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Leslie Choi, MS, CPNP, PMHNP-BC

Leslie is a Board-Certified Pediatric and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. She has been providing psychiatric treatment to individuals across the lifespan since 2020 as Faculty at the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry. Prior to this, she spent 18 years pursuing other nursing fields including time as a Navy nurse, an oncology nurse, inpatient and outpatient pediatrics, and as a school resource nurse.

Leslie specializes in treating adolescents, First Responders and individuals with trauma-related mental health concerns. She is passionate about helping people feel seen and heard in their care, and partnering with clients to incorporate multiple holistic interventions on the pathway to good mental health (including therapy, good sleep, physical health and nutrition, meaningful connection, and medication management).

Some highlights from Leslie’s previous community-focused work:

Program focuses on mental health for health care workers | 9news

Collective Care for Communities – No-cost, evidence-based training program for healthcare workers

CU Nursing Alumna/Faculty Take Psychiatry Training Program to the Next Level

“Leslie Choi guided me out of a place of severe panic attacks and nearly constant anxiety. Her caring and thoughtful treatment has allowed me to get my life back. I can’t say enough about how much she has helped me. ”
— K.E.

Why ‘Anchored’ Mental Wellness?

Our practice name was deliberately chosen to reflect both our history as well as our philosophy.

Practice Philosophy

  • We believe in a model of care that is ANCHORED in who you are, where you came from, what holds you steady, and what your strengths are, along with what you’d like to see improve in your mental health.

  • Our interventions are ANCHORED in thoughtful, collaborative, personalized treatment recommendations and/or medication management.

What this means for you

  • We want to get to know YOU and how your mental health may be influenced by biological/genetic, social, personal, and situational factors.

  • We will often recommend treatment strategies and interventions that are not a medication-only approach as treating the WHOLE YOU means making things better from a number of different fronts.

We help with…

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  • Sleeping too much, sleeping too little, nightmares, trouble falling asleep, frequent awakenings, or feeling like your quality of sleep is poor can cause and be caused by mental health concerns. We can help you tease apart why your sleep is disrupted and make a treatment plan to help you get back to feeling like yourself, at night and during the day.

  • Stress and worry are a typical part of the human experience, and they can be helpful to motivate us and keep us moving toward our goals. However, worry that is constant, out-of-proportion to stressors, overwhelming, and bleeds into everything we do keeps us from living our lives and functioning normally. Similarly, when stress or trauma prevents us from sleeping, being able to relax, trusting people, engaging in the world and feeling like ourselves, mental health support can be pivotal.

  • Feeling increasingly irritable or isolating ourselves can be signs of many different mental health concerns and it can separate us from the people and places in our lives that usually bring us joy and comfort. Getting to the bottom of these symptoms and treating them appropriately can be transformational to getting us back to feeling like ourselves.

  • If you are struggling with what used to seem easier like your ability to do your work, your ability to feel connection and satisfaction in your relationships, your ability to complete your daily routines, or taking care of yourself, these are signs it is time to seek support.

  • Whether we notice it in ourselves or those close to us begin to worry, not behaving like ourselves can be an indication that we need help. Whether it shows up as isolating, change in routines, change in appetite, lack of motivation, change in temperament or self-deprecation, further evaluation is needed to determine how best to get us back on track.

  • Maybe you have previously struggled with your mental health, or you just aren’t sure what is going on but you know you need help. Please reach out to see how we can support your path toward mental wellness.