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About Us

Train Your Brain to be Kind to Your Mind

Melissa Brusacoram, CNP founded Northern Tranquility Mental Health Services in April 2021 and started seeing patients in July of that year. Her goal was to provide quality mental health care to the underserved population on the Iron Range. Since then, Northern Tranquility has brought additional providers on board to be able to expand care across the entire state of Minnesota.

Meet The Team
Click on a provider to learn more about them

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Melissa Brusacoram, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner & CEO

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Christina Kirchen, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner & Clinical Supervisor

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Jonathan Rohde, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Family Practice and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

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Stefanie Keppers

Billing Specialist

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Kathryn Alaniva

Receptionist

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Tiffany Pogreba

Eligibility Specialist

Our Vision & Mission

Vision:

To provide needed mental health, primary health and substance abuse help for the Iron Range community. Provide the tools needed to succeed in life. Service provided for all ages 4 and up. To help build a community that is healthy, happy, and safe.

 

Mission:

To provide patient centered care that is compassionate, ethical, efficient, knowledge based treatment. Providing tools for the patient's toolbox so they can have a functional, successful, quality of life in the community.

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