Child Psychiatrist Riverview
A child psychiatrist for Riverview and the south Hillsborough family corridor, ages 5 to 17. Telehealth from home is the primary mode for Riverview families. When face-to-face care is needed, our Wesley Chapel office is roughly 35-40 minutes north on I-75.
Pediatric psychiatry for working Riverview parents, this week.
Tell us what is going on with your kid. A care coordinator will get you scheduled (telehealth or in-person at Wesley Chapel), usually within one business day.
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A care coordinator will reach out within one business day. If you would rather not wait, call (813) 670-3005.
Riverview: south Hillsborough's fastest-growing family suburb
Riverview has been one of the fastest-growing family ZIP codes in south Hillsborough for the better part of a decade. Boyette, Bell Shoals, the Summerfield Crossings corridor, Panther Trace, Rivercrest, and the newer builds along Big Bend Road and US-301 have brought tens of thousands of young families into a community whose pediatric psychiatry capacity has lagged badly behind population growth. A Riverview parent calling for a first child-psychiatry appointment is routinely quoted four to six months at local practices, and many practices simply do not take new pediatric patients at all.
The local school catchment is heavy on the Riverview High, Newsome High, Sumner High (the newer south-Hillsborough comprehensive high school), East Bay High, and Lennard High clusters, with feeder middle schools at Eisenhower, Rodgers, Barrington, and Shields. We work with the school counselors at these schools on 504 and IEP documentation when families request it. Most Riverview families default to telehealth because the working-parent commute makes a routine drive to Wesley Chapel impractical on weekdays.
Why Riverview parents pick Ascend
The three reasons we hear from Riverview families look almost identical to Brandon. First: the schedule. Same-week telehealth intakes, instead of multi-month waits at most south-Hillsborough pediatric psychiatry practices. Second: continuity. Your child sees Margot Krahn, PMHNP-BC, every visit, not a rotating cast of clinicians reading the chart fresh each time. Third: 60-minute first visits with the parent in the room, not a 15-minute med-check.
The other piece that matters for Riverview working-parent households: in-house talk-therapy coordination. If your kid needs both medication and weekly therapy, we run both under one roof with shared notes between the clinicians. That is the exception, not the rule, at most south Hillsborough pediatric practices.
Telehealth from Riverview, with a Wesley Chapel option when in-person is right
Telehealth from home is the default for almost every Riverview visit. Anxiety, depression, non-stimulant ADHD management, mood follow-up, school-refusal evaluations, and routine follow-ups all run cleanly over HIPAA-secure video. Your kid can do a follow-up from their room after school, and a working parent can join from the office during a 60-minute video block.
The one visit that has to be in-person is the first stimulant ADHD prescription, per Florida controlled-substance law. From most of Riverview, the drive to 27724 Cashford Circle, Suite 102 in Wesley Chapel runs 35-40 minutes north on I-75 to SR-54. From Apollo Beach and Sun City Center, plan on 45-55 minutes. We schedule that visit as a one-time trip when possible, and follow-ups continue by telehealth from home.
Margot Krahn, PMHNP-BC
Board-certified Florida-licensed psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Lifespan-trained, which means her formal training covers child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric psychiatric care. She sees patients in person at our Wesley Chapel office and across Florida via HIPAA-secure telehealth.
Margot believes the first visit is for listening. Sixty minutes, the medication list out on the table, the family in the room when it helps. The treatment plan comes from what she actually learns about you, not from what fits a template.
Read Margot's full bioFrequently Asked Questions
Are you anywhere closer to Riverview than Wesley Chapel?
Not for in-person at this time. Our in-person pediatric psychiatry is anchored at the Wesley Chapel office, roughly 35-40 minutes north of Riverview on I-75. For nearly every Riverview visit, families do telehealth from home. The exception is the first stimulant ADHD prescription, which requires one in-person trip.
Do you work with Riverview, Newsome, or Sumner High Schools on 504 plans?
Yes, when clinically appropriate. We provide letters that document a diagnosis and recommended accommodations. South Hillsborough school counselors at Riverview High, Newsome, Sumner, East Bay, and the feeder middle schools recognize our paperwork.
How fast can a Riverview family get a first visit?
Typically one to two weeks for a telehealth intake. The Wesley Chapel in-person calendar runs about one to two weeks out for new patients. Same-week urgent slots are rare but possible. Call (813) 670-3005.
Can my Riverview kid get ADHD medication entirely by telehealth?
Non-stimulant ADHD medications, yes. Stimulants require one in-person visit at our Wesley Chapel office before the first prescription, per Florida controlled-substance law. After that, all follow-ups can be by telehealth from your Riverview home.
Do you take Hillsborough County Medicaid for kids in south Hillsborough?
Yes. We are in-network with the Florida Medicaid plans that serve Hillsborough County. We verify the specific plan and the child's eligibility before the first visit.
Will you coordinate with a Riverview-area pediatrician?
Yes. We routinely communicate with pediatric primary care offices in south Hillsborough about medication plans, side effects, and any school-related issues. The coordination happens with your written consent.
Help for your kid, this week.
Same-week intake, real 60-minute first visits, and the same provider every time. Call us or send the form at the top of the page; a care coordinator will get back to you within one business day.