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PREPP
The PREPP program is backed by clinical research. It is effective at reducing a mother’s risk of postpartum depression, which is the MOST COMMON medical complication of pregnancy and childbirth.
Your Mental Health Is Our Mission
As a psychiatrist in Charlotte, I believe that every woman is special and should be treated that way. Unique by design, a woman is instilled with purpose and potential. At Women’s Transitional Healthcare in Charlotte, we appreciate and nurture those unique characteristics thus, allowing a woman to bloom into her natural state of beauty.
– Samantha Suffren (Head Psychiatrist)
Women's Mental health
DID YOU KNOW? Beginning at adolescence, women face an increased risk for mental illness. Women are 2 to 3 times more likely than men to develop depressive disorders.
What you can expect when you see us...
Experience
Experienced staff with a wide range of expertise in multiple areas of mental health medicine, dedicated to your overall well-being.
Unique Care
We appreciate and nurture each patient’s unique characteristics thus, allowing a woman to bloom into her natural state of beauty.
Professional Training
Our team draws upon their professional training and education to deal with the distinctive mental, emotional and relational needs of each person.
Wellness Plans
We will formulate a wellness plan designed specifically for you based on our experience and professional assessment of you as an individual.
The COSP Program For Parents
The Circle of Security® Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.
Meet Our Team
SAMANTHA SUFFREN MD
Neuropsychiatric board certified physician
Dr. Suffren obtained her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from North Carolina State University. Dr. Suffren has a passion for women’s mental wellness and preventive care and has been working in this field of focus for over 12 years.
LAURA SMITH LCMHC
Laura Smith is a Fully Licensed Professional Counselor
Laura provides individual and group therapy for men, women, and children of all ages dealing with issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking. PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, bereavement, and other mental health disorders.
KATIE WARREN
Katie Warren PA-C is a certified physician assistant
Katie Warren PA-C is a certified physician assistant. She is a graduate from the King’s College Physician Assistant program in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with her Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies. Since graduating in 2009, she has practiced as a physician assistant in general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and internal medicine.
ERIN KIRSCH OTR/L
Erin Kirsch is a Perinatal Occupational Therapist
Erin Kirsch earned a Masters in Occupational Therapy from Tufts University, and is clinically licensed to practice in North Carolina. She has specialty training in working with pregnant and postpartum women, and is a certified provider of PREPP, an evidence-based program for the prevention of postpartum depression and anxiety. She also volunteers weekly for Postpartum Support International (PSI).
Female Group Therapy
Group therapy can be very positive because it assures us as women, that we are not alone, and that others share similar problems and struggles.
What Our Patients Say About Us...
“I have been seeing Dr. Suffren for many years and I can tell you that she has helped me tremendously. I suffered from depression issues that really made it hard for me to do just about anything. I am doing really well now with it. I can say she gave me back my life.”
S. Brown
(Patient)
“I am very happy with the treatment I have received from the team at Women’s Transitional Healthcare. I started seeing them a year ago for anxiety problems. I can’t even imagine where I would be if I hadn’t taken the plunge and seeked treatment from them.”
M. Clarck
(Patient)
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