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Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite

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Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite, MD, is a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist. She has significant clinical experience with adults, children, adolescents, transitional and college-aged youth.

After graduating from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, she joined the adult psychiatry residency program and then completed fellowship in the child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Massachusetts General/McLean Hospital. She is the former medical director at Riverside Community Care, a large community mental health clinic. She is the founder of Well Minds Consulting Co., and co-founder of SecureMeLink, a safety app to support the health and safety of clinicians and medical staff. Dr. Christian-Brathwaite regularly is regularly featured in radio and TV interviews and speaks publicly about mental health and wellness, particularly in African American communities.

Dr. Christian-Brathwaite is a member of the advisory boards for the Post Partum Depression Fund of Massachusetts and Evolvd Health Inc. Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite is a member of the board of directors for Families for Depression Awareness and serves as clinical consultant to Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Lesley University, William James College, the Massachusetts School Administrators Association and numerous other public and private schools and universities.

She can be found online at @drnicolecb on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Stories by Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite

The path from trauma to hope

An African American psychiatrist shares her perspective on stigma, racial disparities and mental health

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