Matthew Lindquist graduated from Augustana College in 1979 with a BA in psychology. He went to work as a mental health worker, first at Northwestern University hospital and then at Alexian Brothers medical center, where he helped develop and expand their 10 patient adolescent unit into a 28 bed unit that was divided between general adolescent and addictions. He returned to school at Elmhurst College (now University), and got his BSN and continued at Alexian Brothers to work as a Nurse, also becoming a Senior Certified Addictions Counselor at that time He took a sabbatical, living in France while his wife worked on her dissertation, and returned to this program where he conducted group, individual, and family therapy both inpatient and outpatient. He went on to manage the adolescent dual diagnosis program as the addictions unit developed further into. Matthew moved to Saint Louis in 1996, and began working a series of RN jobs in psychiatry at Lutheran Medical Center, St Alexius hospital and Mercy Medical Center. During this time he achieved his Masters degree as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2004, and joined Mid-America Psychiatric Consultants and managed both inpatient and outpatient clients, then moved on in 2011 to join Psych Care Consultants managing both in and outpatient clients at many levels of care at Centerpointe Hospital, Hopewell clinic and in office locations in South County, West County and St Peters, MO He moved to Serenity Health when his collaborating physician changed practices. He retired from Active practice in May of this year, but continues to fight for full practice authority for NPs in Missouri.

In his schooling, Matthew brought the Student Nurses Association to his college campus and became it’s first President and was vice president of his nursing class. In graduate school he was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, and was honored by the Alumni Association with the Masters Student Award for Overall Excellence. He has served as the President of the Missouri Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and has been on their National Advocacy Steering Committee, and Nominations Committee and has participated with the Advanced Practice Council and Addictions Council there as well. He is also a member of The Missouri Nurses Association, The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and has been a member of the International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses. Most recently he has been working with Missouri Nurse Practitioners for Full Practice Authority and was awarded the Rising Star/New Leader Award from the Missouri Association for Advanced Practice Nurses, and was given this opportunity to train further in the Advocacy Institute by the Missouri Nurses Association.