Get To Know Our Team
Lindsey N. Bauman CPNP, PMHNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Lindsey Bauman is a dual board-certified nurse practitioner. She is certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner through PNCB (Pediatric Nursing Certification Board), and she is a family systems trained; certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner through ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center).
Lindsey graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH and has been practicing as a nurse practitioner since 2014. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in nursing (focusing on executive leadership and health policy). Her practice background includes developmental and behavioral pediatrics, primary care pediatrics, as well as child/adolescent and family psychiatry.
Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she worked as a nurse for 8 years in multiple settings helping individuals from different backgrounds across the lifespan.
Lindsey is passionate about providing unparalleled family centered care. She treats patients across the lifespan, but her primary area of focus is treating children, adolescents, transitional youth, adults, and families.
She is part of Sigma Theta Tau and has been recognized by the International Nurses Association for her demonstrated success, leadership, and excellence in her field. She is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), and the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP).
Lindsey is originally from Michigan “GO BLUE!” She has also lived in Ohio, but she is now residing in Fort Mill, SC with her husband, 4 children, 3 dogs, and cat. She enjoys reading, camping, spinning, spending time with friends and family, being creative, and trying new things.
I am extremely fortunate to get to know people in a unique, authentic, and vulnerable way. My clients are often tremendously grateful for everything they gain from our sessions. I am not sure they realize just how much I gain from them as well. What a privilege it is to get to do this for a living. The human connection is powerful.
-Lindsey Bauman
Q & A with Lindsey
Something you do to improve your mental health?
Practice yoga and meditation
Something you enjoy?
I enjoy spending time with family, gardening, and traveling
Something you fear?
Tornadoes
Favorite place?
My childhood hometown in Michigan (reminds me of simpler times)
Something you hope to learn?
How to play the Ukulele
Q & A with Allen
Something you do to improve your mental health?
I exercise, meditate, and sit in the sauna
Something you enjoy?
I enjoy Ohio State football, spending time with family, and travelling
Something you fear?
Snakes
Favorite place?
The beach
Something you hope to learn?
More home improvement skills and DIYs
Allen Bauman
Practice Administrator
Allen Is new to the health care practice management arena, but he is not new to the health care world or maintaining systems and operations. Allen is well versed in health care largely in part because of his wife, Lindsey. He has also become very familiar with nursing and nuances parents/consumers deal with day to day. He and Lindsey have a son who is profoundly disabled. Allen has learned a lot managing and caring for their son from bedside nursing care, coordination, ordering durable medical equipment, appointments and scheduling, handling billing, claims, and much more.
Prior to joining Lindsey at Mettā Vita Health, Allen worked in the chemical industrial arena. He worked for the same company, Jones-Hamilton, for 18 years. Allen’s time at JH speaks to his loyalty. Throughout the years at JH, he monitored operations, conducted process inspections, troubleshot, coordinated with multiple departments, and he enforced policies, procedures, and safety protocols. Allen also mentored and supervised employees. JH is a company based out of Ohio. Allen was integral in the startup and expansion of the additional JH plant in South Carolina.
Allen is a family man and takes pride in being a husband and father. Allen enjoys spending time with his family whenever he can. He is a HUGE Ohio State football fan. Allen also enjoys travelling and learning about new cultures, golfing, listening to podcasts, and developing his knowledge in stocks and finance.
“Allen and I are complete opposites. We think very differently from one another. I am incredibly grateful (most days…iykyk…HA) for him as he provides balance to me in our marriage and our practice.”
-Lindsey Bauman
Sunny Jain, PMHNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Sunny Jain, PMHNP-BC, earned his psychiatric nurse practitioner degree from the University of Cincinnati after originally attending the University of Southern California, where he studied both Biology and Film Studies. Before returning to healthcare, Sunny co-owned a production company focused on writing and producing films, where he developed a deep appreciation for leadership, collaboration, communication, and understanding people from different walks of life.
