Our Team
FIND YOUR person
Your favorite primary care provider.
The hairstylist you’d follow to another city.
The trainer you tell all your friends about.
It’s not just about credentials — it’s about trust, communication, and feeling understood. Mental health care is no different.
At Common Ground Psychiatry, we believe the right provider makes all the difference.
Our clinicians are experienced, thoughtful, and deeply committed to collaborative care. Each specializes in working with specific age groups and concerns — because fit is about both connection and expertise. Below, you’ll meet our providers and see who might be the right fit for you or your loved one.
Debbie Granick, DNP, PMHNP, LCSW, MPH is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 25 years of experience supporting individuals through life’s most challenging seasons. She works with clients ages 17+ in Raleigh and across North Carolina.
Debbie brings together deep clinical expertise with genuine human connection. Her style is warm, honest, and refreshingly real—where humor, the occasional swear word, and straight-shooting conversations are welcome. Clients often describe her as someone who “gets it,” listens without judgment, and helps them feel both supported and empowered.
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Debbie completed her graduate and doctoral training at the University of Southern Indiana and the University of North Carolina. Outside of work, she is a proud (and sometimes overbearing) mom to three young adult children and a devoted rescue-dog parent.
Debbie has a special interest in working with healthcare professionals, military members, first responders, individuals navigating major life transitions, and anyone who feels stuck or burned out and ready for change. Her clinical focus includes mood and depressive disorders, anxiety, burnout, women’s mental health, and ADHD.
With training in both therapy and medication management, Debbie thoughtfully integrates both approaches to help clients feel more balanced, resilient, and confident in their path forward. Her goal is simple: to meet people where they are, find common ground, and walk alongside them as they build a life that feels more manageable—and more meaningful.
Monica Bentley, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C believes effective mental health care begins with stepping back and looking at the whole picture. As a dual board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Monica brings a perspective that bridges both physical and emotional health. She completed her Family Nurse Practitioner training at UNC Charlotte and later earned her Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner certification from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Because of this dual training, Monica often notices connections that can be easy to overlook when physical health and mental health are treated separately. Medical conditions, sleep problems, hormonal changes, medications, stress, and life circumstances can all shape how someone feels mentally and emotionally. Her approach focuses on understanding the full story—not just the symptoms.
Outside the office, Monica is a busy mom of three and can often be found cheering from the sidelines of piano recitals, swim meets, drama productions, basketball games, golf matches, and baseball fields. In quieter moments, she enjoys reading in a hammock, jogging with a favorite podcast, or chasing after one of her adventurous labs. Her goal is to help clients find common ground between where they are and where they want to be, so they can move forward with greater clarity, stability, and confidence.
Genna Long, PMHNP-BC, works with children, adolescents, and adults who want clear answers and thoughtful treatment options. She provides psychiatric evaluation and medication management with a calm, collaborative approach that helps patients feel comfortable asking questions and actively participating in their care.
With more than 15 years of nursing experience, Genna understands that mental health is shaped by many parts of a person’s life. She takes time to understand the full picture—including stress, relationships, physical health, and major life transitions—so treatment plans are practical, individualized, and aligned with each patient’s goals.
Patients often appreciate Genna’s steady and supportive style. Her goal is to help people better understand what they’re experiencing and develop a plan that helps them feel more stable, confident, and capable in everyday life.
Genna earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Ohio University, graduating summa cum laude. She is naturally inquisitive and deeply committed to ongoing learning, with a particular interest in understanding the evolving mental health needs of teenagers and young adults. She is licensed to practice in both North Carolina and South Carolina.
Outside of work, Genna enjoys spending time with her family. As a mother of three, she understands the realities of balancing family, responsibilities, and personal wellbeing. She enjoys traveling, being outdoors, walking, and listening to music.
Erin Klender, PMHNP-BC, Founder, works with teens and adults who are doing their best—but often feel overwhelmed, misunderstood, or worn down by their mental health symptoms. Many of the people she supports are navigating ADHD, anxiety, mood concerns, OCD traits, or more complex presentations that don’t fit neatly into a single label. Some come in after trying medications and feeling unsure about the process, while others are seeking answers later in life and wondering why things have always felt harder than they should.
Her approach is warm, straightforward, and collaborative. Erin believes that good psychiatric care starts with truly listening—taking the time to understand how symptoms show up in everyday life, not just on paper. She prioritizes diagnostic clarity, thoughtful medication decisions, and clear, honest explanations so patients feel included and confident in the process. Appointments are never rushed, and care is always individualized. While medication can be an incredibly helpful tool when used intentionally, she views it as just one part of a broader, thoughtful approach—and never something that should feel confusing or imposed. Her goal is for patients to feel informed, supported, and steady enough to move through their lives with more ease.
Erin’s work is also shaped by her own experience with late-diagnosed ADHD and being part of a neurodivergent family. That perspective brings an added layer of understanding, compassion, and respect for different ways of thinking and functioning. She is especially passionate about helping people let go of self-blame and instead make sense of their experiences through a more accurate and empowering lens.
Common Ground Psychiatry was built to provide calm, grounded, evidence-based Psychiatric care for the people of North Carolina. We are a small team of independent providers who share a commitment to thoughtful practice, integrity, and ethical decision-making. At the core of our work is a simple belief: people do better when they feel understood. Our role is to help create that understanding—and to walk alongside our clients and families as they build a life that feels more manageable.