Lacy Almeida is a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and the founder of Salt & Synapse Wellness. With more than a decade of experience across inpatient, emergency, community, and telepsychiatry settings, Lacy brings a grounded, evidence-based, and deeply compassionate approach to mental health care. 

Her clinical expertise includes comprehensive psychiatric assessment, psychopharmacology, crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, and integrative treatment approaches. She has advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through the Beck Institute, Nutritional Psychiatry through Massachusetts General Hospital, and Master Psychopharmacology through NEI, supporting her ability to blend traditional psychiatric care with modern, lifestyle-oriented strategies. 

Lacy’s practice philosophy reflects her belief that meaningful mental health care must honor the connection between mind, body, and environment. She integrates medication management, psychotherapy, nutritional psychiatry, and lifestyle medicine to create treatment that is intentional, individualized, and sustainable. Her approach emphasizes clarity, collaboration, and patient empowerment—helping individuals move toward steadiness, resilience, and long-term well-being.

In addition to her clinical work, Lacy serves as Adjunct Clinical Faculty, mentoring nursing students and future psychiatric providers. Her commitment to education and clinical excellence reinforces the foundation on which Salt & Synapse Wellness is built. 

Salt & Synapse Wellness represents the culmination of Lacy’s dedication to thoughtful, scientifically grounded, and whole-person psychiatric care, delivered through telehealth across Florida, with select in-person appointments available in Tampa.