Dr. Summer Thompson
DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC,PHN
Season 04 - Episode 05
Dr. Summer Thompson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, PHN
Dr. Summer Thompson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, PHN, is a mental health clinician, scholar, writer, and fierce advocate for mental health in underserved and marginalized populations, with a particular passion for veterans, monolingual Spanish-speaking clients, the LGBTQ community, and transgender and gender diverse youth. She currently works as an Adolescent and Adult Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for Community Psychiatry, an expert nurse witness for the California Board of Registered Nursing, private legal consultant, and an Assistant Health Sciences Clinical Professor at University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Thompson’s journey to nursing began with her service as a Peace Corps Agriculture Extension Volunteer in Nicaragua, which led her to attend the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing as a Coverdell Peace Corps Fellow where she also participated in the Helene Fuld Leadership Program for the Advancement of Patient Safety & Quality. Her work as a registered nurse at the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA cemented her dedication to the mental health field. She went on to work on the Wounded Warriors Mental Health Service at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, where she later commissioned as an officer of the US Air Force and served for four years at Travis Air Force Base as a psychiatric nurse and Assistant Course Supervisor/Instructor for the Air Force’s only psychiatric and mental health nurse training program. Dr. Thompson then used her GI Bill to complete her Master’s of Science in Nursing (PMHNP) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Thompson works full-time as an outpatient psychiatric clinician serving adolescent and adult clients with a full spectrum of mental health needs. She is currently a member of the World Professional Association of Trangsender Health (WPATH) and is working towards her certification. She has published scholarly articles on a variety of mental health topics including trauma, emotional support animals, and treatment of antidepressant side effects, and always has many, many more ideas waiting to be completed.
