Acelise understands the importance of working with people struggling from mental illness as well as working with their families. Acelise understands the ignominy involved with psychiatric disorders and the disease of addiction and the strength it takes to ask for help. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner, she utilizes an eclectic approach focused on meeting each individual’s needs. She understands the importance of compassion but also recognizes firm precincts when working with people suffering from mental illness and drug abuse disorders.