Meet your provider
Thoughtful psychiatric care starts with understanding the person in front of you.
Daniel Galage, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner based in Poughkeepsie, New York, providing psychiatric evaluation and medication management to adults across New York by secure video.
Learn more about what a psychiatric nurse practitioner does, or view Daniel’s Psychology Today profile.
Insurance
A direct and collaborative approach
Care should be clear enough to be useful, and personal enough to fit your actual life.
A psychiatric appointment should help you understand what may be happening, what options are worth considering, and what the next decision is intended to accomplish.
Daniel’s approach is practical and collaborative. Treatment decisions consider symptoms, history, physical health, prior experiences, preferences, and the real-world outcomes you want to improve.
The goal is not simply to write a prescription. It is to choose an appropriate plan, explain the reasoning, and keep evaluating whether the plan is helping.
What to expect
A standard of care built around clarity, follow-through, and clinical judgment.
Clear decisions
You should understand what is being evaluated, why an option is being considered, and what information would change the plan.
Measurable progress
Follow-up considers symptoms, side effects, sleep, focus, relationships, and how you are functioning in daily life.
Care that adapts
The plan can change as new information emerges. Medication decisions are reviewed rather than left on autopilot.
Areas of care
Focused support for the symptoms affecting everyday life.
Treatment begins with an individual evaluation. No diagnosis, medication, or other specific treatment is assumed in advance.
Anxiety
Persistent worry, overthinking, physical tension, irritability, and anxiety that affects sleep or concentration.
Depression
Changes in motivation, energy, enjoyment, concentration, or emotional steadiness.
ADHD
Thoughtful evaluation of attention, executive function, organization, follow-through, and the factors that can affect focus.
Insomnia
Sleep concerns considered alongside mood, anxiety, routines, physical health, and daytime functioning.
Bipolar disorder
Careful evaluation and ongoing medication management for meaningful changes in mood, energy, sleep, or judgment.
OCD
Intrusive thoughts, compulsions, rituals, avoidance, and anxiety that consume time or interfere with daily life.
Care across New York
Meet by secure video without reducing care to a quick transaction.
Drive Mental Health is based in Poughkeepsie and serves adults who are physically located in New York at the time of care.
A free consultation is the simplest place to start. Our care coordinator can review fit, availability, insurance, and next steps. The consultation is not a clinical evaluation.
Start with a free consultationTake the first step
Let’s find out whether Drive Mental Health is the right fit.
Begin with a complimentary conversation with our care coordinator. There is no obligation, and it is not a clinical appointment.