At Verdant Behavioral Health, we specialize in high-quality psychiatric services, offering education, seminars, and outreach programs to individuals and communities of diverse cultural backgrounds. Our mission is to dismantle mental health stigma and emphasize the significance of connection and spirituality in our lives. We are committed to fostering a safe and welcoming environment where clients can explore their mental well-being, ultimately empowering them to lead fulfilling and meaningful lives.

Our Team of Experts

Our team of licensed practitioners is led by Mr. Arnold Fosah, a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and alumnus of the University of California San Francisco. He is joined by Raven Cross, a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with a Master’s in Nursing from Walden University. Raven Cross is trained in the treatment of depression, anxiety, ADHD, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping skills, grief, life coaching, medicinal cannabis patient screening, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), spirituality, stress, trauma, and PTSD. We also have Dr. Pamela Jones, MD, as a collaborating physician. She completed her fellowship in psychiatry at the Stanford University-sponsored Stanford Healthcare program.

Individualized Approach

We believe that mental health challenges are often due to personal and interpersonal issues, genetic biology, relationships, and the pressures and demands of living in a modern world. Therefore, we offer our clients an individualized approach to treatment, which takes into consideration their unique history, experience, cultural background, and current stressors when determining solutions for them. Whether you are dealing with a serious mental illness or just trying to get through your daily tasks, we are able to serve you.

Services

We offer a range of services, including in-person and virtual individual psychotherapy, counseling, and psychotropic medication management. We use a culturally sensitive approach that integrates the whole person's experience, including biological, relational, and social environments. We encourage the use of spirituality to help our clients thrive through mental health challenges. We offer support by making our services available at hours convenient for our clients. Our providers are reachable for support via our HIPAA-compliant video and messaging app.

Culturally Diverse and Sensitive

At Verdant Behavioral Health, we stand out from the crowd by being culturally diverse and sensitive to the needs of a variety of cultures based on their specific needs. We are licensed practitioners in California, and through our coaching services, we serve clients worldwide.

Mission and Vision

Our mission is to provide culturally sensitive psychiatric services, education, and advocacy to promote mental health and wellness. We strive to decrease stigma and increase awareness about mental illness while fostering connection and spirituality in the lives of our clients. Our vision is to create a world where mental health is viewed as an essential component of overall health and wellness, where all individuals have access to compassionate, comprehensive, evidence-based care that supports their unique needs and promotes their wellbeing.

Social Responsibility and Values

We are committed to making a positive impact in the communities we serve. Our values include social responsibility, environmental consciousness, philanthropic efforts, and ethical practices. Verdant Behavioral Health also has ongoing partnerships with local non-profits such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness, UJIMA Adult and Family Services, and other communities in the California Bay Area. In April 2023, we completed a 7-day mental health awareness campaign in Ghana, Africa, to increase mental health awareness on anxiety and decrease stigma related to mental health disorders. We were also featured on JoyFM and MetroTV in Ghana, speaking about mental health and anxiety.

Alignment with Truest Self

At Verdant Behavioral Health, we believe that each person is endowed with an internal compass, a spirit, and an insight that can be drawn out to help the person decide what is the best course of action for them. We support them along this journey and uncover and process any pain which needs to be addressed along the way. We help the individual align with their truest self, enabling them to develop courage and agency in their pursuit of meaning and connection in their lives.