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Progressive Pathways Psychiatry: Advancing Towards Wellness

Across the valley, from home ✦

Telehealth psychiatric care in Yakima, WA

Progressive Pathways Psychiatry offers psychiatric care by secure video to Yakima, Union Gap and Selah, so an evaluation or a medication follow-up no longer depends on a drive into town and a gap in the workday.

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Quick answer

Yakima residents who are 13 or older can see a psychiatric nurse practitioner from Progressive Pathways Psychiatry by secure video. Care covers evaluation, diagnosis and ongoing medication management, with a provider licensed in Washington. You join from a private space anywhere in the valley, as long as you are in Washington.

Care for Yakima residents

The Yakima Valley is among the most underserved parts of Washington for mental health care. Federal records designate the low-income population of the whole of Yakima County as a mental health professional shortage area, with a population-to-provider ratio of about 213,107 to 1 in the designation. Distance adds to the gap: from the upper valley to the lower, an in-person appointment can cost most of a day. Video brings the appointment to the kitchen table instead.

This page also covers Union Gap and Selah.

Care that does not cost a day off

For many families in the valley, the hardest part of psychiatric care has never been deciding to go. It has been the drive, the time off work and the wait for one of the few appointments in town. A video visit takes the drive out: the evaluation happens at home, and follow-ups are short enough to fit around a shift.

When substance use and mood are tangled

Drinking more to sleep, or using to get through a low stretch, often starts as a way of coping with depression or anxiety and then becomes its own problem. Treating only one side rarely works. Substance use care here looks at both together, using non-controlled medication where it helps.

A Black man smiling on his sofa at home, talking to an open laptop during a relaxed telehealth appointment
Care from your own sofa ✦

Before you book

Washington care at a glance in Yakima

  • Video visits only

    There is no Washington office. Every visit is a secure video appointment. You need to be physically in Washington State at the time of each video visit.

  • Teens and adults, 13 and up

    In Washington, care is for patients aged 13 and older, from the teenage years through adulthood.

  • Insurance in Washington

    In network with Aetna, Meritain Health and Evernorth. Other plans are not accepted in Washington yet, so call (469) 523-2646 to check your coverage before your first visit.

  • Prescribing in Washington

    Controlled substances are not prescribed in Washington, so no stimulants and no benzodiazepines. Evaluation, non-controlled medication and ongoing follow-up are all available.

  • Appointment hours

    Friday
    2:30 pm – 5:30 pm Central, which is 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm Pacific
    Saturday
    8:00 am – 5:30 pm Central, which is 6:00 am – 3:30 pm Pacific

  • Licensed in Washington

    Stacy Edosonmwan, PMHNP-BC, ARNP holds a Washington Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner license number ARNP.AP.70174856-NP. Check it with Washington DOH provider credential search or Nursys license verification.

What Yakima patients come in for

  • Teen mood and anxiety

    Teenagers aged 13 and up with low mood, worry or school refusal, assessed carefully and treated with regular check-ins.

  • Depression

    Low mood and exhaustion that last for weeks, evaluated properly rather than written off as a hard season.

  • Substance use alongside mood

    When alcohol or other substances and mood problems are tangled together, both are looked at in the same evaluation.

  • Medication that fits your life

    Non-controlled medication chosen with you and adjusted at follow-ups, with timelines and side effects explained up front.

How Washington care starts

  1. Reach out

    Book online or call (469) 523-2646. Mention that you live in Washington so the visit is set up correctly, and ask about your insurance before your first visit.

  2. Your first video evaluation

    An unhurried appointment by secure video from your home in Washington: your history, your symptoms, what you have tried, and what you want to change. You leave with a plan.

  3. Follow-up by video

    Regular follow-up visits by video, adjusting the plan as your life changes, wherever you are in the state. You always know why a change is being made before it happens.

Questions people ask

Frequently asked questions

Do you see patients outside Yakima itself?

Yes. This page covers Yakima, Union Gap and Selah, and anyone elsewhere in Yakima County can be seen too. The visit happens by video, so the only requirement is being in Washington at the time.

Can my teenager be seen by video?

Yes, patients aged 13 and older can be seen in Washington. A first visit for a teenager looks at mood, anxiety, sleep, school and family together, and the plan is explained in plain language.

Who answers the crisis line in Yakima County?

The Greater Columbia regional crisis line, 1-888-544-9986, covers Yakima County day and night. Calling or texting 988 also works at any hour, and 911 is for emergencies.

Elsewhere in Washington

Related care

These pages also describe care in Texas. In Washington, every visit is by video, for patients 13 and up, and no controlled substances are prescribed.

About this page

Medically reviewed by Stacy Edosonmwan, PMHNP-BC, board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Last reviewed .

This page is general health information, not medical advice, and it is not a substitute for an evaluation. Talk with a licensed clinician about your own situation.

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Ready when you are

Book online or call to set up a secure video visit from anywhere in Washington State.

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