YOUR PROVIDERS

JaShunta "Jai" Carson | PMHNP-BC
JaShunta Carson, is a board-certified Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Jai's primary goal is to provide the best quality of care to her patients. She believes in practicing medicine from a holistic standpoint to give her patients evidence-based care regardless of their diagnosis. Jai serves the entire life span seeing patients ages 6 and older. Accepted insurances are Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Health Care, Optum, Aetna, Cigna, Oscar Health, Oxford, Magellan, Tricare East, and Medicare/Medicaid ( pending). Jai also has a reasonable self pay rating scale uniquely tailored to each patient.
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Jai's expertise is centered around Substance abuse, Dissociative Disorders, Trauma/Military, Cognitive Disorders, ADHD, Bipolar, MDD, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, and Schizoaffective disorders, to name a few. Jai has also worked in various mental health care settings including inpatient, partial hospitalization, addiction medicine, and outpatient programs. Jai enjoys building a strong professional, therapeutic relationship with her patients. Jai also welcomes and embraces training nurse practitioner students, helping to provide a solid, educational foundation needed to successfully transition in the profession.
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*** Accepting clients located in Houston, Texas only at this time****

Monique Griffin | PMHNP-BC
Monique Griffin was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. and relocated to the DFW area after Hurricane Katrina. Monique is an avid sports fan. In her spare time, Monique enjoys traveling and attending major sporting events with her husband and three children. Monique looks forward to building a therapeutic rapport with new clients and utilizing an empathetic and collaborative treatment approach. Accepted insurances are Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Health Care, Optum, Aetna, Cigna, Oscar Health, Oxford, Magellan, Medicare ( pending), Tricare
(pending). Monique also has a reasonable self pay rating scale uniquely tailored to each patient.
Monique has extensive mental health training and worked in a variety of clinical behavioral health settings as well as nursing experience in a community mental health setting and critical care settings. Monique was featured in an article in Nurses Lounge DFW magazine outlining her achievements and her research interests focused on the effects of Vitamin D and other supplements on mental health.

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1968 - M.D. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1974 - Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, Kansas
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1974 - U.S. Army - Fort Riley, Kansas
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2000-2015 - Medical Director - Trauma Program - Timberlawn Mental Health System, Dallas, TX
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2017- Present - Medical Staff President, University Behavioral Health, Denton, TX
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PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Psychoanalysis (Teaching Analyst, Dallas Psychoanalytic Institute) Inpatient Psychiatric short and long term treatment
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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
1973 "Clinical Evaluation of Thought Disturbance", unpublished manuscript, First Prize, Menninger School of Psychiatry graduation paper
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**** NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS****
Dr. S. Richard Roskos MD
COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN

Dr. David Tucker, MD is a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Specialist in Houston, TX. He is the collaborating physician of JaShunta Carson, APRN, and Monique Griffin, APRN. Dr. Tucker is accepting new patients via telehealth appointments.
Education & Training
Tulane University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Residency, Psychiatry, 1999
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License
*** ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS FOR PRIVATE PAY ONLY****