Vickie McPherson
MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, ACNPC-A/G-BC
Vickie is a dual board-certified provider who brings both psychiatric and acute-care medical expertise to every visit. That rare combination means your mental health and your physical health are understood together — by one clinician who sees the whole person, listens without judgment, and grounds every plan in current evidence.
Dual board-certified
- Psychiatric-Mental Health
PMHNP-BC - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care
ACNPC-A/G-BC
Two board certifications, one whole-person view.
Few clinicians carry certification in both the mind and the body. Vickie does — which is what lets First Horizon treat behavioral health and medical wellness as one connected story.
Psychiatric-Mental Health
PMHNP-BC
Board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner — evaluation, diagnosis, and personalized medication management across the lifespan.
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care
ACNPC-AG-BC
Board-certified Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner — advanced medical training for complex, acute, and chronic physical health needs.
A career spanning the full spectrum of care.
Emergency psychiatry
Experience assessing and stabilizing patients in high-acuity settings, where calm, decisive judgment matters most.
Telepsychiatry
Delivering thoughtful psychiatric care remotely — meeting patients where they are, with the same attentiveness as in person.
Correctional psychiatry
Providing dignified, evidence-based mental health care to underserved populations in correctional environments.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Comprehensive MAT for substance use disorders — evaluation, induction, maintenance, relapse prevention, and recovery planning.
Medical weight management
Physician-level, evidence-based weight care that pairs GLP-1 therapies with nutrition, lifestyle, and ongoing monitoring.
Psychiatric medication management
Careful, individualized management for depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD, and insomnia.
Professional background
Vickie McPherson earned her Master of Science in Nursing and practices as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Her path to First Horizon runs through some of the most demanding corners of medicine — from the urgency of emergency and acute-care settings to the quiet, sustained work of long-term psychiatric care.
Along the way she built dual expertise: certified in Psychiatric-Mental Health (PMHNP-BC) and in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care (ACNPC-A/G-BC). She has delivered psychiatric care through telehealth, supported patients in correctional settings, guided people through Medication-Assisted Treatment for substance use disorders, and managed medically supervised weight care.
That breadth shapes how she practices today. Vickie doesn't treat a diagnosis in isolation — she looks at the whole person, weighs mental and physical health together, and builds a plan that fits the life in front of her. Her approach is calm, plainspoken, and rooted in evidence, always delivered with dignity and respect for your privacy.
What guides her care
- Whole-person care — mind and body understood together, never in isolation.
- Evidence first — plans grounded in current clinical science, then tailored to you.
- Dignity and privacy — judgment-free care that treats you as a person, not a chart.
- A clear next step — honest expectations and support at every stage.
Taking the first step is the hardest. We'll take it with you.
Schedule a confidential consultation with Vickie — no pressure, no judgment, just a clear next step.
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