About Me
Theresa Benedikter, PMHNP-BC, is a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner who joined Centra Autism and Developmental Services' team as a psychiatric provider in September, 2021, after graduation from The University of Virginia with a master's degree in advanced practice nursing.
Prior to her work at the Autism Center, she provided inpatient nursing care primarily to children and adolescents at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and at Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital.
Theresa is a passionate patient and family educator and child advocate with experience working with at-risk youth and parents as a teacher with Teach for America, a volunteer medical Spanish interpreter, and a teen mentor.
My Credentials
Education
- Master's Degree in Advanced Practice Nursing, The University of Virginia, 2001
Certifications
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ANCC Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
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ANCC Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Board Certified RN
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Qualified Bilingual Healthcare Provider- Spanish
Where I see my Patients
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