Women’s Mental Health Care
At Animo Sano Psychiatry, we provide compassionate, personalized women’s mental health care, from PMS and PMDD to pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause. Our in-person and online psychiatry services help you feel like yourself again.
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*Coverage varies by plan and state. Send your insurance information to our billing team at VOB@animosanopsychiatry.com with your name and DOB to confirm eligibility.
What We Offer
Women’s mental health is shaped by many interconnected factors, such as biology, hormones, relationships, and life transitions. Our providers create individualized, holistic care plans designed to support women through every stage of life.
Perinatal & Postpartum Mental Health Support
We provide perinatal mental health services for women during pregnancy and after childbirth. Our team treats postpartum depression, perinatal anxiety, and postnatal adjustment concerns using evidence-based care, available both virtually and in person.
Hormonal & Cycle-Related Mood Support (PMS / PMDD)
Hormonal changes can impact mood and well-being. Our providers and psychiatrists treating PMS and PMDD offer therapy, medication management, and lifestyle guidance to help stabilize emotions and restore balance.
Work–Life Stress & Identity Transitions
Managing career demands, relationships, and caregiving can lead to chronic stress or burnout. Our providers help women build coping strategies, strengthen resilience, and regain a sense of calm and purpose.
Trauma, Anxiety & Depression
Many women experience anxiety, depression, or trauma-related symptoms due to social pressures and hormonal changes. We offer trauma-informed, evidence-based mental health care to promote healing, balance, and long-term emotional wellness.
Our Services for Women Include
Personalized Treatment Plans
Tailored to meet your specific needs and goals
Counseling and Psychotherapy
Providing a safe and supportive environment to explore thoughts, emotions, and challenges.
Medication Management
When necessary, ensure effective treatment for conditions like anxiety and depression.
Who This Service Is For
Our services are for women of all ages who are navigating the challenges of maintaining their mental well-being. You might benefit from our women’s mental health -services if you are experiencing:
- Perinatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
- PMDD and Hormone-Related Mood Disorders
- Generalized Anxiety, Panic Disorder, and Stress
- Depression and Mood Instability
- Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress
- Work-Life Stress, Burnout, and Identity Shifts
- Menopause & Perimenopause Mood Changes
- Perinatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
- PMDD and Hormone-Related Mood Disorders
- Generalized Anxiety, Panic Disorder, and Stress
- Depression and Mood Instability
- Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress
- Work-Life Stress, Burnout, and Identity Shifts
- Menopause & Perimenopause Mood Changes
The Women’s Behavioral Health Specialty Consultation
Reproductive mental health covers the mood and anxiety changes that come with your cycle, pregnancy, and menopause. Our Women’s Behavioral Health Specialty Consultation gives patients and their existing providers access to focused, in-depth evaluation for perimenstrual, perinatal, and perimenopausal concerns.
This is a consultation service, not a transfer of your long-term care. If your current Animo Sano Psychiatry provider wants added support with a pregnancy or hormone related case, they can request a specialty consult on your behalf. You keep your provider, the specialist simply adds another layer of expertise, then hands care back with a clear plan.
PMS and PMDD
Women navigating PMS and PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) and other cycle-related mood changes
Pregnancy & Postpartum
Patients who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or postpartum and want reproductive mental health guidance, including questions about medication safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Perimenopause & Menopause
Women experiencing mood, anxiety, or cognitive changes during perimenopause and menopause
Specialized Second Opinion
Providers who want a second, specialized opinion before starting or adjusting treatment in these areas
Because this consultation focuses on the reproductive and hormonal factors that shape women’s mental health, it complements, rather than replaces, the whole-person care described above. It’s about more depth, more psychoeducation, and more resources at the moments they matter most.
What the Specialty Consultation Offers
Our approach pairs specialized reproductive mental health knowledge with the collaborative, evidence-based care Animo Sano Psychiatry is known for. During a consultation, our specialists focus on getting the diagnosis and the plan right.
