About us

Debbie Stevens, PhD, APRN-BC, PMHNP-BC, brings a wealth of experience to her role at Restoring Hope Recovery Group in Atlanta, Georgia. A mental health clinician, Dr. Stevens has over 20 years of experience treating individuals with various mental health conditions. 

She earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, before completing a Master of Science in nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she remained to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in nursing. Dr. Stevens has been working in psychiatric nursing since 2000. Over that time, she’s provided medication management, psychiatric assessments, and has overseen complex medication regimens for patients with mental illness and substance use disorders. 

Dr. Stevens has also held multiple supervisory and adjunct faculty roles throughout her career, including working as a clinical assistant professor in the nursing school at Emory University and Florida International University. Dr. Stevens brings her extensive career experience to Restoring Hope Recovery Group with the goal of helping clients achieve their mental health goals and ultimately live their best lives.

  Maima Fortune Is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Psychology from The University of Rhode Island in 2010, then went on to get her Master’s in Nursing from Drexel University, graduating as a Nurse Practitioner in 2018. She has worked in variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, as well as telemedicine. 

For over 3 years, Maima has care for and provided psychotropic medication management to children, adolescent and adult patients in a variety of settings including hospital, nursing home and state psychiatric facilities. She has dedicated much of her career to working with individuals with depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, and major neurocognitive disorders. 

She is passionate about bringing mental healthcare via telemedicine services to those who might not otherwise receive it. Maima lives in Georgia with her fiancé and two dogs, a miniature wire hair Dachshund and a Silky Terrier. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, exploring new places, hiking and watching football games.

Dr. Routt is a board-certified psychiatrist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and board-certified internal medicine physician by the American Board of Internal Medicine.   

He graduated from medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine and completed a combined internal medicine and psychiatry residency at Emory University School of Medicine where he served as a chief resident in his final year.  Dr. Routt continues to train resident physicians and medical students and is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University.  Dr. Routt has extensive experience in consultation/liaison psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and community mental health.  

Dr. Routt believes in the development of a proper biopsychosocial formulation as the foundation of treatment.  He is comfortable treating adults across the lifespan with a variety of mental health conditions including depressive and anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, dementia, insomnia, and adjustment disorders as well as providing integrated psychotherapy and medication management services.  He is pleased to bring a patient-centered approach to Restoring Hope Recovery and partnering with patients in an effort to improve their lives.