Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a time of transformation and vulnerability. It is one of the most important times to care for your mental health, because in caring for yourself, you’re actively supporting the healthy development of your baby.
Mental health during pregnancy is profoundly important for the developing fetus, and it is now known that maternal stress, anxiety, and depression can influence how the baby's brain and body develop, even before birth. Research has shown that inflammation, caused by stress during pregnancy affects the developing nervous system of the fetus, impacting cognition, emotion, and behavior, thereby increasing the risk of newborns having emotional and physical challenges later in life.
An integrative psychiatry approach during pregnancy weaves together emotional care, nutritional support, and mind-body tools to help you feel grounded and supported, so you can move through this season with less stress, clarity, strength, and connection. In doing so, you'll create better long-term outcomes both for you and your future child.
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A Window of Opportunity
Through compassionate mental health support, stress reduction, and targeted nutritional care, you can create the conditions for resilience within yourself and your developing baby. Support for mitochondrial health (the energy engines of your cells), particularly during pregnancy, has even been linked to better mood regulation and brain development, making mental health support not only healing for you but preventive for your developing baby. At this stage, small changes can have positive and profound lifelong effects for you and your child.
Empowered, Generational Care
An integrative psychiatry approach combines, safe medication (when needed), nutritional support, evidence based therapy, and mind-body tools to help you feel more grounded, healthy, and supported.
By reducing stress, supporting emotional resilience, and improving nutrition, integrative psychiatric care can:
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Treat depression, anxiety, or trauma during pregnancy
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Support mitochondrial and brain health for both you and your baby
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Lower the risk of postpartum mental health struggles for you
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Promote long-term emotional wellness for you and your newborn
It is care that honors the full potential of this life-changing time.
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