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For decades, mental health care has been shaped by insurance and women have paid the price through rushed visits, long waitlists, and generic care that doesn’t address their real needs. A growing number of women are choosing cash-based mental health providers, and it’s not because they want something “luxury.” It’s because they want effective, personalized, […]

Women’s mental health has been overlooked, underfunded, and misunderstood for decades — but the landscape is shifting quickly. Between hormonal research, wearable data, workplace pressures, rising anxiety rates, and new approaches to care, 2026 is shaping up to be a year of major transformation. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner who specializes in women’s mental health, […]

Across my work in women’s mental health, I’ve noticed a persistent theme that shows up in nearly every season of a woman’s life — young adulthood, early career, postpartum, motherhood, and beyond: So many women believe that taking medication means they’ve failed. And this belief holds them back from feeling better far longer than it […]