Dr. Abbie Neves
PhD, APRN-Rx, PMHCNS-BC
Dr. Abbie J. Neves is Board Certified as a Child-Adolescent Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist and is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with prescriptive authority. Her education includes training in Advanced Play Therapy and a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD Degree in Nursing from University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Her dissertation was entitled “The Butterfly Effect - The Essential Structure of the Lived Experience of College Students who are Family Members of Veterans with PTSD Who Served in the Iraqi-Afghanistan Armed Conflicts: Intergenerational Trauma.”
Dr. Neves is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa School of Nursing. She has over 15 years of experience providing psychiatric mental health services to children and adolescents of all ages and cultures. She is experienced in psychiatric diagnostic evaluation, psychiatric medication evaluation, medication management, and various modalities of therapy. Although medication is optional, if a patient chooses medication as part of their treatment plan, she uses Psychotropic Pharmacogenomic Testing in order to help patients select a medication with the least amount of gene-drug interaction. She incorporates complimentary-alternative therapies into her practice and her approach is holistic, compassionate, and non-judgmental. She is passionate about improving the mental health of Hawaii’s keiki and their ‘ohana.
Dr. Neves was born and raised in Hawai’i and is the proud mother of 4 children and grandmother of 7 grandchildren with whom she spends her free time with. Her hobbies include art, music, reading, nature immersion, swimming, and playing with her many fur and feather babies.
AREAS OF FOCUS
ADD/ADHD
Addiction
Adjustment Disorder
Anxiety
Autism
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Disruptive Mood
Dysregulation Disorder
LGBTQIA+
Life Transition
Grief/Loss/Bereavement
Insomnia
Oppositional-Defiant/Conduct Disorder
Maternal (Pregnancy, new-baby, postpartum)
PTSD
Mood Disorder
Schizophrenia
Substance use disorder
Trauma
DEMOGRAPHICS
Children (age 5-21)
Adolescent/Teens/Young Adults
Native Hawaiian Culture
Military-Veteran
Students
THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
Animal-Assisted Therapy
Art Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Eclectic Therapy
Expressive Arts Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Guided Imatery
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Play Therapy
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Sand Play Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Strength-Based Therapy
Therapeutic Intervention
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy