Renee Diane Parisi, PMHNP-BC, DNP
Dr. Renee Diane Parisi is a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with over a decade of clinical, academic, and entrepreneurial experience in mental health care, program development, and professional education. She is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Renee Diane, LLC, a multi-state telepsychiatry practice specializing in integrative and holistic psychiatric care, perinatal and maternal mental health, pet-loss and disenfranchised grief, and behavioral sleep medicine. Her approach blends evidence-based psychiatric treatment with complementary and alternative modalities, including herbal supplementation, Reiki, and spiritual counseling.
Dr. Parisi is also the creator of Creative Writing for Trauma Recovery (CWTR), a trauma-informed therapeutic framework that integrates Written Exposure Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dream Revision/Image Rehearsal Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy principles. CWTR guides patients through transforming traumatic experiences into therapeutic autofiction, fostering narrative coherence, self-compassion, and post-traumatic growth. Building upon this foundation, she developed Creative Writing for Emotional Resilience (CWER), a self-guided and coaching-based program that helps individuals and professionals use expressive writing to cultivate emotional regulation and prepare healing-centered manuscripts for publication.
In addition to her clinical and creative work, Dr. Parisi founded DNP Consulting, LLC, a healthcare Management Services Organization (MSO) providing consultation, risk management, and business development support to medical practices and nurse practitioner entrepreneurs. Her company specializes in practice start-up and expansion, compliance and policy development, branding, and collaborative physician placement.
Across her diverse professional roles, Dr. Parisi remains deeply committed to advancing mental health education, clinical innovation, and creative healing. Her teaching and course authorship for the American Institute of Health Care Professionals emphasize the intersection of science, creativity, and compassion in fostering mental wellness and professional growth.
Professional Experience
Oct 2018 – Present Renee Diane, LLC
Washington, District of Columbia, Nevada, Washington, & Ohio
Chief Executive Officer / Founder / Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Practice Owner and Provider
- Private practice specializing in telepsychiatry, perinatal and maternal mental health, pet loss grief/disenfranchised grief, and behavioral sleep medicine. Including holistic mental health care and complimentary & alternative mental health treatments including herbal supplementation, Reiki, and spiritual counseling.
- Provides medication management and psychotherapeutic services to patients 18 years old and over.
- Responsible for the overall leadership, direction, and management of RDLLC, including its clinical services, finances, and administrative activities
Founder & Program Developer – Creative Writing for Trauma Recovery (CWTR)
- Developed an integrative writing-based therapeutic framework combining Written Exposure Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dream Revision/Image Rehearsal Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy principles.
- Designed structured session protocols and homework assignments that guide clients through the process of transforming traumatic experiences into therapeutic autofiction, fostering narrative coherence and post-traumatic growth.
- Presented CWTR as a trauma-informed, evidence-informed modality for use by psychiatric nurse practitioners and therapists.
Creator – Creative Writing for Emotional Resilience (CWER)
- Adapted the CWTR clinical framework into a self-guided and coaching-based program supporting creative writing in developing emotional resilience and preparing therapeutic manuscripts for publication.
- Provides training and consultation to therapists and literary wellness coaches (LWC) integrating expressive writing into their work with clients.
- Emphasizes skill-building, narrative restructuring, and creative expression as pathways to long-term emotional regulation and recovery.
Oct 2014 – Present DNP Consulting LLC
Willoughby, Ohio
Founder
- DNP Consulting, LLC is a Management Services Organization (MSO) that provides consultation and healthcare management services to health care professionals and organizations.
- Services include new practice/clinic formation, current practice expansion, risk management/compliance, executive oversight and leadership, contract review/negotiation preparation, business development and marketing strategies, collaborative physician allocation, and other management services.
- Specializing in nurse practitioner practice business development, marketing/brand management, social media/public relations training, efficiency improvement.
May 2011- Oct 2014 Southwest General Medical Group, Inc.
Middleburg Hts, Ohio Southwest General Health Center / Oakview Behavioral Health
Mental Health Hospitalist – Nurse Practitioner
- Reported to hospital behavioral health senior executive staff and Medical Director of SGMG
- Worked in congruence with external consultation firm for program development, quality assurance/improvement, compliance
- Responsible for Oakview new advanced practitioner and physician orientation
- Lead member of inpatient treatment team
- Provides psychiatric management services to case load including: prescription of medication, medication monitoring, psychiatric evaluation, psychotherapy, education, and diagnostic assessment services to adult and geriatric patients admitted to the adult and geriatric psychiatric inpatient units, Partial Hospitalization Program, Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program, and Chemical Dependency Intensive Outpatient Program, Consultation-Liaison services on the inpatient medical units
Mar 2009- May2011 Recovery Resources – Cleveland, Ohio
Director of Medical Services /
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Reported to Chief Medical Officer
- Provides direct supervision and evaluation of nursing staff and administrative assistant
- Developed/updated various policies and procedure
- Coordinated day to day operations of psychiatric outpatient clinic and MAT program
- Provides psychiatric management services to case load including: prescription of medication, medication monitoring, psychiatric evaluation, psychotherapy, education, and diagnostic assessment services to adult community psychiatric patients and adult dual diagnosis patients
Oct 2008- Mar 2009 Murtis H. Taylor Multi Service Center
Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio Correctional Advocacy Re-entry Support (C.A.R.E.S.) Unit, Cleveland, Ohio
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Provides psychiatric management services including: prescription of medication, medication monitoring, psychiatric evaluation, psychotherapy, education, and diagnostic assessment services to adult community psychiatric patients and adult forensic psychiatric patients
- Co-manages the Clozaril Clinic at Main Campus
- Developing, with social work department, a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program
Education
Maryville University of St. Louis, Doctor of Nursing Practice, May 2014
The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio Masters of Science: Nursing, May 2008
The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio Bachelor of Science: Nursing, May 2006
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio Associate Degree of Nursing, December 2004
Nursing Licensure and Certification
October 2008-Present American Nurses Credentialing Center Certification:
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Current State Licenses: RN Nursing Compact License
Ohio NP 10349
DC RN/NP RN1048550
NevadaRN/NP818186
Additional Certification
American Society of Reproductive Medicine – Mental Health Specialist
Usui Reiki Master & Teacher (Shinpiden)
Certified Professional Coach (World Coaching Institute)
Risk Management and Compliance – Certified (Medical Group Management Association)
Professional Organizations
International Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
American Society of Reproductive Medicine
American Association of Sleep Medicine
Research Activities
Jan 2007-May 2007 Collaborated with faculty members of the University of Akron and University of California San Francisco to create a program summary for a future Emergency / Trauma Psychiatric Advance Practice Certificate for the University of Akron
Nov 2010 – 2012 Collaborated with Cleveland Marshall College of Law: Community Health Advocacy Clinic’s policy reform project “Improving Reentry Success for Prisoners with Psychological Disabilities”
Aug 2012- May 2014 Doctoral Research Capstone: “The Process by which Advanced Practice Nurses Have Overcome the Barriers Related to Full Scope of Practice Legislation Reform”
Publications
Parisi, R. D. (2023). Awakening the 6th sense: A guide to unlocking psychic ability and intuition. Willow Alchemy Publications.
Parisi, R. D. (2025). Love lives on: A guide to healing your heart after pet loss. Willow Alchemy Publications.
Parisi, R. D. (2025). Creative Writing for Trauma Recovery (CWTR): A Therapeutic Framework Integrating Evidence-Based Writing Modalities. Unpublished manuscript
Parisi, R. D. (2025). Creative Writing for Emotional Resilience (CWER): A self-guided coaching framework for emotional regulation and post-traumatic growth. Unpublished manuscript