Akron, Ohio
Psychiatric evaluation, medication management, psychotherapy and telehealth for adults 18 and older, all under one roof at Monet Behavioral Health Center in Akron.
Monet Behavioral Health Center offers a full range of mental health services in Akron, Ohio, for adults 18 and older. Everything below is delivered by one clinician, Carlita Lockett, PMHNP-BC, so your care stays consistent from your first evaluation through every follow-up visit. Below is what each service covers and where to go for more detail.
Clinical services
Every new patient begins with a psychiatric evaluation, a 60-minute appointment where we go through your history, your current symptoms and what you are hoping to change. This is where a diagnosis, if one applies, gets made carefully, and where the rest of your treatment plan takes shape. Nothing about that hour is rushed. Follow-up visits afterward run 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes depending on where you are in care.
Ongoing medication management means regular follow-up visits, honest conversation about side effects and results, and changes made one step at a time. Carlita prescribes and monitors medication as one part of a broader plan, and prescribing decisions are always made case by case after a full evaluation.
A careful assessment and diagnosis is the backbone of every plan we build, drawing on your history, current symptoms and, where useful, input from other providers involved in your care. Getting this step right the first time means less time spent later correcting a plan built on the wrong picture.
Talk therapy at Monet Behavioral Health Center draws on four modalities depending on what fits you best. Sessions can run alongside medication management or stand on their own, and you and Carlita pick the approach together, based on what you are working through.
A structured way to notice the thought patterns that feed anxiety or low mood, and to practice responding to them differently.
A conversation style that helps you find your own reasons for change, in your own words.
Sessions led by what you bring in that day, with the clinician following your lead rather than a fixed script.
A shorter-term approach aimed at practical next steps, useful when you want to work on a specific problem.
Diagnoses addressed, adults 18 and older
Anxiety treatment at Monet Behavioral Health Center combines evaluation, medication when it is appropriate, and therapy aimed at the specific worries and physical symptoms you are dealing with, whether that is racing thoughts at night or a constant sense of dread during the day. Your plan starts from that specific pattern.
Depression treatment here starts with a full evaluation. From there, medication, therapy or both are used depending on how depression is actually showing up for you, whether that is low energy, trouble sleeping or losing interest in things you used to enjoy. Progress is reviewed honestly at every follow-up, with no promised timeline.
For adults, ADHD treatment starts with a full evaluation of attention, focus and impulsivity, since these symptoms can overlap with anxiety, depression or simple burnout. Prescribing decisions are made case by case after that evaluation. This is a clinical evaluation service, not a formal testing center.
Bipolar disorder treatment is built around steady, ongoing medication management and regular check-ins, since mood shifts show up over months and are hard to read from one appointment. Sleep patterns and daily routine are part of that ongoing conversation too.
PTSD and trauma care uses trauma-focused therapy alongside evaluation and, where it helps, medication management, all delivered in a judgment-free setting where you set the pace for what you are ready to talk about. Nothing about your history has to be shared before you are ready to share it.
Obsessive-compulsive patterns, whether intrusive thoughts, repeated checking or rituals that eat up your day, are addressed through evaluation, medication management and therapy tailored to how OCD shows up specifically for you. Many patients have lived with these patterns for years before ever naming them as OCD, and the evaluation is where that pattern finally gets a clear explanation.
Beyond depression and bipolar disorder, we treat a broader range of mood disorders, where evaluation helps sort out what pattern is actually present and which combination of medication and therapy fits it. Mood symptoms that do not fit neatly into one category still deserve a careful look.
Ongoing care for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder centers on consistent medication management, close monitoring and a treatment relationship built over time, in person or by telehealth. Because consistency matters most with these diagnoses, regular follow-up visits are built into the plan from the start.
Perimenopause can bring mood changes that get dismissed as unrelated, or written off as something to just push through. We evaluate these changes on their own terms and build a plan that may include medication management, therapy or both.
Around your care
When you are also seeing a primary care doctor or a therapist elsewhere, care coordination keeps everyone working from the same picture, so your psychiatric care does not happen in isolation. With your permission, we can communicate directly with other providers involved in your care to keep everyone aligned.
Understanding your diagnosis and your options is part of the visit itself. Patient education means plain explanations of what a medication does, what a diagnosis means and what to expect next, so you can make decisions about your own care instead of just agreeing to them.
Every service above is available in person at our Firestone Park office in Akron or through telehealth psychiatry across Ohio. Many patients mix the two: an in-person first evaluation, then telehealth follow-ups once a routine is established. Appointments are available most weekdays and some evenings.
We accept Aetna, Anthem, BlueCross and BlueShield, CareSource, Cigna and Evernorth, Humana, Medicaid, Medicare, Molina Healthcare and Optum. If we are not in-network with your plan, we can provide a superbill for possible reimbursement. Every new patient can also start with a free 15-minute consultation before booking a full evaluation.
Start with a full psychiatric evaluation or a free 15-minute consultation.