Rhonda Parker has spent over two decades practicing at the intersection of psychiatric care, hormonal health, and women’s wellness. She is one of a small number of providers in the country who holds dual board certification in both psychiatric and primary care — which means she doesn’t have to choose between treating your mind and your body. She treats both. At once.

She built Leona because she kept seeing the same woman in her practice: capable, self-aware, and exhausted by a medical system that had treated her symptoms in pieces and never once looked at the whole picture. Rhonda wanted to build something different — a model of care that starts with the woman, not the diagnosis.

She holds formal training in hormonal optimization and sexual health — and brings to that work something no certification fully captures: a genuine ease and openness around women’s sexuality that her patients feel immediately. She has never been clinical or squeamish about desire, embodiment, or intimacy. She believes a woman’s sexual health is as legitimate and important as any other aspect of her care — and she treats it that way.

Rhonda is the 2024 AANP Excellence Award recipient, a WV Living Champion of Care, the AANP West Virginia State Liaison, and the author of Unbreakable Spirit: Navigating Mental Health Challenges with Chronic Illness. She practices in West Virginia and serves women via telehealth across West Virginia, Virginia, Colorado, and Minnesota.