About Erika Kang, APRN

Erika Kang, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC is a graduate from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she received her Masters as an FNP and Augusta University where she received her PMHNP as a Post Masters.

While Psychiatry is her true passion, she loves being able to incorporate a comprehensive treatment plan using her background as an FNP by helping clients understand how untreated or unmanaged physical illnesses can exacerbate mental illness.

She enjoys working with her clients to help them achieve the goals they are seeking, whether through medication alone or a combination of medication and psychotherapy. She believes it is important to help clients find a healthy perception of themselves and their lives. She values her clients input in their treatment plan as she believes this makes them the most successful.

Erika enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter as well as their Cavalier King Charles, Charley.

Specialties

Education & Certifications

Erika graduated from Georgia Southern with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Erika holds two Master degrees; one Master in Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and another Master in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

Erika is a proud Sigma Theta Tau member and is a member of AANP and GAPNA and is licensed as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
Erika works with patients 18 years and older suffering from the following: mood disorders, anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, and psychiatric illness due to chronic medical illness. Erika also works with geriatrics suffering from mental health illness.