Black History Month Spotlight: Dr. Whitney Trotter, PMHNP-BC, RDN/LDN, RYT

For our final Black History Month spotlight, we proudly feature Dr. Whitney Trotter, a leader advancing mental health equity at the intersection of psychiatry, nutrition, education, and racial justice.

Dr. Trotter is a Doctor of Nursing Practice, board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, and Registered Yoga Teacher. She serves as a professor at the The University of Texas at Austin, where she mentors future psychiatric nurse practitioners and helps shape the next generation of healthcare leaders.

Additionally, Dr. Trotter is the Co-Founder of the BIPOC Eating Disorders Conference, a national platform centering clinicians and advocates of color while challenging myths about who is affected by eating disorders and pushing the field toward greater equity and accountability.

Based in Austin, Texas, Dr. Trotter specializes in trauma-informed psychiatric care, anxiety and mood disorders, disordered eating, and culturally responsive care for black women and marginalized communities. Guided by a liberation framework, she views mental health equity as a civil rights issue and works to create spaces where Black individuals feel seen, affirmed, and supported in reclaiming their narratives.

To learn more about Dr. Trotter’s work, visit https://whitneytrotter.com/ or follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/whitneytrotter.rd/?hl=en.

Through clinical practice, education, and national advocacy, Dr. Trotter continues to redefine what inclusive, culturally grounded mental health care can look like.

We thank Dr. Trotter, along with the other providers featured this month, for all of the work they do for the community each and every day.