Our Services

Pre-Menstrual & Menstrual

Pre-Conception

Reproductive loss

Infertility

Pregnancy

Postpartum

Perimenopause & Menopause

Paternal or Partners Mental Health

Pre-Menstrual & Menstrual Pre-Conception Reproductive loss Infertility Pregnancy Postpartum Perimenopause & Menopause Paternal or Partners Mental Health

My treatment philosophy combines holistic and lifestyle interventions, integrative psychotherapy, and evidence-informed medicine to support each person’s mental health and overall well-being.

Areas of Focus

Menstrual related mood disorders

  • Managing conditions that occur in relation to menses: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Premenstrual Syndrome, premenstrual exacerbation of underlying illness

Pre-Conception

  • Supporting mental health and tailoring of medication regimens for future pregnancy

  • Discussing risks of treatment versus risks of untreated illness

Infertility

  • Supporting mental health through all stages of fertility care, including managing grief, loss, and stress

  • Developing tailored psychiatric treatment plans before, during, and after fertility treatment

  • Discussing impact of hormone changes with fertility treatments & mood

Pregnancy Loss

  • Providing compassionate psychiatric care for individuals coping with pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, and termination for medical reasons

  • Addressing grief, trauma, and emotional recovery with sensitivity and clinical expertise

Pregnancy

  • Treatment of Perinatal Mood & Anxiety disorders, Perinatal OCD, and Perinatal Trauma

  • Thorough discussion of risks versus benefits of medications and weighing that against the risks of untreated illness

  • Collaboration & coordination with obstetric team when indicated

  • Adjusting medication when clinically indicated, including consideration of changes that may occur during pregnancy.

Postpartum & Breastfeeding

  • Evaluation & treatment of psychiatric conditions in postpartum including but not limited to Baby Blues, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum OCD, Birth Trauma

  • Evaluating and managing Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex and Weaning-associated mood & anxiety disorders

Perimenopause

  • Mood and Anxiety Disorders presenting in context of perimenopause

  • Exacerbation of pre-existing conditions secondary to perimenopause

  • Providing psychiatric guidance around the mental health considerations of HRT and collaborating with HRT providers.

Non-binary, Gender queer, or Transgender Individuals

  • Addressing mental health aspects of hormone therapy and menses

  • Preconception planning, acknowledging potential perinatal body dysmorphia

  • Treatment Mood & Anxiety Disorders in context of pregnancy and postpartum

Paternal or Partners Mental Health

  • Partners also have an elevated risk of postpartum mental health challenges and experience hormonal change in the postpartum window

  • Postpartum Trauma

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

  • Mood & Anxiety Disorders

Co-occurring and Adjacent Conditions

Managing psychiatric conditions in individuals who also have the following co-occurring conditions:

  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Endometriosis

  • Medication Induced Menopausal Syndromes (hormone therapy for breast cancer, chemotherapy, leuprolide, tamoxifen)

  • Medical Menopause from preventative or therapeutic oophorectomy, Primary Ovarian Insufficiency

  • Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome 

Cultural Psychiatry with a focus on South Asian Mental Health

  • Providing culturally responsive psychiatric care, with attention to identity stabilization, navigating stigma associated with seeking treatment & taking medication, and intergenerational dynamics

Telehealth

Telehealth services are available to patients living in the state of Illinois and patients must be physically located in Illinois during their visit time.

In Office Visit

We have a physical office in Downers Grove, Illinois, where I see patients by appointment only on Fridays and serve the Chicago area and surrounding suburbs.

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