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Clinical Director and Founder
Lauralie Johnson, MSN, PMHNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, is the Founder and Clinical Director of Mind & Meridian Psychiatry. Double board-certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, she brings over a decade of emergency medicine experience to her psychiatric practice, combining the ability to manage complex cases with the compassion to truly hear her patients’ stories.
A Lived Experience
Equal to her clinical expertise is Lauralie’s personal journey. She has navigated her own perimenopause in parallel with the challenges of parenting a neurodivergent son. These experiences deepen her understanding of how easily women’s needs can be dismissed or misinterpreted. This dual perspective allows Lauralie to pair medical rigor with heartfelt empathy, ensuring patients are never brushed aside and always understood.
Lauralie completed an internship focusing on the unique treatment strategies for children and teens with ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
Integrative and Collaborative
Specializing in women’s issues and their families specifically in regards to perimenopause and ADHD, Lauralie works closely with other healthcare providers and therapists to add integrative psychiatric care to their skillsets through Mind & Meridian. She believes in tailoring treatment plans to the individual rather than applying one-size-fits-all solutions. Her goal is simple: to help patients feel like themselves again, confident, clear, and heard.
Perimenopause and ADHD: The Overlap
Perimenopause and ADHD may seem like unrelated conditions. However, certain hormonal changes during perimenopause can amplify or even unmask ADHD symptoms for the first time. Both can affect mental clarity, focus, working memory, and emotional steadiness, which makes it easy for one to be mistaken for the other. Lauralie’s dual training in psychiatry and acute care, combined with her own lived experience, allows her to untangle these overlaps with precision and empathy.
Why Lauralie Founded Mind & Meridian
Through her own hormonal health challenges and her advocacy for a neurodivergent child, Lauralie saw the gaps in traditional mental health care, especially for women in midlife and families longing to support kids who might be struggling with ADHD issues. She created Mind & Meridian for those who have been overlooked, misdiagnosed, or told “it’s just stress.” She also wanted to create a safe space for children and teens to work with their families to overcome obstacles. Her work is grounded in evidence-based psychiatry, enriched by real-world empathy, and dedicated to helping patients reclaim their clarity, stability, and well-being.
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Medical Director & Collaborating Psychiatrist
As Medical Director and Collaborating Psychiatrist, Dr. Stephen Storage plays a central role in ensuring that our care is not only evidence-based but also deeply attuned to the real lives of the patients we serve. His presence brings clarity, confidence, and rigor to our clinical decision-making -- setting the standard for how psychiatric care should be delivered.
Education & Academic Leadership
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley – B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology, magna cum laude
Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine, where he served as class president for two years
Residency: General Psychiatry at Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at USC, where he served as Chief Fellow
Academic Role: Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, mentoring child psychiatry fellows
Clinical Practice
Dr. Storage is board-certified in both Adult and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He brings a rare blend of academic depth and practical insight, honed across high-profile roles in both private practice and hospital systems. He currently sees patients at Amen Clinics in Los Angeles and previously served as an attending psychiatrist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, leading psychiatric consultations for complex inpatient cases.
Research, Publications & Presentations
A published researcher and frequent speaker, Dr. Storage has contributed to the field of psychiatry through peer-reviewed articles and national presentations on subjects including:
Neuroimaging and psychiatric diagnostics
Adolescent anxiety and trauma
Substance use and brain development
Psychosomatic medicine
The psychological impact of social media
Teaching & Recognition
His academic leadership has earned him several major teaching honors, including:
Outstanding Teaching Award in Psychiatry Clerkship – Keck School of Medicine of USC (2020)
Dean’s Teacher of the Year – Keck School of Medicine of USC (2021)
Clinical Philosophy
Dr. Storage’s approach reflects Mind and Meridian’s core philosophy: rigorous, whole-person psychiatry that bridges science and lived experience. As a Southern California native and father of two, he brings humility, steadiness, and a genuine sense of care to every clinical setting. His leadership doesn’t just support our team -- it defines the clinical bar we aim to meet every day.
We don’t do “checkbox psychiatry". At Mind & Meridian, every treatment plan is as individual as the person we serve, rooted in science, shaped by compassion, and focused on perimenopause, ADHD, and the whole journey of mind and body.
“Mind & Meridian is your safe space for psychiatric care. Here, you are believed, understood, and supported”