Covington Place Therapy & Counseling welcomes Jacob Daniel Kay, PMHNP-BC, who specializes in psychiatric and mental health conditions, with a particular focus on addiction and treatment-resistant depression. He provides psychiatric care for children and adults. He can refer children for formal ADHD testing, while adults can be evaluated through a clinical interview and discussion of their symptoms, history, and treatment needs. He also provides medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, including Suboxone® treatment, as part of comprehensive mental health care.
Jacob comes to CCH from Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services, where he established the SPRAVATO® (esketamine) program for patients with treatment-resistant depression. He also treated patients with substance-use disorders through Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and provided care on the child and adolescent unit. He began his nursing career at Forrest General Hospital as a registered nurse in the Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit and spent nine years on the Forrest General Hospital Epic team, ultimately serving as a Senior Epic Analyst.
He earned his master’s degree from Northern Kentucky University in 2022. He graduated with highest honors from The University of Southern Mississippi’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in 2020 and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau. He earned his associate degree in nursing from Jones College.
A Hattiesburg native with family ties to Covington County, Jacob enjoys spending time outdoors, especially landscaping and fishing.
For referrals, contact Covington Place at 601-698-0263.
