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Our team
Nicole Brynes, DNP, PMHNP-BC
(she/her)
The founder of Ripple Behavioral Health Associates, Nicole Brynes, DNP, PMHNP-BC was trained at the University of Maryland and the University of Pittsburgh. She has worked at the Mayo Clinic, a nationally-renowned Brown University affiliated medical/psychiatric program, and the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Passionate about evidence-based, outcomes-driven care, Dr. Brynes has worked with children, adolescents and adults with mood and anxiety disorders, eating disorders, ADHD, OCD, autism, sleep disorders, and trauma. She has published and presented on topics including suicidality in children and teens, eating disorders, family based treatment, somatic symptom disorders, among others. She looks forward to working with you to improve your mental health. She is currently licensed in PA, MD, RI and VT, and ME.
Samuel Hoffman, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
(he/him)
Dr. Hoffman, who often goes by “Dr. Sam” with patients, is a family and psychiatric practitioner with extensive medical and psychiatric experience across the lifespan. He takes a holistic approach, grounded in evidence. His medical experience working with patients of many backgrounds gives him unique insight into the multifactorial elements of mental health. A particular interest of his is working with cancer survivors from diagnosis onward, and the intersection between western and complementary treatments. He has worked with patients from around the world, and believes that one’s culture and history are always relevant to care. He is currently licensed in PA only.