Our Team

Dr. Jonathan H. Schwartz leads a dedicated team of experienced professionals providing comprehensive behavioral health care in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The team includes board-certified psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, licensed psychologists, and clinical social workers, all committed to delivering personalized and timely care. They offer a range of services such as outpatient psychotherapy, medication evaluation and monitoring, coping skills education, and psychological testing for individuals across all age groups. The practice emphasizes the connection between physical, mental, and emotional health, aiming to enhance the quality of life for their patients through individualized treatment plans.

Justin Laprise, DSW, LICSW

Justin has been a psychotherapy practitioner for 12 years, working with various clinical populations. He particularly enjoys working with adolescents and young adults as they navigate transitions of life experiences and phases. Justin values a strength-based approach to individual therapy that focuses on a person’s strengths, resources, and resilience to encourage individuals to recognize and build upon their abilities, talents, and past successes as they encounter challenges and work to improve well-being.

Additionally, Justin utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy with patients to help them reach their goals. He also has training in dialectical behavior therapy and exposure and response prevention. 

Navigating the world and its stages and changes can be a difficult task, but Justin believes with therapy, it does not have to be done alone. He looks forward to helping you on your journey and working collaboratively with you to meet your needs and goals for therapy. 

Allison Cunningham, PMHNP

With nearly a decade of emergency medicine experience, as well as two years in the inpatient psychiatry department at McLean Hospital, Allison has been able to develop a deep understanding of both acute crises and long-term mental health management. Her experience in high-intensity environments has shaped her ability to provide calm, decisive, and evidence-based care to individuals navigating mental health challenges.

As a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Allison offers comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and medication management for depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and complex psychiatric conditions. Her approach is collaborative and patient-centered, blending psychopharmacology with emerging interventions to ensure personalized and effective treatment. She strives to stay at the forefront of psychiatric advancements to provide evidence-based, individualized care that supports long-term mental wellness.

Allison is accepting new patients and looks forward to helping you work toward your mental health goals. 

Wanda Nunes, PMHNP

With 26 years of experience in the nursing profession, Wanda has had the privilege of working across a wide array of sectors. She has worked in hospital acute care settings, as a visiting nurse within communities, and as a supervisor in a large school department, managing a team of 70 nurses. Each of these roles has reinforced her commitment to caring for others.

Throughout Wanda’s career and in these various roles, she has witnessed a troubling decline in the mental health of the population, a situation that the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic have significantly aggravated. Seeing this decline highlighted the myriad challenges patients encounter when seeking necessary mental health care. This inspired her to expand her expertise by pursuing a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) degree.

Since transitioning to this role, Wanda’s passion for supporting individuals across all life stages as they confront and navigate their unique mental health challenges has grown stronger. Engaging with each patient to create customized treatment plans that address their needs and promote their well-being is at the heart of her work each day.

Wanda looks forward to working with you on your mental health journey.