Catherine Ben Agu, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Catherine Ben-Agu is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., with more than 10 years of experience in psychiatry. Catherine partners with children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric clients who are seeking help with a wide range of mental health concerns. She focuses on helping clients improve their symptoms through thorough assessment, accurate diagnosis, medication management, treatment planning, and ongoing evaluation. Catherine has experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, obsessive-compulsive challenges (OCD), posttraumatic stress (PTSD), attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), attention-deficit challenges (ADD), personality-related challenges, substance use challenges (SUD), eating issues, suicidal thoughts, schizophrenia, sleep problems, and more.

Catherine completed both her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and her Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)) program at Walden University. She provides nonjudgmental, culturally competent care for people from different backgrounds. Catherine has strong clinical skills and a natural ability to build rapport with clients and families. In addition to medication management, she incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), talk therapy, culturally sensitive, emotionally focused, faith-based, motivational interviewing, and person-centered techniques into treatment. With strong interpersonal and communication skills, Catherine is able to establish trust and communicate with clients in a therapeutic manner that upholds respect and preserves each client’s dignity and autonomy. She is culturally competent, nonjudgmental, and uses compassion, empathy, and active listening in all her interactions with clients. Catherine desires to collaborate with you in a caring, therapeutic relationship. She is confident she can support you on your journey to gain new perspectives and techniques to cope with whatever you may be struggling with. If you are ready to get started, schedule an appointment with Catherine today.