A Personal Message from Tara

"I became a psychiatric nurse practitioner because I kept seeing the same gap in care — patients who were struggling emotionally, carrying real and serious symptoms, but whose mental health needs were being addressed as an afterthought, if at all. The injured worker who was sent back to a pain clinic but never screened for PTSD. The new mother who was told she was "just tired." The first responder who had never once been asked how he was doing after twenty years on the job.

I built Mind Matters to close that gap.

My training spans psychiatry, pediatrics, perinatal care, and lactation — which means I rarely see a symptom in isolation. I see a person in context. A parent. A worker. Someone in the middle of something hard. My job is to bring clinical precision to that picture and to sit with you in it long enough to actually help.

I am not a high-volume practice. I am not a prescription pad with a waiting room. I am a clinician who will know your name, read your chart before you arrive, and treat you like the intelligent adult you are.

If you have been waiting for care that takes you seriously — I would be glad to meet you."

— Tara Callow

Before transitioning fully into outpatient psychiatric practice, Tara built her clinical foundation in some of the most demanding care environments in nursing — the neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric acute care.

That background shapes how she practices today. She is comfortable with complexity, accustomed to working under pressure, and deeply familiar with the kind of trauma that accumulates in patients, families, and caregivers who have spent time in medical crisis. When a patient tells her about a NICU stay, a traumatic delivery, or years of caring for a medically fragile child, she understands that experience from both sides of the bedside.

She brings the same clinical discipline to outpatient psychiatric care — thorough assessments, precise documentation, and treatment plans that are individualized rather than templated.

Areas of Clinical Focus

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Workplace trauma and occupational stress
• Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
• Postpartum depression and anxiety
• Women's mental health across the lifespan
• Depression and anxiety
• Medication management with attention to safety and tolerability
• Psychotherapy for life transitions, grief, and adjustment