Although creatively fulfilling, he felt drawn toward work that created a more direct and lasting impact in people’s lives, leading him back to healthcare and psychiatry where he has worked inpatient at Atrium Health, specifically choosing dual-diagnosis units to further his knowledge during his experience and while in school. Sunny approaches mental health through a holistic lens, believing patients are far more than a diagnosis or checklist of symptoms. He values treating the whole person and believes medication management and therapy work best when integrated thoughtfully together rather than relying solely on traditional symptom-based approaches.
Sunny has a particular interest in emerging and innovative psychiatric
treatments, as well as exploring new ways to better understand emotional and behavioral health. His creative background allows him to approach clinical care with both analytical and outside-the-box thinking, helping him connect with patients in a more individualized and human way.
He believes trust and rapport are foundational to meaningful treatment and strives to create a collaborative relationship where patients feel heard, understood, and actively involved in their care.
Sunny currently lives in the Lake Norman area with his wife and three
children. Outside of work, he enjoys creative book writing, exploring the area with the family, and catching a Lakers game whenever he can.
Q & A with Sunny
Something you do to improve your mental health?
Spending time with my kids. No matter how stressful life gets, making them
laugh has a way of putting everything back into perspective.
Something you enjoy?
Writing, creative projects, good food, and rewatching comfort shows I’ve
probably seen too many times.
Something you fear?
The continued stigma surrounding mental health and the possibility of people
becoming more disconnected from one another over time.
Favorite place?
California. Thirty years of memories and nostalgia have a way of keeping it
close to home no matter where life takes you.
Something you hope to learn?
They call it a practice for a reason. I hope to continue growing both clinically
and personally while learning from patients and colleagues in unexpected
ways.
Q & A with Erica
Something you do to improve your mental health?
I start my mornings early at the gym — it’s my reset and a way to clear my mind before the day begins. I also make time for short outdoor walks without my phone to stay grounded and present.
Something you enjoy?
I love exploring new restaurants and traveling. Experiencing different places and cultures brings me joy and perspective.
Something you fear?
Losing my health — or seeing a loved one struggle — reminds me how deeply connected our physical and emotional well-being truly are.
Favorite place?
Valencia, Spain, or Italy — hands down.
Something you hope to learn?
I’m passionate about connecting the best of conventional and integrative medicine to create real change in mental health care — for individuals, families, and the system as a whole.
Erica Everett,DNP, FNP-BC
Family & Integrative Functional Medicine Practitioner
Erica Everett is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with more than a decade of clinical experience and a Doctorate in Integrative Nutrition and Functional Medicine. A Certified Integrative Functional Medicine Practitioner, Erica is passionate about identifying and addressing the root causes of symptoms rather than focusing solely on disease management.
Her approach blends the science of conventional medicine with the depth of functional and lifestyle medicine—integrating advanced laboratory testing, nutrition, exercise physiology, hormone optimization, peptide therapy, and restorative lifestyle design. Each care plan is personalized to help patients restore balance, optimize energy, and achieve lasting wellness.
Erica is known for being highly inquisitive, deeply insightful, and a natural problem-solver. She has a gift for connecting complex clinical patterns and transforming them into clear, practical solutions. Her background in family medicine, urgent care, regenerative medicine, and integrative health allows her to take a comprehensive, systems-based view of the body and its interconnected functions.
Recognized for her kindness, compassion, and curiosity, Erica partners closely with her patients—and collaborates across the Metta Vita Health team—to deliver a whole-person approach to care. She believes that true wellness begins when patients feel heard, understood, and supported by a team working together toward their healing and vitality.
Markley Hawkins, LISW-CP.
Psychotherapist
Markley grew up in Charleston, West Virginia. She gained her BA in Psychology from West Virginia University in 1991 and has lived in the Carolinas since 1994. 2009 Markley completed a Master’s in Social Work from Winthrop University.
