Our Mission and Our Vision
Our mission is to support you in becoming the most empowered, authentic version of yourself; mentally, emotionally, and energetically. Because when you grow and thrive, that transformation doesn’t stop with you. It ripples outward, into your relationships, your community, and the world. At Pure Potential Mental Health and Wellness, we believe that individual healing is a powerful force for collective change. We are here for you, because we believe that in being human, the most effective, efficient, and sustainable way for us to thrive, is together.
​Pure Potential Mental Health and Wellness was founded on the principles of nursing and social justice and is rooted in the belief that everyone deserves equitable access to compassionate, evidence-based health care. We meet people where they are, honor their lived experiences, and work to mitigate the systemic barriers that stand between individuals and their fullest potential. Our vision is for a percentage of every payment to go toward social justice initiatives. This plan is being developed....​​​​
Cass M. Kristensen, (she/her), is a double board-certified Nurse Practitioner in Family Practice and Psychiatric Mental Health, with over 20 years of experience in healthcare, including more than a decade working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in safety-net hospitals across the country. Through her work she has witnessed how stress, disconnection, and the lack of human support leads to the perpetuation of personal traumas, passed silently from one generation to the next. These experiences have shaped a lifelong dedication to helping break these cycles and ease suffering at its roots. She seeks to honor the strength and of individuals navigating life's overwhelming circumstances, and to create spaces of safety, presence, and healing.
Cass's approach to mental health is grounded in compassion, respect, and clinical excellence. It is integrative and science-informed, combining conventional psychiatric care with emerging tools from nutritional psychiatry, reproductive mental health, and ketamine-assisted therapy. Her background in Anthropology and years living abroad in Southeast Asia and Scandinavia inform her culturally sensitive, whole-person approach to care. She is building a practice rooted in compassion and presence, and one that trusts in our remarkable ability as humans to grow and change - in the radical belief that healing happens collectively - that we can, and must, care more deeply for each other and move toward a more connected, compassionate, and equitable world.
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