For Providers
Join a group of providers who are passionate about young adults
Our mission is to democratize access to evidence-based mental healthcare for all university students through an integrated approach. We believe that by supporting providers and reducing administrative burden, counseling centers can focus on care quality.
Meet a few of our providers
Manny Castro Rodriguez
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, New York
I have 6 years of clinical experience. Prior to Mantra, I counseled countless to manage the psychological complications of living with a chronic medical illness. As one would imagine, I became very practiced at using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety. Now I have the privilege of working with our students to decrease their symptoms and improve their self-care on their journey toward completing college.
Karla Shaw-Ahishakiye
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified, New York
Karla Shaw-Ahishaye is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, with years of experience as an RN and NP. Her expertise is in adolescent and adult psychiatry & she specializes in ADHD & mood disorders. Karla welcomes the collegiate population, fully understanding the challenges & expectations during this time. Her approach to care is patient-centered, and she believes this is achieved when the patient and provider work together to create and maintain treatment goals.
Denielle Gallegos
Licensed Professional Counselor, Arizona
My clinical experience dates back to 2017 and I’ve been fortunate enough to work with both adolescents and adults. My areas of expertise include the DBT and CBT modules. I’m excited to work with collegiate students because they are such a diverse and unique population. Being that they all come from different backgrounds, I feel I can learn from them while assisting and guiding each student with reaching their goals.
Why join Mantra?
Seamless practice management system
We offer a user-friendly, all-in-one system with everything you need in one place. At Mantra, you’ll be able to conduct your video appointments, message patients, document your notes, and collaborate with other professionals all within the provider portal.
Administrative support
By joining our provider group, you will have access to a support team to help with administrative tasks, like insurance billing and scheduling, and patient engagement to ensure nobody falls through the cracks.
Practice anytime, anywhere
We do not impose strict schedules in our group. Our providers are able to practice at any time of the day, regardless of where they are located.
Commitment to diversity
Our aim is to dismantle stigma centered around mental health and to support an approachable, inclusive community for providers and patients alike. We recruit from a variety of local and national diverse mental health professional groups and integrate cultural competency into our onboarding process.
Our commitment to improving provider work satisfaction.
Although our main focus is to improve access to quality mental health care to improve patient’ wellbeing, we also work to improve provider satisfaction by creating a supportive and empathetic community of leadership and peers.
Our goal is to improve awareness around the increased rates of provider burnout in today’s mental health space and practice what we preach in our own Provider Group.
Download our white paper on provider burnout.
Mantra’s commitment to diverse care
We build our provider network to address cultural sensitivity around diverse communities.
We embrace the concept of “no wrong door” into mental health support, integrating with the work you’re already doing on campus to support students, and steering them towards our virtual continuum of support.