Women's Issues Psychiatrists in Chestnut Hill, MA
Many people find themselves feeling distressed and misunderstood when they struggle with their mental health. I understand that this can cause issues in relationships, work, school, and/or just getting through your day.
Many people find themselves feeling distressed and misunderstood when they struggle with their mental health. I understand that this can cause issues in relationships, work, school, and/or just getting through your day.
I am a board certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with training and experience treating patients with mental health issues across the lifespan. My clinical career has taken me on a journey through the healthcare system, from inpatient to outpatient settings. My clinical practice focuses on assessing, diagnosing, treatment planning and care coordination for those struggling with a wide range of mental health issues. I specialize in psychopharmacology and provide diagnostic evaluations, assessments and ongoing treatment via medication management for my clients, tailored to their individual needs’.
I am a board certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with training and experience treating patients with mental health issues across the lifespan. My clinical career has taken me on a journey through the healthcare system, from inpatient to outpatient settings. My clinical practice focuses on assessing, diagnosing, treatment planning and care coordination for those struggling with a wide range of mental health issues. I specialize in psychopharmacology and provide diagnostic evaluations, assessments and ongoing treatment via medication management for my clients, tailored to their individual needs’.
As a board-certified psychiatrist, I work with adult patients from diverse backgrounds and complex histories who struggle with depression, anxiety, trauma, attention deficits, early childhood adversity, identity conflicts, and relationship concerns. I have comprehensive training in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy and strongly believe in an integrated approach to treatment, combining medications when clinically recommended with psychotherapy to promote symptom relief and self-consolidation.
I am licensed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and see patients in Newton and Providence.
As a board-certified psychiatrist, I work with adult patients from diverse backgrounds and complex histories who struggle with depression, anxiety, trauma, attention deficits, early childhood adversity, identity conflicts, and relationship concerns. I have comprehensive training in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy and strongly believe in an integrated approach to treatment, combining medications when clinically recommended with psychotherapy to promote symptom relief and self-consolidation.
I am licensed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and see patients in Newton and Providence.
I work with adults and young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, life transitions, and neurodevelopmental differences, including intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), learning disorders, and communication disorders. I specialize in psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and short-term psychiatric stabilization for individuals who need timely psychiatric support while waiting to establish care with a long-term mental health provider. My goal is to help patients achieve stability and transition smoothly to the provider or level of care that best meets their needs.
I work with adults and young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, life transitions, and neurodevelopmental differences, including intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), learning disorders, and communication disorders. I specialize in psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and short-term psychiatric stabilization for individuals who need timely psychiatric support while waiting to establish care with a long-term mental health provider. My goal is to help patients achieve stability and transition smoothly to the provider or level of care that best meets their needs.
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Full Bloom Integrative Health
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, APRN, PMHNP, FNP
2 Endorsed
Online Only
I provide telehealth psychiatric evaluation and medication management for adults using a collaborative, evidence-based, whole-person approach. Treatment considers mental health symptoms including effects of medical health, sleep, lifestyle, stress, and overall functioning. I specialize in thoughtful assessment and personalized medication management for anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood disorders, and trauma-related concerns. My practice focuses on psychiatric care and medication management rather than psychotherapy.
I provide telehealth psychiatric evaluation and medication management for adults using a collaborative, evidence-based, whole-person approach. Treatment considers mental health symptoms including effects of medical health, sleep, lifestyle, stress, and overall functioning. I specialize in thoughtful assessment and personalized medication management for anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood disorders, and trauma-related concerns. My practice focuses on psychiatric care and medication management rather than psychotherapy.
Currently accepting New Clients! I am a dually certified Psychiatric and Adult Nurse Practitioner with a deep commitment to helping people feel their best—mentally, emotionally, and physically. I specialize in working with college students/young adults and perimenopausal women—life stages where stress, mood changes, anxiety, sleep disruption, and ADHD symptoms often intensify and can feel confusing or overwhelming. My approach is collaborative and personalized, with careful diagnosis, evidence based prescribing, and close coordination with therapy and other healthcare providers.
Currently accepting New Clients! I am a dually certified Psychiatric and Adult Nurse Practitioner with a deep commitment to helping people feel their best—mentally, emotionally, and physically. I specialize in working with college students/young adults and perimenopausal women—life stages where stress, mood changes, anxiety, sleep disruption, and ADHD symptoms often intensify and can feel confusing or overwhelming. My approach is collaborative and personalized, with careful diagnosis, evidence based prescribing, and close coordination with therapy and other healthcare providers.
I am a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with many areas of interest including medication management and therapy for those suffering from postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, perinatal mental health, women's mental health, and general psychiatry such as Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, ADHD, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, and Substance Use Disorders.
