Shirley M. Hudson

Shirley Hudson is a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) who is passionate about providing evidence-based and personalized care to adult clients. Shirley began her health career treating patients in a wide variety of settings including spinal cord injury, intensive care, hematology, oncology, and medical surgical units. After years of practice as a registered nurse, she fulfilled her goal of completing her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) at Old Dominion University and began practice as an FNP, specializing in gastroenterology and urology. Through her years of experience at the hospital bedside and clinic, Shirley became more aware of the increasing need for psychiatric mental health care providers not only in underserved communities, but in all communities. In an effort to increase access to psychiatric and mental health services, Shirley continued her education and earned her Post-Masters Psychiatric Mental …Health Nurse Practitioner Certification. Shirley believes that the best patient outcomes are built on the foundation of a strong and authentic patient/provider relationship. She values the client as an integral part of the treatment team and works diligently to provide education about all aspects of the mutually agreed-upon treatment plan, including medication and non-medication therapies. Shirley also has a mission to reduce the stigma of psychiatric disorders by educating patients, families, and the community about mental health disorders to reduce risk, promote wellness, and achieve healing.

• Virginia Baptist Hospital

Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Alexandria

6076 Franconia Rd Suite D

Alexandria

VA

22310

USA

+18557262714

• Mental Health Counseling
• Clinical Social Work

• Neuroanalysis
• Child Therapy
• Family Therapy
• Medication management
• Individual Therapy
• Counseling

• Accepts Medicare
• Cigna
• First Health Network
• Medicare
• Aetna
• Humana Medicare Advantage
• BCBS
• Compsych
• United Healthcare
• Blue Cross Blue Shield

• Chronic Pain
• Spirituality
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Premature Ejaculation
• Anxiety Phobic Disorders
• Anxiety
• Relationship Issues
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Sleep Disorders
• Self Esteem
• Depression
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Grief
• Anxiety Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders
• Bereavement and grief
• Autism
• Eating Disorders
• Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and postpartum
• ADD/ADHD
• Relationship challenges
• Pregnancy-related Mood Disorders
• Infertility
• Chronic Stress
• Life Transitions
• Bulimia Nervosa
• LGBT Issues
• Spiritual Issues
• Chronic Mental Health Issues
• Parent-Child Problems
• Depressive Disorders
• Mental Illness
• Postpartum Depression