Paula Harwood McKenna, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in Encinitas holds PMHNP-BC board certification and California nursing license 95005445, practicing psychiatric medication management through LifeStance Health on Santa Fe Drive. Her academic background spans a Master's in Nursing from Cal State San Marcos, a BA in Psychology from UC Irvine, and a BS in Business Administration from SDSU — a cross-disciplinary foundation that informs the systems-level treatment planning also practiced at Functional Medicine Specialists. Clinical specializations include pharmacological management of ADHD, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, OCD, depression, and PTSD, with both in-person and telehealth appointment formats available statewide. The practice integrates therapeutic counseling into every medication-management session rather than limiting appointments to prescription review alone, maintaining a dual clinical focus on pharmacology and psychoeducation. That emphasis on whole-patient engagement complements the bioenergetic assessment model at Lively - Bioenergetic Healing, where nutritional and energetic factors inform treatment alongside conventional protocols. Most complex presentations involve multi-agent psychopharmacology regimens for treatment-resistant mood and anxiety disorders requiring ongoing metabolic panel monitoring, dosage titration, and coordinated care with referring psychotherapists.