a Juvenile Addictions Receiving Facility, in several inpatient mental health stabilization units, and an outpatient Community Mental Health clinic. Maria’s desire and passion has grown to help make a difference for the mental health population due to the negative stigma in the community. She enjoys providing empathetic listening and excellent care to her patients. She provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and follow up care for Adults with Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Personality Disorders, PTSD, ADHD/ADD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Cognitive Disorder. She is currently accepting new patients. She provides care through virtual telehealth visits and on-site at both WellMed at Brandon Regional and WellMed at SE Lakeland locations.