Signature expertise
Women's mental health deservesits own clinical lens.
Mental health can shift across reproductive life: the menstrual cycle, fertility treatment, pregnancy and postpartum. When it's relevant, that history belongs in the psychiatric conversation.
Women's & Perinatal Mental Health
People often come to us for
- Depression or anxiety during pregnancy
- Postpartum depression, anxiety or intrusive thoughts
- Mood symptoms that reliably worsen before a period
- Emotional strain during fertility treatment
- Planning a pregnancy while taking psychiatric medication
- Medication questions while breastfeeding
How we approach it
Context matters.So does the whole person.
Timing is informative.
Did symptoms begin during pregnancy or postpartum? Do they change with your cycle? Patterns help us understand what's happening.
Hormones are context, not a catch-all diagnosis.
We still ask the psychiatric questions: what the symptoms are, how severe, how long and how they affect your life.
Balanced information, so you can decide.
Clear, unbiased education about treatment during pregnancy and breastfeeding, so you can make informed decisions.
Who you'll see
Dr. Lauren Hansen
Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C), board-certified women's health NP and Certified Lactation Counselor.
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