Women’s Mental Health
From adolescence to menopause and beyond, women have an array of distinct mental health needs. Dr. Filipovic-Jewell’s goal is to provide a safe, compassionate, and empowering environment where women can explore their mental health concerns, develop resilience, and embrace the best version of themselves.
Dr. Zorica Filipovic-Jewell integrates her deep understanding of complex factors that can affect women and her clinical expertise in treating women through all phases of life. As such, she treats the following conditions:
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD): Addressing severe mood swings, irritability, and anxiety linked to the menstrual cycle.
- Perinatal and Postpartum Mental Health: Support for depression during pregnancy or post-partum, anxiety during pregnancy or post-partum, Bipolar Disorder during pregnancy and after childbirth, or any other psychiatric condition that can arise during these periods.
- Perimenopausal and Menopausal Mental Health: anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, cognitive challenges during perimenopause or menopause.
Dr. Filipovic-Jewell’s approach to women’s mental health includes:
- Comprehensive clinical evaluation through conducting a clinical interview with a review of medical history and lab parameters to understand the full scope of patient’s condition and needs.
- Offering evidence-based treatment such as psychotherapy, medication management if indicated, and support while empowering women through the psychoeducation.
- Collaborative Care with other medical specialists to ensure integrated treatment plans.
Whether you are having problems coping with a life transition such as pregnancy, complications in pregnancy, childbirth, perimenopause, menopause, or any other condition, Dr. Zorica Filipovic-Jewell can offer professional support.