I am a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with many areas of interest including medication management and therapy for those suffering from postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, perinatal mental health, women's mental health, and general psychiatry such as Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, ADHD, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, and Substance Use Disorders.
Dr. Edwin Raffi is a board-certified psychiatrist with over a decade of experience. Dr. Raffi provides care for all adults and for all ailments including, but not limited to mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder), anxiety, OCD, ADD, PTSD, schizophrenia or other disorders with psychosis, substance use disorders, tic disorders, etc. In addition to general adult psychiatry, Dr. Raffi is recognized as a leading psychiatrist subspecialized in Women’s Mental Health, including issues related to menstrual cycle related mood and anxiety disorders (PMS, PMDD), pregnancy and postpartum, menopause related mood and anxiety disorders.
Dr. Edwin Raffi is a board-certified psychiatrist with over a decade of experience. Dr. Raffi provides care for all adults and for all ailments including, but not limited to mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder), anxiety, OCD, ADD, PTSD, schizophrenia or other disorders with psychosis, substance use disorders, tic disorders, etc. In addition to general adult psychiatry, Dr. Raffi is recognized as a leading psychiatrist subspecialized in Women’s Mental Health, including issues related to menstrual cycle related mood and anxiety disorders (PMS, PMDD), pregnancy and postpartum, menopause related mood and anxiety disorders.
As a board certified psychiatrist with an MD from Brown University, and fellowship training in Women's Mental Health, I aim to create a highly individualized care plan, tailored to each patient's goals and vision of care. My practice is designed to be small to allow for flexibility, accessibility and attentiveness to each of my patients. Our work together will be empathic, supportive and collaborative. I am now available to see patients in person or via telehealth in RI and telehealth only for those in MA. Currently I am accepting perinatal clients only with a waitlist for other adult psychiatric needs.
As a board certified psychiatrist with an MD from Brown University, and fellowship training in Women's Mental Health, I aim to create a highly individualized care plan, tailored to each patient's goals and vision of care. My practice is designed to be small to allow for flexibility, accessibility and attentiveness to each of my patients. Our work together will be empathic, supportive and collaborative. I am now available to see patients in person or via telehealth in RI and telehealth only for those in MA. Currently I am accepting perinatal clients only with a waitlist for other adult psychiatric needs.
You’re smart, capable, and self-aware—but lately, your body isn’t cooperating.
Maybe it’s anxiety that won’t let up. Exhaustion that sleep can’t fix. Hormonal shifts, digestive struggles, or mood changes that seem to come out of nowhere. You’ve done what you know to help but still… something feels off. I see you—and I want you to know: it’s not all in your head, and you don’t have to figure it out alone.
I'm Dr. Whitney McFadden, founder of Willow Mindhealth. With training in psychiatry, neuroscience, genetics, and nutritional psychiatry, and a deep commitment to understanding what you body truly needs to feel like home again.
You’re smart, capable, and self-aware—but lately, your body isn’t cooperating.
Maybe it’s anxiety that won’t let up. Exhaustion that sleep can’t fix. Hormonal shifts, digestive struggles, or mood changes that seem to come out of nowhere. You’ve done what you know to help but still… something feels off. I see you—and I want you to know: it’s not all in your head, and you don’t have to figure it out alone.
I'm Dr. Whitney McFadden, founder of Willow Mindhealth. With training in psychiatry, neuroscience, genetics, and nutritional psychiatry, and a deep commitment to understanding what you body truly needs to feel like home again.
My patients often share with me that they look forward to their appointments with me as an opportunity to heal, to learn, and to grow in ways that were surprising to them. I am passionate about offering a holistic and inviting approach to emotional health treatment. I consider myself an integrative psychiatrist, and therefore utilize functional/precision medicine approaches with testing for hormone and stress levels, using HRV and DUTCH tests, to provide a comprehensive plan you. I attended medical school at Tufts University, and completed my adult residency program at Harvard Medical School (MGH/McLean).
My patients often share with me that they look forward to their appointments with me as an opportunity to heal, to learn, and to grow in ways that were surprising to them. I am passionate about offering a holistic and inviting approach to emotional health treatment. I consider myself an integrative psychiatrist, and therefore utilize functional/precision medicine approaches with testing for hormone and stress levels, using HRV and DUTCH tests, to provide a comprehensive plan you. I attended medical school at Tufts University, and completed my adult residency program at Harvard Medical School (MGH/McLean).
I am a Harvard trained, double board certified, adult and young adult psychiatrist. I see patients for medication management and psychotherapy virtually and in-person at my Lexington office. I have a warm, down to earth, and supportive approach to care and and typically work with patients who are highly motivated to make changes, insightful, and engaged in their treatment. I have a particular interest in Women’s Mental Health and provide preconception medication consultations as well as ongoing care through pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, and perimenopause.
