Stephen Heffner, MS, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who provides psychiatric evaluations and medication monitoring for adults at MAPS Behavioral Health. Stephen obtained his Master of Science degree in Nursing at New York University and is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified with the American Nurse Credentialing Center. His previous professional experience includes being a registered nurse for more than six years, on an inpatient medical unit at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, where the patients had co-existing acute/chronic medical problems and mental health conditions. During graduate training, Stephen also provided psychiatric evaluation and medication management for chronically mentally ill patients, home-based psychotherapy for foster children, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for undergraduate and graduate college students.