Kate Folkins, Nurse Practitioner

Kate Folkins helps patients across New Hampshire navigate mental health challenges with calm, collaborative, and clinically informed support. She provides medication management for adults and seniors, partnering closely with individuals who are managing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma-related symptoms, or psychosis. As a prescriber at LifeStance Health, she focuses on treatment plans that strengthen stability, improve daily functioning, and honor each patient’s goals. Kate’s practice includes supporting first responders, military service members and veterans, and individuals within the LGBTQ+ community. She offers care that recognizes the impact of stress, identity, and life experiences on mental health, ensuring each patient is met with respect and clarity. Her clinical approach emphasizes steady progress, open communication, and the belief that meaningful change grows from shared decision-making. In her work, Kate is especially committed to helping people manage insomnia and sleep-related concerns, health-related psychological challenges, and unresolved grief. She also treats substance use–related issues, women’s mental health needs, and additional complex conditions that benefit from thoughtful medication management. She is experienced in supporting individuals through transitions, medical stressors, or long-term recovery and aims to make treatment both accessible and empowering. Kate began practicing in 2016 and has provided psychiatric care in residential, inpatient, and outpatient settings, cultivating a broad understanding of how symptoms evolve across life stages and environments. Outside of her clinical work, Kate enjoys hiking, paddleboarding, gardening, and spending time with her dogs. She practices yoga with humor and heart, cooks with curiosity rather than strict recipes, and enjoys collecting more books than she ever has time to read.