Our Clinicians

Alyssa Patel, PA

Alyssa Patel is a Board Certified Physician Assistant. She graduated from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences. Alyssa then pursued her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at Presbyterian College, graduating in 2021. She quickly recognized that mental health conditions are present in all healthcare specialties. Prior to working at Valley, she worked as a Patient Advocate. This allows Alyssa to have a greater understanding of the barriers individuals are facing, determinants of health, and how, as a PA, she can work to diagnose and treat her clients. Alyssa’s background in public health and health administration has allowed her to see beyond what brings a client into the clinic. She has also completed additional training specializing in psychiatry with Valley Academy and the Neuroscience Education Institute’s Master Pharmacology Program.

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Sage Nyman, PA

Sage is a Board-Certified Physician Associate who specializes in psychiatry. He graduated from Utah State University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Movement Science and minors in Chemistry and Business. Sage then received his Master of Physician Assistant Studies from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and graduated in 2021. Sage has experience in primary care, internal medicine, orthopedics, surgery, OB/GYN, emergency medicine, and pediatrics. He ultimately discovered a passion for psychiatry and found extreme fulfillment from serving people in that capacity. Prior to working at Valley, he was a Certified Nurse Assistant at an assisted living center and a Rehabilitation Aide for inpatient and outpatient physical therapy services. He has completed additional training specializing in psychiatry from Valley Academy and the Neuroscience Education Institute’s Master Pharmacology Program. Sage is experienced in providing care and psychiatric services for our increasingly diverse population of all ages.

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Nicole Melling, APRN

Nicole is a Master’s level licensed advanced practice nurse practitioner who has been working and specializing in mental health for over 14 years. Nicole’s approach to mental health takes a holistic view of health across all aspects of the individual and family. Since adopting a sibling group of 5 children from foster care in 2011, Nicole’s particular passion is supporting individuals and families who have experienced trauma in moving through their healing journey.

She loves to work with children and adolescents and to educate people of all ages to support them in making healthcare choices in accordance with their values that will empower them to reach their full potential. Nicole has additional training and certification working in addiction which can be a cause as well as a symptom of trauma.
Nicole started working in healthcare in 1997 as a home-health aid and CNA. She started her nursing career in 2007 and worked with troubled adolescents in residential care until pursuing graduate studies in 2016. Nicole received her Associates’s, Bachelors’s, and Masters’s degrees in nursing from Weber State University and has an additional Bachelor’s degree from BYU. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, camping, DIY home-projects, and breeding miniature Labradoodles.

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Tyler McDonald, CMHC

Tyler is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses his work on the healing process of the therapeutic relationship. He strives in session to provide a welcoming and accepting environment where those seeking support can develop further acceptance and comfort within themselves and their relationships. Tyler utilizes a humanistic orientation and tools from various other modalities to assist others with identifying and overcoming their barriers, including CBT, EMDR, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and Strength-based and Experiential therapies. He has extensive experience and passion working with individuals struggling with trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, substance addiction, low self-esteem, PTSD, Adjustment Disorders, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, and couple and family conflict. Tyler values individual complexity and utilizes empathy and compassion to assist others with developing strengths and empowerment through the therapeutic relationship.

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Esperanza Hobby, LMFT

Esperanza’s interests are in helping those who come from difficult backgrounds to establish healthier patterns in their relationships and to be happier in their families. She enjoys helping parents of young children to develop confidence in their parenting, and to experience more success in establishing the type of family that they would like to have. This may include helping separated or divorced parents to co-parent successfully; grandparents who are raising their own grandchildren to manage the unique demands of their situation; or parents who struggle with mental illness to navigate the challenges of fulfilling family responsibilities, while also managing their own symptoms. Esperanza also enjoys working with individuals to improve the quality of their relationships with “toxic” or overbearing family members, and to establish more appropriate boundaries.

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Jeanna Cunningham, CMHC

Jeanna has been working in the mental health field for 15 + years. She has been a therapist for the past 8 + years. She is skilled in working with children, adolescents, and adults. She specializes in working with clients in crisis. She loves helping clients with self-esteem, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and trauma issues develop skills they need to cope with what they are going through. Jeanna also has a love for the arts and is trained in CBT, REBT, and Mindfulness and incorporates individualized treatment for each of her clients based on the client’s needs and goals.

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