I am a Harvard trained, double board certified, adult and young adult psychiatrist. I see patients for medication management and psychotherapy virtually and in-person at my Lexington office. I have a warm, down to earth, and supportive approach to care and and typically work with patients who are highly motivated to make changes, insightful, and engaged in their treatment. I have a particular interest in Women’s Mental Health and provide preconception medication consultations as well as ongoing care through pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, and perimenopause.
There are times in midlife when something begins to shift—sleep becomes lighter, mood less steady, stress more activating, focus harder to hold, or libido less accessible. Often, women sense the change before they have language for it. I offer specialized, menopause-informed psychiatric care that recognizes these experiences as interconnected rather than separate, helping women make sense of the larger pattern shaping mood, hormones, sleep, cognition, energy, libido, and emotional wellbeing in a way that feels thoughtful, respectful, and clinically grounded.
There are times in midlife when something begins to shift—sleep becomes lighter, mood less steady, stress more activating, focus harder to hold, or libido less accessible. Often, women sense the change before they have language for it. I offer specialized, menopause-informed psychiatric care that recognizes these experiences as interconnected rather than separate, helping women make sense of the larger pattern shaping mood, hormones, sleep, cognition, energy, libido, and emotional wellbeing in a way that feels thoughtful, respectful, and clinically grounded.
The goal is to empower women through mental wellness.
Welcome to Northeast Women’s Psychiatry, where we treat women’s mental health issues across the lifespan. Women need a specialized approach to care. At NWP, we address depression, anxiety, insomnia, adult ADHD, bipolar disorder, and other mental health issues that arise for women across the lifespan. NWP offers medication prescribing, brief psychotherapy, basic lab testing, customized supplement regimens, as well as mind-body medicine and lifestyle coaching. We aim to assess and treat women via a whole body psychiatric lens, using integrative methods and traditional psychiatry.
The goal is to empower women through mental wellness.
Welcome to Northeast Women’s Psychiatry, where we treat women’s mental health issues across the lifespan. Women need a specialized approach to care. At NWP, we address depression, anxiety, insomnia, adult ADHD, bipolar disorder, and other mental health issues that arise for women across the lifespan. NWP offers medication prescribing, brief psychotherapy, basic lab testing, customized supplement regimens, as well as mind-body medicine and lifestyle coaching. We aim to assess and treat women via a whole body psychiatric lens, using integrative methods and traditional psychiatry.
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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, NP, MSN
1 Endorsed
Westford, MA 01886
Waitlist for new clients
You've seen multiple clinicians who say your labs are "normal" but you know your gut issues and anxiety are connected. Previous clinicians spent 15 minutes writing prescriptions without understanding your story. You've tried medications that helped somewhat, but something's still off. You're tired of being rushed through appointments or dismissed when you mention digestive problems, past trauma, or worry affecting your body. You need someone who takes time to connect the dots and who won't treat them as separate problems. You're ready to invest in comprehensive care that takes time to addresses root causes, not just symptoms.
You've seen multiple clinicians who say your labs are "normal" but you know your gut issues and anxiety are connected. Previous clinicians spent 15 minutes writing prescriptions without understanding your story. You've tried medications that helped somewhat, but something's still off. You're tired of being rushed through appointments or dismissed when you mention digestive problems, past trauma, or worry affecting your body. You need someone who takes time to connect the dots and who won't treat them as separate problems. You're ready to invest in comprehensive care that takes time to addresses root causes, not just symptoms.
I am a Harvard-trained, board certified psychiatrist with expertise in both psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. My practice is tailored for adults facing issues that are interfering with their goals and happiness. I believe in providing optimal individualized care that takes into account the patient's preferences. In an initial consultation with me, I assess for a host of factors that could be contributing to your challenges, and provide recommendations about best treatments. I work collaboratively with patients to achieve the best outcomes.
I am a Harvard-trained, board certified psychiatrist with expertise in both psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. My practice is tailored for adults facing issues that are interfering with their goals and happiness. I believe in providing optimal individualized care that takes into account the patient's preferences. In an initial consultation with me, I assess for a host of factors that could be contributing to your challenges, and provide recommendations about best treatments. I work collaboratively with patients to achieve the best outcomes.
While I am not personally currently accepting new patients, the providers that work for me are and have immediately availability within 1-2 weeks. Please go to our website www.safeharborwellness.org. Have you been struggling with symptoms that are impacting your ability to move forward? Have you tried medications for these symptoms that haven't been helpful for you? Have you been struggling in relationships, at work, in school or with activities of daily living? I put a focus on symptoms, not just diagnosis, to help you in these areas of your life. GeneSight testing offered, more information available on our website regarding this.
