Christa Robertson, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC
Christa Robertson is the owner and psychiatric provider at Heartpoint Psychiatry and Wellness. She is dual board certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at Columbia University in NY in 1996, a Masters Degree as an Adult Nurse Practitioner with HIV/AIDS emphasis at UCSF in 2008 and a Post-Masters Certificate in Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University in 2021. She worked in primary care as a nurse practitioner for county and community clinics in the San Francisco Bay area from 2008-2019; and in the field of Psychiatry since 2020. She has additional training in integrative medicine, functional medicine, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, mindfulness and yoga therapy.
Christa has years of experience serving medically complicated patients of diverse cultural backgrounds. Her work in Oakland deepened her understanding of how unmet mental health needs and trauma profoundly affect her clients' emotional, physical, and spiritual health. She uses a multidisciplinary approach that explores underlying issues such as the influences of our past, medical conditions affecting nutrition and chronic stress, unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors, gastrointestinal problems, hormonal changes and genetic considerations in illness. Christa values an investigative and collaborative effort with clients and listens to their concerns about hesitancy in taking medications or concerns about treatment. Her relationships with immigrant and African American patients in Oakland helped her to understand their desires to know about safe low-medication strategies for illness; and as a result she completed formal studies with experts in the field of integrative medicine. She has completed a multi-year Foundations Integrative Medicine Course with Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, MD and the Psychiatry Redefined functional medicine fellowship with Dr. James Greenblatt, MD. She lives on the Central Coast of California with her family and values time in the natural world and on the yoga mat as a way to support her own journey towards personal growth and happiness. She is available to see clients in person or by telehealth in San Luis Obispo, CA and via telehealth in other locations in California.
Dr. Margaret Bauman, Collaborating Psychiatrist
Dr. Bauman attended medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern Medical School; and completed both general and child psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both General Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry. She has extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), eating disorders, and substance dependency and abuse. She works with children in the autism spectrum and also has considerable experience in dealing with the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and dissociative disorders. Dr. Bauman has been named one of America’s Top Psychiatrists by the Consumers’ Research Council of America. She has won the prestigious Patients’ Choice award from Vitals.com as well as the coveted Compassionate Physician Award. She also appears on the Healthgrades’ Honor Roll as an outstanding physician. In additional to owning a busy private practice in San Luis Obispo, she is the collaborating physician and medical director for Heartpoint Psychiatry and Wellness.