4.5 Top Rated Service
Premier TMS & psychiatric service for adults and children
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Locations in Tampa, Miami, & Riverview –
Virtual Appointments Also Available
20K+
Patients Served
35K+
TMS Treatment Sessions
20+
Years Experience
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Our Mental Health & Neurostar TMS Services
We specialize in psychiatric treatment and TMS therapy for a variety of conditions, including, but not limited to, the following:
Ask us today about our non-drug treatment option for depression and anxiety!
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Melissa Fickey, MD
Founder of Embracing Life Wellness Center
Dr. Melissa Fickey is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in addition to offering Adult Psychiatric services. A Tampa native, she is the founder of Embracing Life Wellness Center with an offices in Tampa, Miami, and Riverview, as well as an option to treat via telehealth. The practice’s mission is to provide high-quality, compassionate mental health care to their patients in a relaxed and aesthetically pleasing environment.
Dr.Fickey was featured in
Tampa Style Magazine’s annual "Doctors of the Year 2026" feature.
Our Commitment
At Embracing Life Wellness Center we treat the whole person, not just an illness. We accept and support individuals towards a healthy and happy lifestyle.
Mental health and, most all encompassing, wellness is a serious need and a valuable service to mankind – we will practice it with the passion it deserves.
Insurances We Accept
Embracing Life Wellness Center A Nationally Recognized Neurostar TMS Provider
Dr. Fickey is a nationally recognized TMS provider & played a crucial role in presenting the positive benefits of Neurostar TMS for Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents, leading to its successful approval in March 2024.
Dr. Fickey and her team have:
Performed over 35,000 treatment sessions.
Helped numerous children and adolescents with depression, anxious depression and OCD.
She has presented in front of the FDA in an effort to have NeuroStar
TMS FDA-approved in the pediatric population so that it can be covered by insurance, making TMS more readily available to younger patients.
Seen remarkable improvements in her child and adolescent patients in
their anxiety and depressive symptoms along with treating patients struggling with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
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Why We Chose NeuroStar TMS for Our Practice and Our Patients
Our aim is to relieve patients of their depressive symptoms. Dr. Fickey wanted to offer a non-drug treatment option, and after hearing all of the benefits and positive outcomes of NeuroStar TMS, it made sense to add TMS to our practice.
We have seen great results thus far with NeuroStar TMS treatment, and look forward to continuing to offer this effective, non-drug alternative to treating depression for our patients.
NeuroStar Advanced Therapy (TMS)
Embracing Life Wellness Center is proud to offer NeuroStar Advanced Therapy (TMS) at our offices in Tampa, Miami, and Riverview, Florida. Dr. Fickey and her staff are excited to offer this profoundly effective treatment to the community and their patients.
TMS makes long-term remission possible for patients living with depression. Over 4.8 million treatments have been performed by the NeuroStar Advanced Therapy TMS device and clinical studies show that many patients experience significant benefits. It’s easy to tolerate and has patented precision technology to ensure you receive the right dose to the right location, every time. In addition to being a leading treatment for patients with depression, NeuroStar is FDA cleared to help those struggling with comorbid anxiety. NeuroStar is also FDA cleared as an adjunct treatment for adults suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
is TMS right for you?
Listen to what our patients are saying about Embracing Life Wellness Center
remission from depression:
Mariah’s patient experience with NeuroStar
Bart’s story:
From medication to NeuroStar TMS
elsa’s experience:
Discovering NeuroStar & her husband’s journey
Tod’s story:
Remission from depression
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Our offices are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for office visits and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m for TMS treatments.