Carter Doyle, MSN, PMHNP-BC, is a nurse practitioner in private practice at Leaf Psychiatry and a PhD student in nursing at Wayne State University, where his research focuses on supporting survivors of sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (“conversion therapy”). With a clinical background in emergency nursing and work as a paramedic, Carter learned early that the most powerful tool clinicians have to help patients who are hurting is genuine human connection—an insight that ultimately led him into psychiatry.

In practice, Carter integrates psychotherapy into every visit and centers the therapeutic relationship as a core part of healing, helping patients navigate LGBTQ identity, faith, and spirituality while combining evidence-based pharmacologic treatment with Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and ACT psychotherapy. Carter also helps provider groups adopt AI-enabled tools that reduce documentation burden and allow clinicians to be fully present with their patients, leveraging technology to enhance—rather than replace—the human connection at the heart of mental health care.