While I am not personally currently accepting new patients, the providers that work for me are and have immediately availability within 1-2 weeks. Please go to our website www.safeharborwellness.org. Have you been struggling with symptoms that are impacting your ability to move forward? Have you tried medications for these symptoms that haven't been helpful for you? Have you been struggling in relationships, at work, in school or with activities of daily living? I put a focus on symptoms, not just diagnosis, to help you in these areas of your life. GeneSight testing offered, more information available on our website regarding this.
I offer mental healthcare for women and their loved ones, encompassing a more holistic, and I believe, warmer approach to emotional health treatment. I aim to provide specialized and comprehensive treatment for challenges specific to your different life stages. I offer inclusive and truly quality care with the ultimate goal of helping you overcome emotional hurdles that you face, in any phase of your life.
I offer mental healthcare for women and their loved ones, encompassing a more holistic, and I believe, warmer approach to emotional health treatment. I aim to provide specialized and comprehensive treatment for challenges specific to your different life stages. I offer inclusive and truly quality care with the ultimate goal of helping you overcome emotional hurdles that you face, in any phase of your life.
I'm a Harvard trained board certified psychiatrist. I practice general adult psychiatry and specialize in women's mental health and reproductive psychiatry, as well as mental health issues experienced by young adults, LGBT+ and neurodivergent persons, and highly stressed professionals including physicians.
I help with depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, ADHD, trauma, adjustment to life transitions, relationship issues, and clarifying one's values and goals. I use a combination of medications, lifestyle change recommendations and psychotherapy to alleviate symptoms and help my patients lead fulfilling lives.
I'm a Harvard trained board certified psychiatrist. I practice general adult psychiatry and specialize in women's mental health and reproductive psychiatry, as well as mental health issues experienced by young adults, LGBT+ and neurodivergent persons, and highly stressed professionals including physicians.
I help with depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, ADHD, trauma, adjustment to life transitions, relationship issues, and clarifying one's values and goals. I use a combination of medications, lifestyle change recommendations and psychotherapy to alleviate symptoms and help my patients lead fulfilling lives.
Jocelyn Mejia
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, -BC, PMH-C
4 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Navigating life as a woman comes with unique challenges—managing career, family, relationships, and self-care can be overwhelming. If you’re questioning whether psychiatric medication could help or whether your current treatment is still right for you, I’m here to help. Whether you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, or ongoing life stressors, I provide a compassionate, evidence-based approach to help you regain balance and feel empowered in your journey.
Navigating life as a woman comes with unique challenges—managing career, family, relationships, and self-care can be overwhelming. If you’re questioning whether psychiatric medication could help or whether your current treatment is still right for you, I’m here to help. Whether you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, or ongoing life stressors, I provide a compassionate, evidence-based approach to help you regain balance and feel empowered in your journey.
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How can psychiatrists help women with gender-specific mental health challenges?
Women can face a variety of unique mental health challenges that they may seek psychiatric support for, such as reproductive and perinatal mental health, postpartum depression, menopause, body image concerns, and other conditions that intersect with gender-based experiences. Psychiatrists with specific expertise in working with women can offer treatment for these conditions, often through medication management, psychotherapy, or a combination of both. While not all psychiatrists who specialize in women's issues are female, some women find that they are most comfortable seeing a female psychiatrist, as they may feel more supported by someone who has shared life experiences and perspectives.
What does psychiatric treatment for women's issues involve?
Because women's issues encompass a variety of concerns, the course of treatment recommended by a psychiatrist will vary. However, psychiatrists will often begin treatment with an assessment of a client's current symptoms and recommend a treatment plan according to the assessment findings. Treatment often includes a combination of psychotherapy and medication, depending on the nature of the concern and the individual's goals. For example, a psychiatrist might use evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, or interpersonal therapy (IPT) to help clients explore and address challenges related to identity, relationships, parenting, or past trauma. For those experiencing mood changes related to hormonal fluctuations—such as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) or perinatal depression—medication may also be considered to help stabilize mood. In many cases, psychiatrists will coordinate with other healthcare providers, such as OB-GYNs or primary care physicians, to ensure comprehensive care.
How can I find a psychiatrist who specializes in women's issues?
Psychology Today's online directory allows users to search for psychiatrists by treatment specialty and gender, making it easy to find psychiatrists (MDs) and psychiatric nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) who treat women's issues and identify as female. Each provider profile includes key information such as clinical specialties, therapeutic approach, licensure, accepted insurance plans, languages spoken, and session fees.