Meet Linda Jo....


Linda Jo is a Psychiatric Mental Health, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist.  She is an international speaker/educator and Founder/President/CEO of Quality Life, a comprehensive wellness clinic in Fargo, ND.  Linda Jo has provided psychiatric assessments, medication management and psychotherapy to clients for many years.  She has provided care to clientele at a community mental health clinic, juvenile detention center, psychiatric residential treatment center, day treatment center, county evaluation program, and in private practice.  She is a published author and researcher with publications including Diagnosis and Classification of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder . Journal of Affective Disorders.  105, 205-212. (2008) and Defining Subtypes of Childhood Bipolar Illness . Journal of American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 43, 2-3. (2004).

 

With extensive experience as a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist serving children, adolescents and adults, and as a graduate of Minnesota Graduate School of Nursing, Linda Jo has spent more than a decade assessing, diagnosing, providing medical management and psychotherapy, and evaluating outcomes for a wide variety of clients with mental health issues.  Linda Jo coordinated clinical and nursing services to successfully help start up the first free-standing Psychiatric Hospital in North Dakota.

Linda Jo also provides Healing Touch Therapy, a research-based energy therapy shown to provide a wide variety of benefits that work in harmony with traditional medical treatment. It has shown to be effective in reducing stress, calming anxiety and depression, decreasing pain, strengthening the immune system, deepening spiritual connection, easing acute and chronic conditions and creating a sense of well-being. (See Healing Touch Information Page).

Linda Jo has additional interest in functional medicine employs a systems-oriented medical approach that works to identify and understand the underlying or root causes of a disease. This discipline takes into account the personalization of healthcare, as each patient care plan is distinct and unique.  The relationship between patient and practitioner effectively becomes a partnership; every aspect of a patient’s medical history is reviewed in detail.  Its proponents claim that it focuses on the "root causes" of diseases based on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune systems to develop "individualized treatment plans".

Education
Associate of Science, Nursing, North Dakota State University - May 1984
Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Moorhead State University - May 1996
Master of Science, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, University of Minnesota Graduate School of Nursing - May 2001.

Licensure, Certifications & Awards

RN, North Dakota Board of Nursing
RN, Minnesota Board of Nursing
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Certified Healing Touch Practitioner

Additional Training
Linda Jo has received over 2000 hours of additional training in a wide variety of topics relating to her practice including:
Children and Adolescent Mental Health, Challenges in Diagnosing Bipolar Disorders, Childhood Trauma, Impulsive/Explosive Aggression in Juveniles, Neuropsychology and Neurophysiology, Conflict Management Skills, Family Strengths, Leadership Skills for Women, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Eating disorders, Hypnosis, Thought Field Therapy, Cranial Sacral, Healing Touch, The Body Alchemy of Relational Neuroscience and Functional Medicine.
Honors
International Society of Psychiatric Nurses (ISPN) Child and Adolescent Division Recognition Award April 2013
Human Service Excellence award for the Child & Adolescent PHP Program, 1998
Phi Kappa Phi, 1996
Sigma Theta Tau International, 1996

Professional Affiliations
Member of International Society of Psychiatric Nursing
Member of Healing Touch Program

Member of Healing Beyond Boundaries
Member of the American Holistic Nurses Association


 

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