Markley is a seasoned Licensed Independent Social Worker in Clinical Practice with 15 years of experience providing psychotherapy services. Her approach is rooted in a biopsychosocial framework tailored to understand individual strengths, needs, circumstances, and perspectives. Markley uses various clinical tools to facilitate a person’s healing path and ways to greater happiness. Working with adults, teens, and children, she specializes in treating trauma, mood disorders, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, and other tricky life stressors. Markley has received extensive training in EMDR, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Trauma Focused- CBT, Expressive Arts Techniques, and play therapy interventions. She is driven to provide the most effective care in ways that feel safe, compassionate, and meaningful to her clients.
Q & A with Markley
Something you do to improve your mental health?
spending time outdoors, reading, exercising and talking to friends.
Something you enjoy?
I enjoy time with my family and pets most. I also love to read, grow things - flowers, plants, veggies, and listen to music.
Favorite place?
I don't have a favorite place - I love spending time on the beach. I also love being in the mountains - walking, skiing, down a river, driving. I love just hanging out at home too and chilling with my favorite people there. I enjoy finding new places to explore and discover.
Something you hope to learn?
I like learning - new ways to do therapy, artistic endeavors, cooking new dishes, growing different kinds of plants, music, people, ideas! Curiosity is always present in my brain.
Q & A with Kimberly
Something you do to improve your mental health?
Intentional movement and stillness, sleep hygiene, and nonjudgmental spaces to build a connection with other humans.
Something you enjoy?
Hiking, yoga, and French fries
Something you fear?
Rodents and bugs
Favorite place?
Sedona, AZ
Something you hope to learn?
Always more patience
Kimberly Bernstein LCSW
Psychotherapist, Yogini, Energy Healer, Fear Slayer
Kimberly is a Licensed Clinical Social worker with over 2 decades of experience under her belt.
As a mother, energy healer and recovery warrior, she takes pride in her ability to compassionately and non-judgmentally hold space for those walking the path of recovery.
Kimberly brings to her sessions her strong background in yoga, breath-work, and mindfulness. While Kimberly’s first love is empowering others to live boldly beyond diet culture, she also has an affinity for working with parents, clients with an ADHD diagnosis, and those on the autism spectrum.
Kimberly is trained in EMDR and Internal Family Systems. When she’s not in the therapy room you might catch Kimberly teaching or taking a yoga class, exploring the city on a walk or run, or out hiking the trails of Baltimore.
Kimberly is queer and friendly, and queer friendly!
James “Jim” Hanrahan, LPC MA, LCMHC, LPC, NCC
Trauma, Performance, + Resilience Specialist
James “Jim” Hanrahan is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps adults align their values with their actions to create more meaningful, purpose-driven lives. He has extensive experience supporting veterans, first responders, and athletes, specializing in PTSD, anger management, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions.
Jim’s approach to therapy is rooted in the humanistic principles of Carl Rogers, emphasizing empathy, authenticity, and the power of genuine connection. Known for his calm, grounded presence and ability to build trust quickly, Jim creates a space where clients feel safe, respected, and understood. His clients often describe him as easy to talk with — someone who listens deeply, offers honest insight, and helps them take practical, effective steps forward.
Drawing on both his clinical expertise and broad life experience, Jim works collaboratively with clients to clarify goals, strengthen resilience, and align daily choices with their core values. His direct yet compassionate style helps clients navigate challenges, find clarity, and make sustainable changes that support long-term growth and emotional well-being.
Jim believes that seeking help is an act of courage — and that meaningful change begins the moment we decide to do things differently.
Q & A with Jim
Something you do to improve your mental health?
I practice mindfulness every day. I believe in practicing coping skills regularly to be prepared for having to apply them.
Something you enjoy?
I enjoy simple things such as spending time with friends and family.
Something you fear?
I still can't shake my fear of heights!
Favorite place?
My favorite place is wherever the people that I care for are.
Something you hope to learn?
Everything. Learning is an ongoing process in my life.
Lindsey does an incredible job of helping her patients find balance inside and out. She listens with no judgment and helps us find & use the tools necessary to work through our struggles. Our family is beyond thankful for her!
-Amy H. (client)
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