Whole-person psychiatric care
Psychiatric care that sees the whole person.
Personalized evaluations, medication management, and therapy-informed care for children, teens, and adults navigating ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, mood shifts, and major life transitions.
Secure telehealth · Insurance in NC and self-pay in NC and AZ · Clear, collaborative care
You may be here because something no longer feels manageable.
Focus feels harder than it should
Trouble organizing, starting, remembering, or following through can quietly wear on school, work, relationships, and confidence.
Anxiety is taking up too much space
Worry, tension, avoidance, panic, and constant anticipation can make ordinary days feel exhausting.
Your mood keeps getting in the way
Low motivation, irritability, emotional shifts, or feeling disconnected can quietly reshape how you live.
You're tired of feeling misunderstood
Care shouldn't feel rushed or reduced to a checklist. Your experiences, environment, strengths, and goals matter.
A thoughtful path forward
Care begins with understanding the full picture.
Understand
We start with a full conversation about what you're experiencing and how it's affecting your life.
Plan
We build an individualized plan that may include medication, therapy-informed strategies, education, and practical support.
Adjust
We monitor over time, with space for questions, review, and thoughtful changes as your life evolves.
How we can help
Care designed around your needs.
Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluations
A thorough first conversation to understand what has been happening, what may be contributing, and what options may fit.
Medication Management
Careful, collaborative decisions about whether medication may help, and thoughtful follow-through when it does.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Care
Developmentally informed care for young people, with room for parents, teachers, and the young person's own voice.
Telepsychiatry
Secure virtual appointments designed to fit into real life, with the same attention as in-person care.
Meet your provider
Samantha Brooke Tallman, PMHNP-BC
Samantha is a board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner with a background in psychiatric care, emergency nursing, patient education, and advanced practice. Her approach pairs clinical rigor with genuine curiosity about the person behind the symptoms.
She believes good psychiatric care is a shared effort. You deserve clear education, honest recommendations, room to ask questions, and a plan that reflects your values and real life.
PMHNP-BC · Psychiatric and nursing experience · Doctoral preparation in progress
Support for the concerns affecting everyday life.
Symptoms often overlap, and an online description can't determine a diagnosis. A comprehensive evaluation clarifies what's contributing and what options fit.
What you can expect
Time to be heard
Space to explain what's been happening without a rushed clock.
Understandable education
Clinical reasoning translated into plain language you can act on.
Collaborative decisions
Options discussed openly, so treatment reflects your priorities.
Steady follow-through
Monitoring and thoughtful adjustment as your life changes.
Making care easier to access.
In-network in North Carolina
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna
- Evernorth
- Oscar
- Oxford
- UnitedHealthcare
Insurance participation doesn't guarantee coverage. Eligibility, copays, deductibles, and plan-specific benefits must be verified before treatment. Arizona appointments are currently self-pay only.
You don't have to have everything figured out before asking for help.
Start with a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and a clearer conversation about what you're experiencing, what might be contributing, and what options fit.
If you need urgent help
Tallman Psychiatry is not an emergency or crisis service. If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. In the United States, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.