Samantha Lau, PMHNP-BC, FNP is the founder of ELEVATEHER®, LLC, a concierge mental health care practice that provides result-driven psychiatric care and transformation for women who are ready to unveil their vulnerable-badass selves to feel better, work better and love better.

With more than 14 years of experience in psychiatry, she serves in various roles at Psych Congress, Psych Congress Elevate and NP Institute. Samantha is proud to be part these important conferences, as they build better world-class mental health care systems in the United States.

She worked as West Coast manager and psychiatric nurse practitioner at Landmark Health, enhancing collaboration between physical and behavioral healthcare. She earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of California, Los Angeles and completed her post-graduate psychiatric nurse practitioner program and psychotherapy training at Johns Hopkins University. She received a full scope of rigorous ketamine assisted psychotherapy training at the Polaris Insight Center. She completed the year-long MDMA and psilocybin assisted psychotherapy training at Integrative Psychiatric Institute and MAPS.

Early in Samantha’s career, she worked to influence health policy, with the goal of integrating psychiatric care into primary care. Prior to Landmark Health, she was an accomplished mental health care specialist, a manager of nurse practitioners and a mentor at CareMore Health, Anthem Inc. She developed the guide for psychopharmacology and disease management, and a tool for primary care practitioners to support patients with mental health needs. It gives her great satisfaction to educate the public and help the future workforce in psychiatry.