Shenaz H. PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Shehnaz Hussain, PMHNP-BC is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, with training and experience treating psychiatric disorders across the lifespan and across practice environments; including inpatient and outpatient settings. She has extensive experience as a PMHNP working with all ages of patients including young children, adolescents, and adults. Shehnaz completed her graduate education at the Maryville University of St. Louis, Missouri, obtaining a Master’s of Nursing with a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialization. She provides supportive psychotherapy and medication management to individuals of all ages. Her specialty areas include substance use disorders, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD. She works collaboratively with others members of the team to ensure optimal treatment for patients. .
Who We Are
Muir Wood treats primary mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders with equal clinical depth. Our approach is mental health-first, trauma-informed throughout, and grounded in nationally recognized expertise in adolescent substance use treatment.
Every program is designed exclusively for teens, with specialized environments for those needing an even greater level of psychiatric, trauma, or clinical support — like our Penngrove campus for girls, and our upcoming Sonoma Mountain campus for boys (Fall '26).
Mental Health First
Every program treats primary MH — anxiety, depression, trauma, mood — as the core clinical focus.
Trauma-Informed Lens
Every staff interaction, not just therapy, is filtered through a trauma lens. It is our operating principle, not a modality.
Integrated SUD Expertise
Substance use is treated alongside mental health throughout all programs, not in a separate track.
Adolescent Specialists
Every clinician, psychiatrist, nurse, and educator works exclusively with teens ages 12–17.
We Treat the Whole Teen
Nothing is treated in isolation, because nothing exists in isolation.
Every teen arrives with behaviors that developed for a reason — ways of coping with or adapting to emotional pain. Our role is to understand what's driving those patterns and build healthier, more sustainable ways of regulating and coping.
Mental Health
Trauma Informed
Emotional Functioning
Family Systems
Why Specialized Programming Matters
Many teens benefit from environments designed around shared clinical presentations and needs.
Greater Peer Alignment
Shared clinical presentations create more cohesive, therapeutically relevant group dynamics.
Individualized Treatment
Approaches tailored to the specific developmental and psychiatric profile of each population.
Improved Emotional Safety
Environments designed to reduce threat, increase predictability, and foster genuine connection.
Clinically Relevant Groups
Group therapy dynamics mirror real-world experiences of teens with similar presentations.
Lower-Stimulation Environments
Sensory and environmental design calibrated to the needs of highly activated or sensitive teens.
Enhanced Psychiatric Support
Specialized staff training and clinical protocols matched to the population's complexity.