Postpartum Depression Therapists in Salem, OR

I provide compassionate, evidence-based care for women navigating a wide range of mental health concerns across the lifespan, including hormonal transitions, reproductive health changes, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders such as postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety. My collaborative approach focuses on supporting emotional balance, reducing symptoms such as mood swings, anxiety, irritability, and overwhelm, and helping clients feel more grounded and supported during times of transition. When appropriate, I integrate medication management with supportive therapy, psychoeducation, and practical coping strategies to promote healing, resilience, and long-term emotional well-being for women at every stage of life.

We specialize in supporting parents through the emotional challenges of the postpartum period. Therapy offers validation, relief, and tools during this vulnerable season.

I see postpartum as an illness and work with clients to cope with it and to move out of it as best they can with my support.

Postpartum depression does not always show up as sadness, tiredness, feeling bad about yourself. It shows up as irritability, mood swings, yelling at your husband and kids, feeling like you are the only one doing anything, feeling stuck and suffocated. It can show up as feeling distant and disconnected from your partner and child, feeling bored when playing with your baby and having a hard time feeling that love for anyone especially your baby.

Postpartum therapy focuses on the emotional and identity transformations that accompany motherhood. I help new parents process the complex mix of grief, guilt, love, and loss that can surface after birth, supporting both healing and reconnection with self.

Salem is Oregon's state capital and has a large and established Spanish-speaking Latino population, particularly connected to the agricultural sector of the Willamette Valley, making bilingual Spanish and English therapy provision an important feature of the local mental health landscape. Oregon State Hospital, one of the state's primary psychiatric facilities, is based in Salem, and the city is a significant regional center for mental health services across the mid-Willamette Valley. Salem Health's behavioral health services contribute to a reasonably well-resourced local mental health infrastructure. Common therapy concerns include anxiety, depression, family and relationship issues, and the stresses of agricultural and service sector work, as well as the particular needs of a large immigrant and refugee population navigating life in a mid-sized state capital.

Gender ID

	87%	Female
	13%	Male

Session Type

	62%	In Person and Online
	38%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

63%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
50%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
50%	Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
50%	Somatic Therapy
38%	Christian Counseling
38%	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
38%	Integrative Therapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
75%	Senior
75%	Young Adult
63%	Teen
38%	Children

Client Focus

88%	Women
63%	Christian
63%	LGBTQ+
50%	Black / African American
50%	Buddhist

Postpartum Depression therapists in Salem, OR

Shanea McDaniel

Hannah Nyznyk Christian

Catherine Saunders

Kristina Anzell

Dr. Shelby Kittinger