Sarah Ko, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, has a passion for training future psychiatric nurse practitioners and strives to equip them with compassionate care toward those living with mental disorders. She believes that every person is unique and that they may bring different cultural experiences, values, beliefs, and attitudes toward mental health treatments. Sarah’s clinical philosophy is to “treat the patient, not the psychiatric disorder.” She has volunteered at various community outreach programs and runs a Meditation Camp for Children. She has been thoroughly educated in suicide prevention with a focus on a high-risk cultural group (Korean-lay individuals) and received Competency-Based Training for Suicide Prevention from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). She is currently CEO of Together Mental Health Clinic in Los Angeles operated by Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in collaboration with Psychiatrists, which provides comprehensive and compassionate psychiatric services and consultations within the greater Los Angeles area.

Keumhee Byeon, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC is devoted to serving the community and those in need of psychiatric mental help. She worked as a psychiatric RN at hospitals based in Los Angeles for the past 10 years. She wrote psychiatric holds for emergency psychiatric patients as an LPS officer. She also has gained extensive experience with mild to severe psychiatric situations. As an NP, she has increased knowledge of mental health disorders enabling her to better meet the needs of patients and the increasingly complicated healthcare demands of the mentally-ill community. 

She is an exceptionally open-minded and empathetic person with great listening and communication skills. She believes therapeutic communication is just as vital as any medical knowledge or clinical treatment. In that sense, she never passes judgment on anyone, and fully respects everyone's unique narrative and viewpoints. As she comes from a diverse cultural background, she is comfortable working with multicultural patients, families, and communities.

She loves to watch Korean dramas and stand-up comedy shows in her spare time, but she also enjoys nature, travel, art museums, music, and dogs.

“I can help you find the hope, strength, and purposes for which you are searching for.”

Eunice’s clinical philosophy is to help people find hope and reach their greatest potential. She wants to restore hope to her patients, help them to find their greatest capabilities, and experience restoration. Through family therapy-based practice, she wants to help and support clients to feel their best. Her background in nursing offers clients a holistic, empathy-forward, compassionate, and warm environment for patients to feel comfortable. Eunice uses an integrative approach to treatment to ensure a complete and nurturing therapeutic environment. She strives towards patients achieving and knowing for themselves that they have experienced restoration and thus finally feel like they can be themselves again. She believes that it is important to know that you are not alone and there is always hope.

Setting foot into ENC Nursing and Together Mental Health, Jin uses her morals and professionalism into providing care for Nurse Practitioners, students, and patients. Jin brings her passion for people and productivity to her role at ENCN. She cares deeply for her fellow human peeps (you!) and desperately desires for those around her to feel welcomed, seen, heard, valued, loved, and supported. 

Jin excels at taking an existing process and tweaking it to achieve maximum efficiency. Perhaps no one can top Jin when it comes to speed. Whether it is walking, talking, executing, and deciding - you name it - she is the fastest. While working at full speed and thriving off of creating order out of chaos with her task-oriented mindset, she is always checking things off in her personal or work “to-do” list every minute.

Dr. Movsesian is a Psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in mental health. He currently treats patients at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena and Gateways Hospital in Los Angeles. He has an extensive educational background, and is fluent in English, Armenian, Russian. Dr. Movsesian attended medical school in Armenia, completed his residency in the US, and a fellowship program for Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at Duke University. He has seen numerous and diverse patients throughout his career. He is progressive-minded, and his practice is grounded in scientific knowledge. With an empathetic approach to patients living with mental health conditions, he is dedicated to individualized care for each person he treats. Dr. Movsesian is highly respected by his colleagues and is known for his down-to-earth personality and sense of humor. Dr. Movsesian appreciates the importance of good mental health care and provides a humble atmosphere for patients seeking treatments.

Sonnia Aba Ahinasi, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, believes that it is essential to maintain your mental health otherwise physical ailments will follow. After graduating from Azusa Pacific University with a Master of Science in Nursing for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, she has been treating patients in the southern California area. Sonnia currently treats individuals at Kaiser Permanente Hospital and Addis Medical Group in Los Angeles. Sonnia has several years of experience working with other health care professionals and excels in team leadership and management. She is dedicated to the individual needs of those suffering with mental health issues and is always a strong advocate for her patients. Sonnia collaborates with physicians and various members of the interdisciplinary team to find the most effective treatment options for her patients, with the goal to attain the most positive patient outcomes. She believes that it is important to practice self-care and really check in with yourself to ensure total mental and physical well-being while stressing the importance of balance in life.

Neema, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, is passionate about helping people achieve and maintain mental wellness. Neema understands that mental health is comprised of one’s mental, physical, and spiritual health; and that these components are ever-changing and unique to each individual. Therefore, Neema provides patient-centered, whole-person care that is grounded in her belief that the patient and the provider best work as a team.

Neema takes care to listen to her clients and meet them where they are at. She offers a warm, compassionate, judgment-free environment and works with clients to help them find healing, purpose, and peace. Neema has several years of experience working with patients experiencing acute, severe mental health crises, as well as experience working in various outpatient mental health treatment settings.

Neema is dedicated to reducing the stigma that surrounds the topic of mental health and advocates for improved and increased access to mental health care for all members of society.

Katie considers the picture of health to be a multifaceted dynamic that consists of the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of our being. Katie understands the impact of individual history, environment, and lifestyle and strives to cultivate the ability for each individual to adequately manage their physical, mental, and emotional health to achieve the best possible outcome for their treatment goals. Katie has over five years of clinical experience in providing mental health care to patients across the lifespan and has worked in both inpatient and outpatient care settings. Her practice is grounded in research and evidence-based practices with the safety and well-being of her clients being of paramount importance. She is proficient in working with clients that have various mood, behavioral, or personality disorders. Katie’s mission is to establish all-inclusive treatment options that will assist in the client’s transition back to their daily regimens, academic and/or work performance, encompassing whole health by utilizing psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment modalities