Sean Goddard

MY STORY

From the bedside to founder

Sean Goddard, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-C, AGPCNP-BC, is the founder and CEO of Viking Psychiatry & Wellness and a dual board-certified nurse practitioner in psychiatric-mental health and adult-gerontology primary care, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

During the COVID-19 mental health crisis, confronting the shortage of psychiatric care in Northeast Indiana, Sean emptied his retirement savings and opened Viking Psychiatry & Wellness in 2021. What began as a solo practice has grown into a multidisciplinary organization providing comprehensive psychiatric care, including Deep TMS as a BrainsWay center, Spravato®, ketamine therapy, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, alongside an integrated wellness program, with locations in Fort Wayne and Warsaw. The practice provides care to veterans through a VA Community Care agreement.

Sean’s path to psychiatry ran through a decade at the nursing bedside: emergency, critical care, and nurse education roles across Kentucky and Indiana. He earned his MSN from South University in 2018, practiced in adult-gerontology and internal medicine, and completed his post-master’s psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner training at Northern Kentucky University in 2026. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Nursing Practice.

A U.S. Army veteran who grew up in foster care and residential settings, Sean has spoken openly about his own experience with severe depression and the treatments that changed his life. He is a speaker, educator, and television contributor, and the author of the children’s book Blushbottoms: The Belonging Bear. His mission is simple: help people heal.

My Story

I always knew I wanted to go far in life, so I worked hard to become the first person in my family to graduate from college. After graduation, I thought my future was a guaranteed success. Then once I started having to make student loan payments, my dreams of a better life seemed out of reach.

I felt frustrated and helpless, but I had worked too hard to let my dreams slip away. I dove into financial literacy and came up with a system that allowed me to eliminate debt, save more, and invest for my future. Now I empower others on their journey to financial freedom.

Why I Do It

Financial literacy is not a term I ever heard growing up. While my parents did their best to provide for our family, they lived paycheck to paycheck most of their lives. Seeing my family struggle inspired me to aim higher. But despite my best efforts, I still found myself drowning in debt.

Once I was debt-free, I realized that the methods I used could help others like me who wanted the same but didn’t grow up with the framework to make it happen. So I made it my mission to help as many people as possible create healthy financial habits and a better life for themselves and their families.