Michelle Lemon, APRN-NP, board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, is pleased to announce the opening of Genesis Psychiatric Group. Genesis is conveniently located at 2130 South 17th St., Ste. 100. Lemon is eager to welcome new and existing patients to the practice.

Lemon has extensive experience in the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. She is the former director of Behavioral Health Services at BryanLGH and has worked for many years collaboratively with providers and physicians in the community. Lemon has been active in community service, volunteer work, and trained in mediation and conflict resolution. She has also taught psychiatric nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, her alma mater.

A 2014 Nebraska Nurse Practitioners Helping Hands Award recipient, Lemon has presented at national conferences on topics that include treating those with Dual Diagnosis and Implementing Mental Health Services in hospital emergency departments. She has served on numerous non-profit boards in the Lincoln community including St Monica’s and Cornhusker Place. Lemon is a consultant at Houses of Hope and most recently has been working in a busy private practice.

Lemon is joined by Jason Schmid and Melissa Schmid, therapists who are both licensed independent mental health practitioners (LIMHP designation). The practice provides mental health assessment, medication management, and psychotherapy services. For more information about Genesis Psychiatric Group or an appointment, please call (402) 454-7454 or visit www.genesispsychiatricgroup.com.