Coleen Harbin, PMHNP-BC

Coleen A. Harbin is a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Temple University and worked for several years in the mental health field prior to becoming a registered nurse. These experiences include working as a mental health specialist at So Other’s Might Eat in Washington, DC, a rehabilitation specialist at Arundel Lodge in Annapolis, MD, and as a psychiatric tech at Dominion Hospital in McLean, Virginia. Coleen decided to become a registered nurse to get a better understanding of physical health and wellness. Some of her experiences during her 19 years of nursing include working in the burn/trauma/surgical intensive care unit for Medstar Washington Hospital Center and Southern Maryland Hospital, as a community health nurse for Health Care for the Homeless of Montgomery County MD government, and as a psychiatric nurse at Dominion Hospital.

Coleen has a passion to break the stigma that often comes with a mental health diagnosis Now as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner she aspires to empower people with mental illness to be their best advocates. She believes that this can be done 

through education, self-awareness, accountability, and encouragement. Coleen feels that by doing this, clients will become more educated on their mental health, learn how to successfully manage it, work collaboratively with their providers, and no longer see mental illness as something that one should be ashamed of. 

In her spare time, Coleen enjoys traveling, reading, spending time with family, attending cultural events, and dancing. Coleen is a 2010 recipient of the Gamma Beta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing’s “100 Extraordinary Nurses” award, a member of Chi Eta Phi Incorporated Professional 

Nursing Sorority, The American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and The American Nurses Association.