Dr. Ragnar

Dr. Ragnar

Founder, DNP, PMHNP

Dr. Ragnar, DNP, PMHNP. Founder of LiveWell Psychiatry & Men's Health. Sees patients in Oregon and Washington for ADHD, depression, anxiety, addiction, and the long tail after sobriety. Anti-soft-validation, pro-actually-fixing-the-thing. Believes the goal of treatment isn't lifetime management, it's making himself unnecessary. Writes here for the guys who know there's something going on, but haven't figured out how to say it yet.

277 posts by this author · Practice site & full bio

Clinical profile

Credentials

  • DNP
  • PMHNP-BC
  • NPI 1780403915

Active licenses

  • Oregon 10034127
  • Washington AP61615356

Clinical focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Men's mental health
  • Men's health
  • ADHD
  • Adult ADHD
  • Depression
  • Mood disorders
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Panic disorder
  • OCD
  • PTSD

Education

Verified profiles

Call It What It’s: The Naming Method Explained
Treatment · 8 min read

Call It What It’s: The Naming Method Explained

This is the core of how I work with people, so it's worth getting on the page in plain English. The Naming Method comes down to one principle.

Aug 9, 2025
HDHPs, HSAs, and Mental Health Coverage
Off Script · 11 min read

HDHPs, HSAs, and Mental Health Coverage

What an HDHP actually is, in plain English Every fall during open enrollment your HR portal lights up with a plan called something like "Choice HSA 3000"…

Aug 8, 2025
Getting On Insurance Panels: The Credentialing Game
Off Script · 15 min read

Getting On Insurance Panels: The Credentialing Game

If you’re a licensed clinician and you’ve been circling the question of whether to get on insurance panels, you’ve probably gotten a lot of advice that’s either cheerleading…

Aug 6, 2025
Propranolol
Medications · 10 min read

Propranolol

Propranolol is a cardiology drug that wandered into psychiatry by accident and stayed because it does one specific thing well.

Aug 3, 2025
Medicaid for Mental Health Care in Oregon and Washington
Off Script · 13 min read

Medicaid for Mental Health Care in Oregon and Washington

If you’re an adult in Oregon or Washington and you’re scraping by, there’s a real chance Medicaid covers you, and a real chance it covers more of your…

Aug 3, 2025
How to Actually Appeal an Insurance Denial
Off Script · 16 min read

How to Actually Appeal an Insurance Denial

Insurance denied your mental health claim.

Jul 31, 2025
Adderall
Medications · 9 min read

Adderall

Adderall is amphetamine.

Jul 29, 2025
Off Script · 14 min read

How to Actually Access Your Mental Health Benefits

Insurance companies in this country have figured out a quietly profitable trick. They sell you a plan that technically includes mental health coverage, they staff a member-services line…

Jul 29, 2025
Remeron
Medications · 10 min read

Remeron

Remeron is the antidepressant nobody picks first and a lot of guys end up grateful for.

Jul 29, 2025
Performance Anxiety Isn’t Just About Sex
Conditions · 9 min read

Performance Anxiety Isn’t Just About Sex

Performance anxiety doesn't show up the way the name suggests it does.

Jul 26, 2025
What Every Insurance Term Actually Means (And Which Ones Matter)
Off Script · 14 min read

What Every Insurance Term Actually Means (And Which Ones Matter)

Insurance companies don't write their paperwork to be understood. They write it to be unfalsifiable, which is a different problem.

Jul 26, 2025
How Health Insurance Actually Works
Off Script · 15 min read

How Health Insurance Actually Works

Health insurance is confusing on purpose.

Jul 24, 2025