We want to help you destress and improve your quality life with our years of experience and expertise as a board certified mental health providers at Better Stories.
Each of our Providers offer different specializations to ensure that we can help you with your needs. Your care involves us working together you provide your life experiences and perspective, we use our skills and experience in psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.
We want to help you destress and improve your quality life with our years of experience and expertise as a board certified mental health providers at Better Stories. Your care involves us working together you provide your life experiences and perspective, we use our skills and experience in psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. Together we will create a treatment plan that we agree will help you reduce your symptoms and yield a greater quality of life. Better Stories currently accepts Aetna, Cigna, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, United, and UPMC commercial insurances.
I am excited to be part of the Better Stories team. I have been working in psychiatry for over 10 years and as a prescriber for over 5. I am a certified nurse practitioner with a background in several different setting and specialties including eating disorders, OCD, anxiety, insomnia, and postpartum depression, and I am looking forward to helping you with your needs.
I am a Nurse Practitioner certified in Psychiatry and Primary Care. I have a background in several different settings including integrative medicine. I like to take a holistic approach with medication management. I look forward to working together to help you move towards a better quality of life.
Dr. Pavlov graduated from University of Pittsburgh with her BSN in 2008. She went on to work at Western Psychiatric hospital on both the general adult and dual diagnosis unit. She completed her DNP at Robert Morris University in 2015 and became a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Prior to joining the staff at Better Stories, she worked providing psychiatric care for both Palliative Care and Oncology services at UPMC. She is eager to meet with you and develop a treatment plan that works best!
I am a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner dedicated to providing thoughtful, quality care to individuals across the lifespan. I completed my undergraduate studies at Robert Morris University and went on to obtain my master’s degree at Duquesne University. Additionally, I have 14 years’ experience working as a Registered Nurse on an inpatient behavioral health unit at a community hospital. I believe in a multidisciplinary approach to treating mental health conditions and am looking forward to helping you achieve your treatment/wellness goals.
Dr. Dubich is excited to become part of the Better Stories team. She is a certified nurse practitioner and is looking forward to helping you with your needs.
Dr. Alyssa Lane is a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. She obtained her doctorate of nursing practice from Robert Morris University in 2023 and has worked with a range of diagnoses, from chronic pain and addiction to mood disorders and psychosis. She spent 8 years as an RN at the VA of Pittsburgh and UPMC Mercy. In her free time, she loves to be with her daughter, fiancé and cats, especially when the weather is warm and time can be spent outside or traveling to fun places such as the beach! She also loves Pittsburgh sports, the holidays, trying new restaurants, and spending time with family and friends.
Dr. Alayna Gradisek is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She graduated with her BSN from Duquesne University. She obtained her PMHNP and DNP from Robert Morris University. She went on to work at Allegheny General Hospital as a Clinical Nursing Supervisor on the Neuro step down unit for 7 years. She is excited to be part of the team at Better Stories.
Hello! I am Dr. Shabnam you can call me "Shab" and I am excited to be part of the Better Stories team. I graduated from University of Pittsburgh with my undergraduate and graduate degrees. Previously I worked in geriatric psychiatry and with adults with serious mental illness. I have a special interest in adult and older populations and minority populations. I support the use of medications when appropriate and believe the non-medication part is equally as important. I look forward to working together on a treatment plan that works for you!
Dr. Alexis Stoner, is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She graduated with her BSN from the University of Pittsburgh and went on to pursue her DNP at Robert Morris University with a special focus in Psychiatry. She previously worked in a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit for 7 years and she is excited to integrate her experience here at Better Stories!