Our Mental Health Providers
Learn more about our dedicated team.
Hiten Soni, MD
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Teletherapy – https://doxy.me/hitensoni
Dr. Soni chose to devote his professional life to medicine after working for more than a decade as an Environmental Engineer. As a physician, he initially gained experience in various organizations before founding Interpersonal Psychiatry in October of 2013.
Dr. Soni elected to work in private practice after witnessing first-hand the dire need for high quality, timely, and accessible, psychiatry services in his community. His treatment philosophy is somewhat unique, in that, Dr. Soni places his primary emphasis on improving his patients overall quality of life. This philosophy allows for treatment that is patient specific or Patient Centered. The Patient Centered Treatment model is evidence based and includes medications when warranted in addition to behavioral and social interventions that are also tailored to the person, and not a one size fits all approach.
Dr. Soni completed his internship at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri and his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He has also completed Post-Doctoral training at The Florida Postgraduate Sex Therapy Training Institute and the Psychoanalytical Institute of Greater Kansas City. He is licensed to practice Psychiatry in the states of Kansas and Missouri.
Dr. Soni sees patients in the Lawrence and Overland Park
Debra Williams, DO
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Teletherapy – https://doxy.me/drdebrawilliams
Debra Williams is a General Adult and Child Psychiatrist, Addiction and Pain Medicine specialist who received her undergraduate degree from Northeastern Oklahoma State University in Science & Molecular Biology. She completed her medical school education at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1993. Residency was completed at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry in 1998. She enjoys Travel, Movies, Knitting and Crocheting, and enjoying outdoor activities
Brian Lahey, MD
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Teletherapy – https://doxy.me/drbrianlahey
Dr. Lahey grew up in South Bend Indiana. He went to college in Virginia at the college of William and Mary. Two years after graduation he went to St. Georges University School of Medicine. He came to Kansas City for his psychiatry residency and also completed his Child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Kansas university medical center. He has been in the KC area ever since. He has four children ranging in age between 15 to 25 years old. Dr. Lahey specializes in treating patients of all ages and in psychiatric care of men and boys. He takes a unique approach which combines both medical and therapeutic techniques. He always strives to meet the patient where they are and then focuses on the potential for growth. He believes in the importance of growing throughout life and having healthy growth promoting relationships. He is always interested in the patient’s pattern of relating to both themselves and others to seek to help improve such relations.
Dr. Yu-Tze Ng, MD
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Teletherapy – https://doxy.me/ngyt
Dr. Ng is a very experienced and compassionate neurologist and psychiatric physician. He is one of the foremost epilepsy specialists in the world with expertise in antiseizure medications (ASMs), status epilepticus, epilepsy surgery and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
He has always balanced seeing many patients with academic, evidence-based medicine (published >100 clinical scientific studies) to ensure his patients have all the best treatments. Dr. Ng has won very numerous teaching and investigator awards. He treats a broad range of disorders, including primarily neuropsychiatric co-morbidities. His other areas of expertise and interest include: seizures, headaches and migraines, movement disorders, tics and Tourette syndrome, Parkinsonism, developmental delay and intellectual disability, muscle weakness, cerebral palsy, demyelinating disorders and stroke, altered mental status, dementia and delirium.
Originally from Australia, he graduated from Monash University, Melbourne. He completed his residency/fellowship in neurology then epilepsy at the University of Texas-Houston at Memorial Hermann Hospital. He is board certified in Neurology (with Special Qualification in Child Neurology), Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN), Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP). Finally he is also a Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society (FAES) and the Child Neurology Society (FCNS).
Sharma McKinney, APRN
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Teletherapy – https://doxy.me/mssharma
Though raised in Kansas, I received my Bachelor’s in Nursing from the University of Missouri in Columbia (Go Tigers!).
I have been working in health care for over 15 years including time in intensive care, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, emergency medicine, psychiatry, and addiction medicine. I received my Master’s Degree from Simmons University in Boston, MA and am board certified in both family medicine and addiction medicine with a speciality in psychiatry for all ages.
I am passionate about medication assisted treatment including buprenorphine induction and titration. I have worked as a nurse practitioner in both inpatient and outpatient environments and am committed to providing cutting edge care to a diverse population.
Edith Cowan, APRN
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Teletherapy – https://doxy.me/edithcowanaprn
I am a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Kansas and Missouri. I have a PMHNP post-graduate certificate from Liberty University, a Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner and received a BSN and ADN from St. Petersburg’s College in 2009.
I assist patients in mental health evaluations, developing treatment plans, and ongoing medication management. I strongly believe in collaborative care, informed decision making, and utilizing a holistic approach. I see patients from the ages of 6 to 65+.
Kristin Cunningham, MSN, PMHNP-BC
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Teletherapy – https://doxy.me/kristincunninghampmhnp
I have over 15 years of experience working in various roles in mental health. I earned my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Washburn University and my Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. I am board certified in psychiatric care for individuals across the lifespan and am especially passionate about providing mental healthcare for children and adolescents. I am LGBTQ+/kink/polyamory affirming and strive to provide care that is sensitive to the intersectionality of my clients’ diverse experiences.
Lindsay Schmitz, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
web_admin2025-01-20T12:42:16+00:00
Teletherapy – https://doxy.me/lindsaypsych
I am a dedicated, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Board-Certified in psychiatric care across the lifespan. With a master’s in Nursing and a Post-Graduate degree as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, I am licensed in both Kansas and Missouri. With over a decade of experience in nursing, I have cultivated a deep passion for mental health and wellness. I am passionate about military/veteran communities as well as Ketamine and Spravato treatment options. I see patients ages 6 and older and continue to be an advocate for mental health, using clinical expertise to deliver compassionate care.