Andre'a Watkins

Nutritional Psychiatrist | Coach | Gut-Health Expert

Dr. Andre'a Watkins, MD, MPH, is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Nutritional Psychiatry pioneer, and healthcare executive whose work sits at the intersection of science, healing, and human potential. As the Founder and CEO of FreedomMind Wellcare & Consulting, she has built one of the most distinctive practices in modern mental healthcare — one that treats the whole person through nervous system regulation, nutrition, and attachment style healing.
With over a decade of executive leadership, Dr. Watkins has built behavioral health systems from the ground up, expanded services across multiple states, and served in roles spanning Chief Medical Officer, Chairman of Psychiatry, and Plan Performance Medical Director for a major managed care organization.
A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine and School of Public Health — and a Magna Cum Laude alumna of Spelman College — Dr. Watkins has dedicated her career to advancing equity in mental health care. Her research roots run deep, from early investigations into childhood obesity and community health to clinical work on trauma, attachment, and psychosis.

Recognized as MSN's Top 10 Self-Made Women (2025) and a National Top Doctor (2018 & 2024), she has lectured for the American Psychiatric Association, iHeart Media, and Elevance Health, and has been featured on the acclaimed podcast Therapy for Black Girls.

At the core of everything she does is a woman grounded in faith, love, and purpose. As a wife, mother, and daughter of the King, Dr. Watkins brings a deeply personal understanding of what it means to nurture — and that calling shapes every dimension of her practice, her leadership, and her mission to heal communities from the inside out.

She lives by the motto she prescribes: "Eat yourself to mental health."