Mental & Behavioral Health Services

​Heather graduated from Colorado State University with her master’s degree in social work and became fully licensed shortly after. She started her career in substance abuse and crisis intervention and stabilization. 

Over the years, Heather has gained experience with a variety of behavioral health issues including trauma, depression, anxiety, and many more. Working from a person-centered approach, she utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Solution-Focused interventions. Heather also works with many community partners to collaborate on resources and interventions, based on our community’s needs.​

Karla is a Behavioral Health Therapist who was born and raised in Wyoming. She earned both her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and her master’s in social work from the University of Wyoming. When working with individuals who struggle with an increase in mental health symptoms and/or addictions, Karla’s therapeutic approaches include strengths-based, supportive therapy, mindfulness, and EMDR.  ​

Krysten graduated in 2009 with her Master’s of Social Work. She began her therapy career as a substance abuse therapist, and eventually moved into youth and family therapy. Currently, Krysten sees clients of all ages with a variety of concerns, including behavioral issues, depression and anxiety problems, and helps people resolve trauma that may have occurred in their life. 

In addition to being EMDR certified, Krysten has expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and different forms of play and family therapy. She considers herself beyond lucky to be a therapist working with people to help them motivate themselves to make changes and improve their quality of life. ​

Taylor Brady is a Mental Health Therapist within the Behavioral Health Team at HealthWorks and a retired veteran holding a Master of Social Work. She takes pride in supporting patients through all walks of life with the goal of helping them to relax and de-stress from the demands of their lives. Taylor helps patients learn to cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She is passionate and committed to raising awareness about mental health. Her approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy. In her free time, she can be found hiking and playing board games with friends and family.

Princika is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner who graduated from the University of Wyoming with her doctoral degree in nursing practice in 2023. Princika began her medical career shortly after moving to Wyoming in 2017. She completed her Associate Degree in Nursing from Laramie County Community College. She then continued her education and received a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from the University of Wyoming in 2020.

Princika’s style of practice can be traditional (prescribing medications) or alternative medications such as vitamins, supplements, lifestyle modification, etc. Some of her practice specialties include (but not limited to) ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Bipolar disorder and Insomnia. Over the course of her nursing journey, she worked in the surgical ortho neuro at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center for more than 3 years. Much of her experience has been in many practice areas, including bariatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurological issues with comorbid conditions of mental illness. Her main area of interest is the connection of mind, body, and spiritual that plays a vital role in one’s healing. Princika enjoys helping people and finds it very rewarding.

Her hobbies include hiking, travelling and spending time with her family. She hikes to Medicine bow peak at Laramie every year with her husband.