Psychiatric Telehealth for Eastern Connecticut
From Norwich, New London and Groton to Willimantic, Putnam and the Quiet Corner, care comes to you by secure video, in the evening, with no long drive. Skillful Psychiatry offers neuroscience-based psychiatric care across Connecticut, and people throughout Eastern Connecticut can be seen from home or from any private, quiet space in the state.
A. Michael Crook, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Evening video visits • No controlled substances, by design
Insurance and private pay accepted · Free 15-minute consultation
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Care that fits the way you live
Care That Fits Eastern Connecticut Life
Eastern Connecticut runs on schedules that do not stop at five. Shipyards, hospitals, casinos, resorts, schools and farms keep many people working early mornings, late nights or rotating shifts, and towns in the Quiet Corner can sit a long drive from the nearest office. Appointments run 6:00 PM – midnight ET. Evenings include Fridays and Sundays. A visit can happen after a first shift, before a third, or once the house is quiet.
Shift Work and the Brain's Clock
The brain keeps time. A small cluster of cells deep in the brain sets a daily rhythm for sleep, alertness, mood and appetite, and rotating or overnight shifts pull that rhythm in different directions. When the clock is out of step, focus and mood often follow. Care here looks at sleep timing as carefully as sleep length, and builds a plan around the schedule you actually keep.
For College Students
Eastern Connecticut is home to the college towns of New London, Willimantic and Storrs. Evening visits fit around classes, labs and practice, and care can focus on what students most often bring: focus, sleep, stress around exams and the adjustment to life away from home. You need to be physically in Connecticut at the time of each session, so plan visits for when you are on campus or at home in the state. If you are covered on a parent's plan from another state, check the list below; it includes Blue Cross Blue Shield plans from other states.
From the Shoreline to the Quiet Corner
Care reaches every town in the region by secure video, with no parking, traffic or waiting room.
See every town
Care is available by telehealth in every town across Eastern Connecticut, including Norwich, New London, Groton, Mystic, Stonington, North Stonington, Waterford, East Lyme, Montville, Ledyard, Preston, Salem, Colchester, Lebanon, Bozrah, Franklin, Lisbon, Sprague, Griswold, Windham and Willimantic, Putnam, Killingly, Plainfield, Brooklyn, Pomfret, Woodstock, Thompson, Canterbury, Sterling, Voluntown, Ashford, Chaplin, Eastford, Hampton, Scotland and Union. Whether you live by the water or among the farms and stone walls of the Quiet Corner, the care is the same, with no parking, traffic or waiting room.
Evening video visits, anywhere in Connecticut.
Awareness Is the First Step in Healing
A full evaluation, then a plan you help design
Care begins with a full evaluation, 60 to 90 minutes, that looks at how your brain and body are working together: sleep, stress, attention, mood, health history and what you want to change. You and Michael then design a plan that may include medication when it helps, supportive therapy, and lifestyle foundations like sleep, movement and nutrition, because each of these shapes brain biology.
A. Michael Crook, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner licensed in Connecticut. If you have been searching for a psychiatrist in Eastern Connecticut, it may help to know that in Connecticut a psychiatric nurse practitioner independently evaluates, diagnoses, prescribes medication and provides therapy. Michael's work starts from brain biology: your struggles aren't character flaws, and every brain can heal, grow and change.
Therapy + Medication Management
One provider for evaluation, supportive therapy and medication.
Medication Management with Your Therapist
Keep the therapist you trust; Michael handles evaluation and medication and coordinates with them.
Brief Check-ins for Stable Patients
Periodic monitoring, refills and adjustments.
See every option on the Services page
Focus, Calm and Care After Hours
Building Focus Without Stimulants describes non-stimulant ADHD care that strengthens focus and follow-through. Lasting Calm, Built on Brain Biology describes anxiety and panic care without benzodiazepines. Care That Fits Your Evening explains how every visit fits after the day is done. No controlled substances are prescribed in this practice, by design.
For Children, Teens, Adults and Older Adults
Michael sees children, adolescents, adults and older adults. For younger clients, a parent or guardian is part of the care, and evening visits leave the school day untouched. Older adults who would rather not drive after dark can be seen from their own living room. Care can also focus on what you are working through right now, such as worry, low mood, sleep or stress, without requiring a diagnostic label.
Insurance, cost and common questions
Coverage accepted: UnitedHealthcare · Optum · Oxford; Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Carelon Behavioral Health (formerly Beacon); Blue Cross Blue Shield plans from other states, including Horizon (NJ) and Independence (PA); Aetna; Cigna and Evernorth; Private pay.
For private pay, the initial evaluation is $425, with a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement and a Good Faith Estimate before care begins.