Our Providers
Brian Banks, MSN, BSN, PMHNP-BC
With experience in treating both children (ages 7 and up) and adults, Brian believes mental health is a multidimensional experience. He believes in holistic mental health care, with an emphasis on making life changes in addition to treatment with medication. With a focus on the remediation of symptoms as well as rehabilitation, he hopes to improve the lives of his clients and help them to live a more fulfilling life. His previous career in information technology also has given him an appreciation for the everyday struggles of career-minded individuals.
He is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, accepting patients (ages 7 and up) for medication management who are currently working with a therapist. He graduated from Regis College with a Masters of Science in Nursing and draws from his experience with patients in both outpatient clinics and private practice.
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INSURANCES: BCBS (except Medicare), Cigna, Optum (United, Harvard Pilgrim, and Allways)
Deborah Giambanco, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NNP-BC
Deborah is a board-certified nurse practitioner in psychiatry and newborn medicine with experience treating children, adolescents and adults. She began her career in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) caring for critically ill infants and their families during their traumatic ICU stay. Her NICU experience highlighted the tremendous gap in the integration of mental health and clinical medicine (with the experience and expression of trauma). This gap prompted her to earn her doctoral degree and allowed her to integrate clinical medicine with mental health care. She fundamentally believes that our unique, personal experiences influence every aspect of our lives. Through the utilization of an integrative, person-centered approach for medication management and therapy, she works with her clients to develop a plan that meets individual needs. Her focus is to optimize clients’ quality of life through the management of symptoms, while working with clients to establish long-term management strategies.
Her extensive experience will aid in clients’ ability to lead fulfilling lives and manage the daily struggles that can present without notice. She works together with clients to develop a treatment plan, with the hope of building individual coping strategies and minimizing distress.
She is currently accepting clients (ages 7+), who are receiving concurrent psychotherapy, for medication management.
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INSURANCES: BCBS (except Medicare), Cigna, Optum (United, Harvard Pilgrim, and Allways)
Carolyn Rooney, MSN, BSN, PMHNP-BC
Carolyn is a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner whose love for mental health began during her undergraduate clinical rotations while studying nursing at Villanova University. As a young nurse in Boston she worked on an inpatient psychiatric unit with adolescents and children. Her passion for this work led to obtaining a masters degree from Northeastern University.
Carolyn has almost 10 years of experience treating patients across the lifespan with a wide variety of mental illnesses. Much of her time has been spent working at Boston University with a focus on college mental health. Helping young adults navigate through an exciting yet often challenging transition has been very rewarding.
She values the role medication plays in treatment but also emphasizes a holistic approach.
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INSURANCES: BCBS (except Medicare), Cigna, Optum (United, Harvard Pilgrim, and Allways)
Michelle Arancio, MSN, BSN, PMHNP-BC
Michelle is a board certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. She received her Masters of Science in Nursing from Regis College.
Michelle has been a registered nurse for twenty years, working in various settings. She has worked in the Intensive Care Unit, as an Advanced Illness Management nurse and in the home health care setting. Most recently, she has worked as a nurse in the health center at a boarding high school. As a result of these experiences, Michelle gained an increased awareness of the dire need for additional mental health services and decided to further her education in order to be part of the solution. She is currently accepting clients ages 7+, who are currently receiving psychotherapy and are seeking medication management.
Michelle enjoys going on walks to enjoy nature, a good laugh, and taking a few minutes each day to soak up some sunshine. Please call the office to schedule an appointment.
INSURANCES: BCBS (except Medicare), Cigna, Optum (United, Harvard Pilgrim, and Allways)
Mary-Kate Fay, RD, LDN
Mary-Kate is a Registered Dietitian, mother, career changer, and lover of all things nutrition. She received a bachelor’s degree in Business from Bentley University before realizing her true passion for nutrition. She had always been food conscious with a lifelong interest in health and fitness, but reclaimed an appreciation for nutrition and cleaner eating during her first pregnancy. She went on to receive a B.S. in Nutrition & Dietetics from Simmons University and became a Registered Dietitian through the Wellness Workdays internship program.
She has held various nutrition-related positions ranging from inpatient clinical work to weight loss counseling and pediatric education. She enjoys working closely with patients in a one-on-one setting and approaches nutrition challenges with education and goal setting techniques in hopes of empowering her patients to make nutrition work for their lifestyle. When not working, Mary-Kate can be found at one of her three sons’ sporting events or doing DIY projects at home.
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INSURANCES: BCBS (except Medicare)
