Perinatal & postpartum mental health · Telehealth across North Carolina
From Chaos
to Calm.
Specialized psychiatric care for pregnancy and the year after birth — alongside evaluations, medication management, and supportive therapy for anxiety, depression, and more. Compassionate, evidence-based, and delivered by telehealth across North Carolina.
Care designed around you, not around a system.
Mindful Counseling & Wellness is a women's mental health practice led by a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with nearly two decades of clinical experience. We provide psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and supportive therapy, built on one relationship and one tailored plan that evolves as your needs change.
We care for women across North Carolina — through pregnancy and postpartum, and through every other season of life. We welcome patients of every background, identity, and family situation. Whether this is your first time reaching out or you're looking for a clinician who truly listens, you're welcome here.
What we help with
See all services →Our specialty: perinatal and postpartum mental health.
- Anxiety Persistent worry, panic, and tension that won't switch off.
- Depression Low mood, low energy, and the loss of things that used to matter.
- Bipolar disorder Steadying the highs and lows with careful, collaborative treatment.
- PTSD Care for what the past left behind, at a pace you set.
- ADHD Focus, follow-through, and treatment that fits adult life.
- Stress & life transitions New roles, losses, and seasons that ask more of you.
Our specialty · Perinatal & postpartum
For the 2 a.m. version of you.
Pregnancy and the year after birth bring real changes to mood, sleep, and identity. As a clinician with an extensive perinatal & postpartum focus, we offer careful, judgment-free care for perinatal mood and anxiety, including thoughtful decisions about medication in pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
Learn about perinatal care →How care works
A simple, unhurried path from first conversation to ongoing support:
- Listen
We start by understanding what matters most to you.
- Clarify
Clear diagnoses and realistic, shared goals.
- Treat thoughtfully
Medication used carefully and collaboratively.
- Integrate
CBT, ACT, supportive therapy, and wellness strategies, together.
Why families choose MCW
A scarce specialty
Extensive perinatal and postpartum experience, including a perinatal inpatient unit and postpartum-depression research few North Carolina prescribers bring.
- Board-certified expertise. A PMHNP-BC with nearly two decades in psychiatric care.
- Statewide access. Telehealth anywhere in North Carolina.
- One continuous relationship. You see the same clinician over time.
In-network now with Aetna, Cigna, Carelon Behavioral Health, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, with UnitedHealthcare/Optum, Oscar, and Oxford in process; self-pay welcome, too. See insurance →