MSN, MS, APRN, PMHNP-BC, LMHC , Doctoral (Current)
Jose Gonzalez Soto, MSN, MS, APRN, PMHNP-BC, LMHC is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at The University of Alabama, Capstone College of Nursing, in Tuscaloosa, AL. He is interested in advocating for LGBTQ+ rights, gender-affirming care, trauma-informed care, psychoeducation, addiction recovery, and culturally competent mental health care. He is driven to provide support to those who are underserved and underrepresented.
His Doctoral work is focused on the development of opioid use disorder training for nurses caring for individuals with substance use disorders. Mr. Gonzalez Soto provides mental health and substance use treatment as a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Florida.
Prior, he served as a Registered Nurse in multiple settings including inpatient psychiatry, addiction recovery, neuroscience, and neuro stepdown. He also worked as a Mental Health Counselor, providing individual psychotherapy to a diverse caseload of LGBTQ+ adult clients. As a Mental Health Counseling Intern, he received a HRSA grant that supported integrated primary and mental health care for uninsured, and underserved populations at a community center in Rochester, NY. In addition, Mr. Gonzalez Soto spent months volunteering abroad in Southeast Asia and Latin America assisting in community development, nursing and medical care, teaching, and environmental programs in underserved neighborhoods.
Mr. Gonzalez Soto was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, AL, a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling at St. John Fisher University at Rochester, NY, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus at Mayaguez, PR. He is a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners, Golden Key International Honor Society, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.