WHEN SUCCESS FEELS HEAVY
Support for the life you’re building.
You’re capable. You’re accomplished. And you’re exhausted.
You can be successful and still need support.
From the outside, you're functioning. Behind the scenes, staying focused may take more effort than it should. Your mind keeps going after the workday ends. Responsibilities pile up, and maintaining the life you've built is taking more out of you than anyone realizes.
Functioning and feeling well are not the same thing.
Innerstate provides thoughtful psychiatric care for professionals who want to understand what's getting in the way, and find a more sustainable way forward.
Care that sees the whole person
Your mental health is shaped by more than symptoms alone. We consider the many factors influencing how you feel, function, and move through everyday life.
MIND
Understanding what you're experiencing
Thoughts, emotions, attention, mood, behaviors and stress.
LIFE
Considering the world you navigate every day.
Career, relationships, responsibilities, routines, culture and environment.
BODY
Recognizing the connection between mental and physical health.
Sleep, movement, nutrition, physical health, medications and hormones.
TREATMENT
Building a plan around you.
Medication, therapy recommendations, behavioral strategies and collaborative care.
THOUGHTFUL CARE. THE FULL PICTURE. A PLAN BUILT AROUND YOU
Meet Your Provider
Jasmine Whitson, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Owner, Founder and Nurse Practitioner
Throughout my nursing career, I have had the privilege of caring for people across a variety of healthcare settings, from high-acuity and fast-paced environments to psychiatric and mental health care. Those experiences taught me that emotional distress does not always look the way we expect it to. Some of the people struggling the most were also the ones who continued to show up, perform, lead, care for others, and get things done. I saw this in patients, colleagues, and fellow healthcare professionals. I watched talented, compassionate people experience chronic stress, exhaustion, and burnout while feeling as though they had nowhere to put down what they were carrying. They were often the dependable ones—the people everyone else turned to—yet asking for support themselves could feel uncomfortable or even impossible. That experience helped shape the vision for Innerstate Psychiatry. I created Innerstate for people who know what it means to be considered the strong one. The professional who excels at work but feels overwhelmed behind closed doors. The healthcare provider who spends the day caring for everyone else and has little left for themselves. The person who has built a successful life while privately wondering why maintaining it feels so difficult. There can be a particular kind of loneliness in appearing capable while feeling like you're drowning. At Innerstate, strength doesn't mean handling everything alone. My goal is to help reduce the stigma that seeking mental healthcare somehow contradicts being resilient, accomplished, or successful. You can be all of those things and still experience ADHD, anxiety, depression, burnout, stress, or simply reach a point where the strategies that once helped you cope are no longer enough. My approach is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in understanding the whole person—not just a diagnosis. Together, we look at your symptoms alongside your physical health, relationships, responsibilities, culture, career, daily routines, and the pressures that shape your life.
