Founder & Clinical Director
Dr. Michelle Giddings
Dr. Michelle Giddings-White, DNP, APRN-BC, PMHNP-BC
Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over 26 years of experience across acute inpatient, outpatient, academic, and community health settings.
About Dr. Giddings
26 years of clinical excellence.
Dr. Michelle Giddings-White, DNP, APRN-BC, PMHNP-BC, is the Clinical Director of The C.A.R.E. Project and a Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with over 26 years of experience across acute inpatient, outpatient, academic, and community health settings. She currently serves as President of the Nevada Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) and has received both the 2020 APNA National Award for Excellence in Practice and the 2022 AANP State Award for Excellence. In 2019, she received a Proclamation from the Office of the Mayor of Las Vegas for her contributions to behavioral health services. Dr. Giddings-White holds her DNP from the University of South Alabama, MSN from UNLV, and BSN from SUNY.
Education & Licensure
Credentials
- DNP — Doctor of Nursing Practice, University of South Alabama
- MSN — Master of Science in Nursing, UNLV
- BSN — Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SUNY
- PMHNP-BC — Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified
- APRN-BC — Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board Certified
- FNP — Family Nurse Practitioner
Recognition
Awards & Leadership
2019
Proclamation from the Office of the Mayor of Las Vegas for contributions to behavioral health services
2020
APNA National Award for Excellence in Practice — American Psychiatric Nurses Association
2022
AANP State Award for Excellence in Practice — American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Present
President, Nevada Chapter — American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
Clinical Philosophy
Why creative modalities produce clinical results.
Dr. Giddings-White's clinical approach is grounded in a simple truth: youth engage more deeply when therapy meets them in their language. Creative arts — visual, somatic, movement-based — are not enrichment activities. They are delivery vehicles for evidence-based therapeutic outcomes. Every session at The C.A.R.E. Project is clinically supervised, measurably structured, and designed to produce progress that families can see.
"Healing doesn't happen on a schedule. But with the right environment, it happens faster than you think."
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