In-Depth Reproductive Mental Health Evaluation
A thorough review of your symptoms, cycle and reproductive history, prior treatment response, and how hormonal transitions are affecting your mood, focus, and daily life. The goal is clarity: confirming a diagnosis or ruling one out.
A Clear, Actionable Treatment Plan
When a diagnosis or treatment direction is confirmed, the specialist initiates or optimizes your plan and provides detailed recommendations your primary provider can carry forward. When more guidance is needed on a co-occurring or suspected condition, the specialist offers alternative recommendations and returns you to your provider with a roadmap.
Short-Term Stabilization When Needed
If helpful, the specialist may manage your care for a few follow-up visits to make sure your treatment is stable before transferring care back. For perinatal patients, this window can be extended when your provider, the specialist, and you agree it’s the best course of action.
Education and Resources
Patients leave a specialty consultation understanding why their symptoms are happening and what the options are, with reproductive mental health resources tailored to their stage of life.
How the Women’s Behavioral Health Specialty Consultation Works
When your Animo Sano Psychiatry provider refers you for a specialty consultation, here’s what typically happens. This is a consultation pathway, your primary provider stays involved, and your long-term care returns to them.
Your provider requests a specialty review
Your current provider completes a thorough evaluation and, with your consent, sends a consult request to our Women’s Behavioral Health specialty team for review.
Care returns to your provider
The specialist may manage your care for two to three follow-ups to stabilize treatment when needed (longer for some perinatal cases), then transfers care back to your primary provider with a detailed plan. The specialist stays available for future consults if new challenges come up.
The specialist reviews your history
Our specialty team reviews your psychiatric and reproductive history and schedules you with the most appropriate specialist as quickly as possible, so your care isn’t interrupted.
A specialty consultation visit
During your visit, the specialist evaluates your symptoms and reaches a clinical direction: either a confirmed diagnosis and treatment plan, or clear recommendations for managing a co-occurring or suspected condition.
Your provider requests a specialty review
Your current provider completes a thorough evaluation and, with your consent, sends a consult request to our Women’s Behavioral Health specialty team for review.
The specialist reviews your history
Our specialty team reviews your psychiatric and reproductive history and schedules you with the most appropriate specialist as quickly as possible, so your care isn’t interrupted.
A specialty consultation visit
If additional assessment would be helpful, you’ll be scheduled to meet with one of our ADHD specialists.
Care returns to your provider
The specialist may manage your care for two to three follow-ups to stabilize treatment when needed (longer for some perinatal cases), then transfers care back to your primary provider with a detailed plan. The specialist stays available for future consults if new challenges come up.
Note: The Women’s Behavioral Health Specialty Consultation is designed to support your existing care, not replace it. You won’t be expected to establish an ongoing relationship with the specialist, the goal is expert input at the right moment, then a smooth handoff back to your provider.
Why Choose Animo Sano Psychiatry
Inclusive care for every woman
Our practice welcomes women from all backgrounds, providing personalized culturally responsive care with understanding and respect.
Evidence-based & trauma-informed
Every treatment plan is grounded in research and delivered with compassion.
Integrated life-stage support
From PMS to postpartum, menopause, and beyond, we tailor care to meet your specific needs.
Accessible online & in-person
We serve patients in-person in North Carolina and virtually across North Carolina, Georgia, and several other states, helping you access care wherever you are.
Service Locations
*In-person appointments are available only at our Durham, North Carolina locations.
North Carolina
Virtual & In-Person Care
Georgia
Virtual Only
Tennessee
Virtual Only
Missouri
Virtual Only
Arkansas
Virtual Only
Arizona
Virtual Only
Oklahoma
Virtual Only
New York
Virtual Only
What Our Patients Say
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Madeline Pryor
Great clinic, with good values, helpful for those with ADHD. Dr. Espersen is such an empathetic and caring doctor, wants the best for her patients.
Cindy Davis
I do virtual visits with my psychiatrist Dr. Caleb Whitenack and our sessions are exactly what I need. Medication management and mental health updates. When I need answers in between meetings I use the portal and he responds within hours. I’m grateful that I found him!
