Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner Chantal Flanagan, PMHNP, in Encinitas holds a clinical nurse specialist degree from UCSF (1993) and a post-master's PMHNP certificate from Rush University (2009) at the LifeStance Health office on Santa Fe Drive near Encinitas Community Park. Her medication management practice covers children, adolescents, and adults using solution-focused and CBT/DBT frameworks, coordinating pharmaceutical plans with the integrative diagnostics at Functional Medicine Specialists. LifeStance Health operates as a national behavioral health network with board-certified psychiatrists, licensed psychologists, and advanced practice nurses across multiple California offices. Flanagan's prescribing scope includes psychotropic medications for ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and PTSD, supported by evidence-based brief therapy protocols that run parallel to the mind-body treatment models at Be Well Acupuncture - Encinitas. Advanced cases involve multi-medication titration sequences for treatment-resistant depression and complex comorbid anxiety-PTSD presentations requiring cross-system pharmacological coordination.