Postpartum Depression Therapists in Las Cruces, NM

Postpartum depression can occur during pregnancy or after childbirth and may include sadness, anxiety, exhaustion, and feelings of overwhelm. I support individuals experiencing mood changes during this important life transition. Treatment focuses on emotional support, symptom management, and developing strategies that help new parents care for themselves while caring for their child.

As beautiful as giving birth is, the process and resulting symptoms can be traumatic. If you are having postpartum depression, please be in the care of a physician that you trust. Additionally, if you feel that you could use deep emotional support, reach out to me for a free 20 minute phone consultation so we can talk. This can be a lonely and confusing time. You need and deserve extra support as you navigate and hold the paradox of great joy and great suffering. Many blessings to you on your Motherhood and I look forward to speaking with you soon.

I support women experiencing depression while navigating through motherhood by creating a space where women can share their feelings and challenges while feeling heard and supported.

Providing support for new parents experiencing mood changes, anxiety, or overwhelm after childbirth.

Postpartum depression is more than the stress of becoming a new parent. This monumental transition into parenthood can awaken far more than new responsibilities, and the postpartum period may stir earlier life experiences, including attachment trauma, emotional overwhelm, and grief while also reshaping identity and relationships. As a parent, your own imprints may be activated with the news of pregnancy or upon the arrival of your little one. PPD is a real and treatable condition that can affect mood, identity, bonding and attachment with your baby, and even your sense of yourself. Drawing from somatic and pre/perinatal psychology, therapy provides a compassionate, trauma-informed space to support healing and bonding, nervous system regulation, and help you reconnect with yourself and your baby at a pace that feels safe. You will develop attunement abilities for the development of a secure foundation for you and your child. Couples welcome.

Las Cruces is New Mexico's second-largest city and home to New Mexico State University, sitting in the Mesilla Valley near the US-Mexico border, with a population that is roughly 60% Hispanic or Latino and a mental health landscape shaped by border region experience—immigration stress and family separation, the cross-border family ties that define daily life in the borderlands, and the specific challenges of communities living at the intersection of two countries, cultures, and legal systems. NMSU's counseling center serves its student population, and Mesilla Valley Hospital provides inpatient behavioral health services; a private therapy sector serves the professional community. Common therapy concerns include immigration-related stress and family separation trauma, border identity and bicultural experience, student mental health, economic anxiety in a region with significant poverty, and the mental health dimensions of living in a community where the US-Mexico border is a daily reality rather than a political abstraction.

Gender ID

	55%	Female
	27%	Male
	9%	Gender Fluid
	9%	Non-Binary

Session Type

	62%	In Person and Online
	38%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

50%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
38%	Behavioral Therapy
38%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
38%	Motivational Interviewing (MI)
38%	Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
38%	Somatic Therapy
25%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
63%	Senior
63%	Young Adult
50%	Teen
25%	Children

Client Focus

63%	Women
50%	Black / African American
50%	Christian
50%	Men
38%	Asian

Postpartum Depression therapists in Las Cruces, NM

Carolyne Mburu-Gerena

Heidi Metcalf

Marisa Folsom

Three Oaks Behavioral Health & Wellness

Soma Aloia, SoulWork Somatics, Somatic Counseling & Bodywork