Serenity Health

I’ve been a nurse practitioner since 2007 and am board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as both a family nurse practitioner and a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner. I view mental health through a trauma-informed lens, and I take a holistic, evidence-based approach in caring for my clients. I strongly believe in the power of high-quality psychotherapy as an integral part of mental health care, personal growth, and healing. Seeing the level of emotional trauma and distress among my fellow healthcare providers during COVID and how intensely my patients were suffering from anxiety and isolation during that same time compelled me to join the team at Serenity. I’m proud to provide high quality, compassionate, creative, cutting edge, evidence-based care to our clients. It’s an exciting time to work in the mental health field – I look forward to continuing to use emerging treatments to help our clients heal and re-engage with their lives.

Kit started his passion for helping people when he began his studies for the priesthood. He studied for the Archdiocese of Louisville in Conception Seminary College where he earned his Undergraduate Degree in Philosophy, shortly after that he decided to pursue his passion for helping people through the field of Nursing. Kit earned his Bachelors Degree in Nursing at Spalding University in Louisville, KY. After working in the Intensive Care setting for 3 years, he decided to specialize in the field of anesthesia. Kit earned his Graduated Degree at Texas Wesleyan University. After finishing his master degree program he started practicing at Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Kit soon decided to move and join the University of Kentucky, where he still presently provides Anesthesia. When he is not working at Serenity Health or UK, he enjoys spending time with his wonderful wife BethAnn and co-owner of Serenity Health, along with his many fur babies on their family farm. Both Kit and BethAnn enjoy traveling, and exploring new adventures.

I am proud to have worked in social services for the past 17 years. I joined the Serenity Health team in October of 2022 following my work in Community Mental Health and Federally Qualified Health Centers in both Addiction Services and Mental/Behavioral Health Care. My focus on understanding and providing Trauma Informed Care has been paramount and I am proud to be part of a team and to provide Client Focused Integrative Care to all of our clients here at Serenity.

I am a Louisville native graduating from Manual High School (very much a Louisville thing to say). I received post-secondary education from the University of Louisville and Eastern Kentucky University. Before becoming a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, I worked as a Critical Care Nurse for 11 years. Eight of those 11 years I worked all over California and Arizona doing travel nursing. I spent most of the time in Santa Barbara where I just moved back from last July. I lost a close friend whom I worked with, to suicide a year ago and when I found Serenity, I knew it was where I was meant to be. I will always continue to work to honor her name by helping others in need. I love our collaborating team at Serenity Health and the support we give each other.

I am a Shelby County native, where I graduated from Shelby County High School in 2007. Originally pursuing my education in Justice Administration/Forensics because of my intense interest in criminology, I decided that my calling was more appropriately directed into the field of nursing after witnessing friends and family members’ physical and mental health crises. I believe that I have much to contribute to the care and healing of others through my diverse background in both medicine and mental health. I earned an associate degree in nursing from Jefferson Community and Technical College, a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University Southeast, and a master’s degree from Spalding University in 2017. I am currently pursuing an additional psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner certification through Northern Kentucky University.