Moorea Pugliese, Nurse Practitioner

Moorea Pugliese, APN, helps adults across California find stability, healing, and renewed purpose through compassionate and evidence-based psychiatric care. She provides medication management to support patients experiencing anxiety, depression, PTSD/trauma, and other mood and behavioral health conditions. Moorea believes that effective treatment begins with genuine understanding, and she partners closely with each patient to create personalized care plans that promote emotional balance, self-awareness, and lasting well-being. Moorea works extensively with individuals recovering from recent psychiatric hospitalizations, offering a supportive bridge between inpatient and outpatient care. She is passionate about helping patients rebuild their confidence, manage medications safely, and regain a sense of control over their daily lives. With a calm, attentive approach, Moorea helps patients navigate complex transitions and maintain progress as they reintegrate into work, family, and community life. Her clinical interests include treating anxiety, depression, and ADHD—conditions that can significantly impact relationships, focus, and overall quality of life. She integrates mindfulness and cognitive behavioral strategies into her medication management sessions, empowering patients to build healthy coping skills alongside their pharmacological care. Moorea also works with populations such as first responders, women, and military veterans, addressing the unique stressors these groups often face. Outside of her practice, Moorea enjoys watching softball, cooking, traveling, and spending time with her daughters and their cat, Oregano. She finds that these moments of connection and creativity reinforce her belief in balance and self-care—values she encourages in her patients as part of their recovery journey.