Carian McLean is dual certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Nurse Midwife. She began her journey towards providing mental health services while at Oberlin College. There she majored in Psychology and worked with women and adolescents impacted by trauma in the surrounding community. Since then, she continued to work with adolescents and adults as a counselor and nurse before becoming a Midwife in her neighborhood outside of Chicago.

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Throughout her career, providing supportive mental healthcare has been an underlying component of her practice. She returned to school for a Postgraduate Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Carian additionally completed her certification in Perinatal Mental Health and Anxiety Disorders from Postpartum Support through Postpartum Support International. Recently, her practice has focused on children and adolescents in both the outpatient and inpatient settings at Primary Children's Wasatch Canyons Behavioral Health.