Reproductive Integrative Psychiatry combines evidence-based psychiatric care with a holistic approach to addressing mental health concerns related to reproductive transitions. As a specialized field within integrative psychiatry, it focuses on the unique mental health needs of women throughout their reproductive lifespan—including menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause/menopause.

At Bloom and Build, our reproductive psychiatric care in California, Bay Area, and Los Angeles acknowledges the profound connection between hormonal fluctuations and mental wellbeing. We provide socioculturally attuned treatment for conditions like perinatal depression, anxiety, PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder), and ADHD in women, integrating conventional psychiatric approaches with lifestyle interventions and complementary therapies when appropriate.

This comprehensive care model is especially important for Black women and women of color, who are often underscreened for perinatal mood disorders despite being at higher risk. Our culturally competent approach ensures that your unique experiences and cultural context are central to your treatment plan.

Lifestyle Psychiatry is an evidence-based approach that recognizes how daily habits and environmental factors significantly impact mental health outcomes. As a holistic psychiatrist serving California, Bay Area, and Los Angeles, I integrate lifestyle medicine with traditional psychiatric treatments to address the root causes of mental health concerns, not just their symptoms.

This approach examines six key pillars: nutrition, physical activity, stress management, sleep quality, substance use, and social connections. For high-functioning women experiencing depression, perfectionism, or ADHD symptoms, lifestyle interventions can be particularly effective alongside traditional treatments. Research shows that lifestyle modifications can significantly reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety while improving overall wellbeing.

For Black women and women of color facing unique stressors, lifestyle psychiatry offers culturally attuned strategies that acknowledge how systemic factors influence mental health, providing pathways to healing that honor your lived experience and cultural context.

Bloom and Build Integrative Psychiatry offers a distinctive approach to women's mental healthcare in California, Bay Area, and Los Angeles that centers the experiences of women, particularly women of color.

Our practice stands out by offering:

• Integrated care: We combine psychiatric evaluation, medication management (when appropriate), and therapy in one session—saving you time and creating a more cohesive treatment experience.
• Socioculturally attuned care: We understand the unique challenges faced by women of color, including racial trauma, microaggressions, and the "strong Black woman" stereotype that can prevent seeking help.
• Reproductive psychiatry specialization: Expert care for hormonal mood changes, perimenopause symptoms, postpartum depression, and PMDD.
• Holistic assessment: Beyond symptoms, we explore how your cultural background, family dynamics, hormonal health, and lifestyle factors influence your mental wellbeing.
• Personalized treatment for high-functioning women: We create individualized care plans that might include traditional psychiatric approaches alongside nutrition, movement, stress reduction, and sleep optimization.

Yes, we specialize in ADHD treatment for women in California, Bay Area, and Los Angeles, recognizing that ADHD often presents differently in women and is frequently underdiagnosed. Women's ADHD symptoms can fluctuate with hormonal changes during menstrual cycles, pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause.

Our approach considers these hormonal factors affecting ADHD alongside cultural and social expectations that may mask ADHD symptoms in high-functioning women. Many women with ADHD develop sophisticated coping mechanisms that can delay diagnosis until major life transitions or increased demands overwhelm their systems.

We provide comprehensive ADHD evaluations for women and personalized treatment plans that may include medication management, therapy, and lifestyle modifications. Our culturally competent approach ensures that treatment plans honor your cultural background and life circumstances.

As a reproductive psychiatrist in California, I specialize in perimenopause mood changes and hormonal mental health throughout women's reproductive years. Perimenopause can trigger or worsen anxiety, depression, and ADHD symptoms due to fluctuating estrogen and progesterone levels.

Our approach includes:

• Comprehensive evaluation of hormonal factors affecting your mental health
• Personalized medication management when appropriate, considering hormonal fluctuations
• Lifestyle interventions to support hormonal balance through nutrition, sleep, and stress management
• Ongoing support throughout perimenopause transition with monthly follow-ups tailored to your changing needs

Many women experience relief knowing that their symptoms have a biological basis and that effective, culturally attuned treatment for perimenopause depression and anxiety is available.

Socioculturally attuned mental health care acknowledges how cultural background, identity, and social factors influence mental health experiences. This approach goes beyond cultural competence to actively center your cultural strengths and address systemic factors that impact wellbeing.

This approach is especially important for women of color who may face unique stressors including discrimination, cultural expectations, historical trauma, and the intersection of racism and sexism. Our culturally competent psychiatrist understands these factors and provides treatment that honors your lived experience, cultural values, and community context.

In practice, this means:

• Recognizing how cultural factors influence symptom presentation and help-seeking behaviors
• Understanding the impact of microaggressions and systemic racism on mental health
• Incorporating cultural strengths and community resources into treatment plans
• Addressing the intersection of identity, culture, and mental health in a supportive environment