Questions, answered honestly.
A lot of the answers here are still "not yet" while we complete insurance credentialing — but we'd rather tell you exactly where things stand than leave you guessing. Don't see your question? Reach out directly →
Patients & families
Not yet. Storms & Stillness is completing insurance credentialing. Joining the waitlist is the best way to be notified the moment that changes.
A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is an advanced practice registered nurse trained to evaluate, diagnose, and treat mental health conditions, including prescribing and managing medication. In Arizona, Idaho, and Oregon, PMHNPs practice independently. Dr. Edwards is a PMHNP, not a psychiatrist (a medical doctor). He evaluates, diagnoses, and prescribes, and integrates therapeutic work — motivational interviewing, elements of CBT — into visits, all within a PMHNP's scope of practice. For ongoing talk therapy, a counselor or therapist is better suited. If someone is already working with a therapist, that work continues. More on his background on the about page.
The practice is being built to support children, adolescents, and adults. Exact age ranges for each service line will be confirmed as clinical policies are finalized, but the intent is to serve the full range from childhood through adulthood.
The practice is planned as fully virtual, serving patients physically located in Arizona, Idaho, or Oregon at the time of each visit — Dr. Edwards is licensed in all three. Additional states may be added later, but only once licensure and registration requirements are met in each one — telehealth rules generally require a provider to be properly registered in the state where the patient is located, not just the state where the provider lives.
Planned as a comprehensive evaluation — an in-depth conversation about history, symptoms, environment, and goals before any diagnosis or medication decision is made. Nothing about the visit format is being rushed just to open sooner than the practice is ready for.
No referral will be required to join the waitlist or to be seen once the practice opens. That said, if you're already working with a therapist, pediatrician, or primary care provider, coordinating with them is part of how this practice is designed to work — bring them into the conversation if you'd like.
What we treat, and how
Conditions we plan to treat include ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma-related concerns, mood disorders, sleep concerns, and co-occurring substance use — always within our clinical scope, and in coordination with specialty or higher-level care when someone needs more than outpatient psychiatric support. See the full list on the services page.
Both. Both, with an honest boundary. Therapeutic work — motivational interviewing and elements of CBT — is within a psychiatric nurse practitioner's scope and is integrated into psychiatric visits here. It is not a standalone therapy service. If what someone needs is ongoing talk therapy or counseling, a professional counselor or therapist is better suited to that work, and we will help make that connection. If someone is already working with a therapist, that relationship continues — the care here is added to it, not substituted for it.
Prescribing decisions are always individualized and made after a full evaluation — never assumed in advance. When controlled substances are clinically appropriate, prescribing follows all applicable state and federal requirements for telehealth prescribing, including registration with the prescription monitoring program in each state where he practices.
Yes. He has direct clinical experience in rehabilitation, detox, IOP, and PHP settings and works with those programs as the prescriber for shared patients, coordinating care with their clinical teams.
What this will cost
None yet. Credentialing with insurance plans hasn't been completed, so nothing is billable to insurance today. Once specific plans are approved, they'll be listed here by name — until then, plan on self-pay being the starting point. Joining the waitlist means you'll hear about it the moment that changes.
Self-pay rates haven't been finalized, so none are published yet — we won't guess at a number just to have one on the page. Pricing will be posted here as soon as it's set, before you're ever asked to book or pay for anything. Joining the waitlist doesn't commit you to a cost or an appointment.
Not yet decided. This is the kind of detail that will be finalized and published clearly once the practice is closer to opening, rather than promised early and walked back later.
Therapists, schools & programs
They're two separate tracks. The patient waitlist is for prospective patients and families. The referral partner form is for therapists, primary care providers, schools, and rehab, detox, IOP, or PHP programs who want a psychiatric partner once the practice is accepting referrals — please don't include any patient-identifying information in either form.
Yes — as the prescriber. For rehab, detox, IOP, and PHP clinical teams, we take shared patients directly for psychiatric evaluation and medication management, and coordinate with your clinical team throughout. We don't offer program-level consulting, curriculum, or operational advisory. Reach out through the referral partner form to start that conversation.
How your information is handled
Waitlist submissions are used only to follow up about the practice opening and aren't shared outside the practice, sold, or used for marketing. Full details are in our privacy policy.
Please don't. This form is for waitlist and introduction purposes only — it isn't a secure clinical intake system and isn't monitored for emergencies. Once the practice opens, any protected health information will move to a HIPAA-compliant electronic health record system.