Making the invisible injuries impossible to ignore.

A Commitment to Better Care
Leadership & Clinical Direction

The people behind every session, document, and decision.

A multidisciplinary leadership team with more than 200 combined years of behavioral health, clinical, forensic, and operational experience guiding every aspect of care.

Amy-Erin Blakely, Founder and CEO

Amy-Erin Blakely

Founder & CEO

30+ years in behavioral health · MBA Healthcare Management · Built Florida's premier telepsychiatry movement.

Mindi Rogers, Chief Operating Officer

Mindi Rogers

Chief Operating Officer

30+ years in behavioral healthcare administration, with expertise in operations, accreditation, compliance, and virtual care

Candace Hamiel, Chief Innovation Officer

Candace Hamiel

Chief Innovation Officer

Clinical therapist · BA/MS Psychology · Telehealth operational leader since 2017.

Kasey Born, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

Kasey Born

Chief Strategy & Growth Officer

25+ years of healthcare and insurance | Executive strategy, growth & innovation expert.

Donna Mackenzie, Chief Financial Officer

Donna Mackenzie, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Strategic financial leader with deep experience in growth planning, capital strategy, transactions, and scalable business operations.

Mario Arias, Chief Clinical Officer

Mario Arias, LCSW, MCAP

Chief Clinical Officer

22+ years in behavioral health leadership · LCSW, MCAP · Trauma-informed care for personal injury & workers' comp recovery

Dr. Melissa Bailey, Chief Psychologist

Dr. Melissa Bailey

Chief Psychologist

25+ years · Licensed in 43 states · Neuropsychology & forensic specialty.

Dr. Kazi Ahmad, Medical Director

Dr. Kazi Ahmad

Medical Director

30 years psychiatry · Tri-lingual · PTSD, trauma & addiction fellowship.

Dr. Alberto Luna, Director of Neuropsychology

Dr. Alberto Luna

Director of Neuropsychology

15 years · Bilingual English/Spanish · PsyPACT · Injury & trauma-related neuropsychological evaluations

Mission & Vision

Three words to operate by. One standard to build toward.

Our mission

Treat People Better.

A simple phrase with serious meaning. It reflects our belief that behavioral health care should feel more human, more coordinated, and more responsive to the realities people face after trauma, injury, and life-changing events. Because too many people navigating invisible injuries have felt overlooked, delayed, dismissed, or left to figure it out alone.


We believe care can feel different. More connected. More compassionate. More centered around the person receiving it.

Our vision

To help set the national standard for accessible, clinically grounded behavioral health care for individuals navigating trauma, injury, and recovery.

Psychological injuries should not go untreated because of stigma, geography, or unnecessary barriers to care.

EXPERIENCE & SCALE

Built from decades of behavioral health leadership.

The experience behind Virtually CALM spans clinical care, large-scale operations, multidisciplinary coordination, and nationwide virtual behavioral health delivery.

30+
Years of leadershipFounder's behavioral health experience
1M+
Telehealth servicesDelivered through the founder's prior organization
50
U.S. states servedNationwide care via licensed clinicians
$85M+
Operational scale managedBudgets the founder oversaw before VC
9+
Practitioner typesTherapists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, more
200+
Combined leadership yearsAcross the multidisciplinary C-suite
900+
Employees ledPrior teams the founder oversaw
2023
FoundedSt. Petersburg, FL
Our journey

Built with intention. Expanded with purpose.

From founding to nationwide behavioral health coverage in under two years.

2023

Virtually CALM founded

Amy-Erin Blakely launches the company in St. Petersburg, Florida — built on three decades of behavioral health operations.

2023–2024

Multidisciplinary C-suite assembled

Operations, innovation, strategy, finance, and clinical leadership — eight specialists with 200+ combined years of behavioral health experience.

2024–2025

National expansion to all 50 states

What began as a vision for better behavioral health care expanded into a nationwide network supporting individuals, providers, attorneys, and recovery teams across the country.

2025–2026

Forensic & legal-specialty buildout

Forensic evaluations, IMEs, DBA exams, neurobehavioral evaluations, and attorney-facing cumulative billing fully integrated.

What we believe

Six values. One shared standard of care.

Behavioral health care is deeply personal. The way people are spoken to, supported, evaluated, and guided through recovery matters just as much as the clinical services themselves. These values shape how we approach care, communication, coordination, and every interaction across the organization.

Compassion

People navigating trauma, injury, and invisible psychological conditions deserve to feel heard, respected, and genuinely supported. We believe compassionate care starts with listening, responding thoughtfully, and recognizing the human experience behind every referral, evaluation, and treatment plan.

Innovation

Behavioral health systems have too often been difficult to access, fragmented, and slow to respond. We believe innovation should remove barriers to care, improve coordination, and create more responsive experiences for the people seeking support.

Integrity

Trust is earned through honest communication, clinically grounded care, transparent documentation, and accountability. We believe strong relationships are built by doing what is clinically appropriate, ethically sound, and centered around the individual receiving care.

Accessibility

Behavioral health support should not feel out of reach because of geography, mobility limitations, scheduling barriers, language needs, or system complexity. We work to make coordinated virtual care more accessible for individuals and referral partners nationwide.

Empowerment

Care should help people better understand what they are experiencing and feel more supported as they move through recovery. We believe behavioral health services should strengthen confidence, autonomy, and long-term well-being — not create dependency.

Excellence

Meaningful care requires experienced clinicians, multidisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practices, and thoughtful coordination across systems. We hold ourselves to a high clinical standard because the people trusting us with their care deserve nothing less.

Amy-Erin Blakely, Founder and CEO of Virtually CALM
From the founder

“Your mental health is as important as your heartbeat. Nurture it as if your life depends on it, because it truly does.”

In my 30+ years of operating behavioral health programs, I’ve seen how often people navigating trauma, injury, and invisible psychological conditions struggle to access timely, coordinated support. Too many individuals are left feeling overwhelmed, delayed, or alone in systems that were never designed to move quickly enough for the realities of recovery.

That experience is what led us to build Virtually CALM, a behavioral health organization centered around accessibility, coordination, clinical excellence, and compassionate care for the people who need it most.

Amy-Erin Blakely Founder & CEO, Virtually CALM

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Treat People Better

Care should feel easier to access, simpler to coordinate, and centered around the person receiving it.

We help connect individuals, providers, attorneys, and referral partners with timely virtual behavioral health support nationwide.