Hi, I'm Annabelle.

Postpartum women deserve to be seen, heard, and have an active role in their mental health treatment and birth experience. My approach to psychiatry goes beyond managing symptoms. I specialize in the full postpartum period — from pregnancy through the first two years — blending emotional support, nutrition, functional labs, and personalized psychiatric care so you can heal and feel like yourself again.

My path into psychiatry started in primary care, where I saw firsthand how mental health was consistently overlooked despite its deep connection to physical well-being. But it wasn't until I became a mother myself that I truly understood the gaps in perinatal mental health care.

I lived the emotional highs and lows of pregnancy and postpartum. I watched women — myself included — be expected to simply push through without the support we actually needed. Too often, mothers were told to stop important medications with no safe alternatives, or their symptoms were dismissed with a hurried checkup and a pamphlet. I knew there had to be a better way.

That's why I pursued extensive training in perinatal psychiatry, nutrition for mental health, functional medicine, and became a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator — so I could offer women the kind of comprehensive care I wish I had received.

At Bloom & Balance Psychiatry, I specialize in the full postpartum period — from birth through the first two years. My mission is to make sure mothers feel heard, supported, and empowered in their health decisions — and to fill the gap that most OBs close at the six-week visit.

Outside of the practice, I'm a wife and mom to two little ones. I understand the chaos and the beauty of motherhood. I'm passionate about physiological birth, supporting women through the profound transformation of becoming a mother — what the research calls matrescence — and making sure that transformation is supported, not just survived.