ABOUT THE PROVIDER
Peggi is a doctoral prepared Advanced Practice Nurse (Family Focus) and licensed as a Full Practice Authority Nurse Practitioner in the State of Illinois. She is also certified as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Illinois by IAODAPCA and a Master Addiction Counselor by NAADAC. Peggi has been a registered nurse for over 40 years and is retired from a large group practice after 30 years of pioneering the role of the nurse practitioner in Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry. She has experience in inpatient, partial hospital, dual diagnosis, and outpatient therapy as well as Addiction Psychiatry. Peggi spent 12 years treating elite collegiate athletes of multiple sports as a member of the Mental Health Team for the Illinois Fighting Illini. Peggi has advocated for and educated health professionals about addiction medicine both locally and nationally. She has been an invited lecturer at NPACE conferences and the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
As a registered nurse, Peggi has experience in hospital oncology, general intensive care and patient advisory services.
Peggi provides services as an independent contractor through Kleppin and Associates therapy practice in Champaign, Illinois. She is buprenorphine waivered but does not prescribe medications at this time. Peggi has a doctorate in nursing practice, Family Focus, from Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
Peggi believes everyone is capable of change. Her approach is to help clients find internal motivations to facilitate change and to develop and utilize coping strategies to make changes sustainable over time.
©2023 Peggi White Behavioral Health, P.L.L.C.
As a registered nurse, Peggi has experience in hospital oncology, general intensive care and patient advisory services.
Peggi provides services as an independent contractor through Kleppin and Associates therapy practice in Champaign, Illinois. She is buprenorphine waivered but does not prescribe medications at this time. Peggi has a doctorate in nursing practice, Family Focus, from Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
Peggi believes everyone is capable of change. Her approach is to help clients find internal motivations to facilitate change and to develop and utilize coping strategies to make changes sustainable over time.
©2023 Peggi White Behavioral Health, P.L.L.C.