Stefanie Krehbiel, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Stefanie Krehbiel is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) in Sacramento. She specializes in treating patients with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma-related conditions, ADHD, and complex psychiatric presentations.
More about Stefanie
Stefanie has always been drawn to the mental health field. Throughout her academic career, she adopted a deep interest in the human experience, particularly the ways pain, sadness, and suffering shape who we are as people. Over time, she realized how difficult it can be to truly understand humanity without acknowledging and addressing suffering directly. She saw that the field of psychiatry offered a path that allows for both scientific rigor and compassion, and the opportunity to help bring clarity and light to experiences that often feel isolating or overwhelming for patients. Inspired, she pursued advanced training in psychiatric nursing to be able to offer grounded medical care while maintaining a gentle and deeply human approach.
Stefanie’s working style is calm, collaborative, and patient-centered. She creates a space where patients feel safe discussing difficult or painful experiences, while also receiving thoughtful, evidence-based psychiatric care. She believes it is essential to balance medical precision with compassion, without compromising either.
Taking a whole-person approach to care, integrating biological, psychological, and social factors into treatment planning, Stefanie also utilizes the best practices of psychiatry. Her areas of clinical expertise include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma-related conditions, ADHD, and complex psychiatric presentations.
Stefanie decided to join Mindful Health Solutions because of the company’s strong clinical standards and thoughtful integration of interventional psychiatry within comprehensive mental health care. She aligns with our values of emphasizing careful evaluation and ongoing monitoring of our patients’ well-being.
Personal Interests
Outside of work, Stefanie enjoys spending time with her husband and their two cats and two Great Pyrenees dogs. They often explore the Sacramento region on hikes and road trips. Stefanie also enjoys creating art, listening to crime podcasts, and reading new books.
She says, “These interests help me stay grounded and balanced, and they inform the way I show up for patients — with curiosity, presence, and appreciation for the full lives people lead beyond the clinical setting.”
Education & Experience
Certifications & Memberships
- As seen on Psychology Today
- Board Certified Nurse Practitioner
- Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- Registered Nurse
- Certified Ketamine Medical Provider, Integrative Psychiatry Institute, Issued Jun 2025
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS); Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS), American Heart Association’s Lifelong Learning Center
Locations
Sacramento Mental Health Clinic
350 University Avenue, Suite #101, Sacramento, CA 95825
P: 279-972-4341 F: (916) 778-4703
E: intake@mindfulhealthsolutions.com
