Our mission at Postpartum Progress is to ensure that every woman is able to get the help she needs. Research shows people often feel more comfortable seeking help from someone who looks like them or is from a similar cultural background. This is why we have assembled a specific list of more than 100 female black mental health providers around the U.S. This list does not endorse any specific treatment program or healthcare provider, but is meant to help you find them more easily.
If you’d like to download a copy of our New Mom Mental Health Get Help Checklist for the Black/African Diaspora population, click the link and fill out the form to download a clean copy. You can use the checklist to start a conversation with your healthcare provider about how you are feeling.
Please note: These are all mental health specialists who have indicated they have a focus on women’s issues. Only a few of them, however, are perinatal mood and anxiety disorder specialists. Postpartum Progress will soon be announcing a scholarship program to offer small scholarships to providers of color to help increase the number of minority perinatal mood and anxiety disorder specialists.
If you are interested in being added to this list, please let us know at katherine@postpartumprogress.org. You must have a website to be listed, you must be a licensed mental health professional, and you must have a focus area on women’s issues (if the focus of your practice is on divorce and couples counseling, or adolescent mental health, or professional development and career coaching, for instance, you are not a fit for this list).
ALABAMA
Huntsville – Monretta Vega LPC
Madison – Lindsay Sheckles
ARKANSAS
Conway – Anita Martin MA LPC
Little Rock – Linda Brewer PhD
ARIZONA
Mesa – Celeste Cheatham LPC
Phoenix – Claudette Waite
Tempe – Rochelle Trotman Normal
CALIFORNIA
Beverly Hills – LaDonna Parker MA
Claremont – Marissa Long PsyD
Culver City – Adrena McGroarty PNMHP
Los Angeles – Tanya Brown PhD
Los Angeles – Wendy Talley LCSW
Los Angeles – Alexis Earkman LCSW
Los Angeles – Michelle Cauley LCSW
Los Angeles – Lisa Bolden PsyD
North Hollywood – Ilita Beckham LMFT
Oakland – Leah Kimble Price LMFT
Pasadena – Terica Roberts LMFT
Pleasant Hill – Erica Bell LCSW
Sacramento – Tiffany Mims PhD
Sacrament0 – Emily Macdougall MFT
Sacramento – Alondra Thompson
San Diego – Patricia Evans MA LMFT
San Francisco – Tiffany McLain
San Francisco – Lauren Bock MA
San Pedro – Miyume McKinley LCSW
Stockton – Sharmaine Barnes LMFT
West Los Angeles – Margena Carter
Woodland Hills – Jacqueline Williams PsyD
COLORADO
Denver – Jasmine Crane MA
Westminster – Robyn Mourning MS
CONNECTICUT
New Haven – Venice Garner, LCSW
Stamford – Carolyn Kagan MA LCSW
FLORIDA
Ft. Lauderdale – Elizabeth David LMFT
Tampa – Keesha Sullivan
Tampa – Angie Speller LMHC
GEORGIA
Atlanta – Chantea Williams PhD
Atlanta – Sarah Vinson MD
Atlanta – Erica James
Atlanta – Natalie Grubbs LPC
College Park – Sharnelle Myles PsyD
Dacula – Shirley Boone Sanford PhD
Decatur – Andreka Peat PsyD
Decatur – Ayanna Abrams PsyD
Douglasville – LaShawn Faison-Bradley LPC
Roswell – Bianca Hughes
Suwanee – Natasha Thomas MD
ILLINOIS
Chicago – Yulinda Rahman
Chicago – Nikia Thompson PhD
Chicago – Anne Marie Nicholas PsyD
Chicago – Danielle Simmons PhD
Chicago – Marion Malcome LCSW
Chicago – Chantelle Bittings LCPC
Evanston – Melissa Blount PhD
Naperville – Yvonne Patterson PsyD
Plainfield – Samantha Adjekum LCPC
INDIANA
Carmel – Karen Henry Smith MSW
Indianapolis – Kimberly Johnson PsyD
KENTUCKY
Lexington – Lauren Downey LPCC
Louisville – V Nikki Jones LCSW
Louisville – La Shonda Sims LPC
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge – Lakeitha Poole LPC
Baton Rouge – Shamyra Howard LCSW
Metairie – Mylischa Lewis LCSW
Monroe – Beatrice Tatem PhD
New Orleans – Tammy Wilborn
New Orleans – Gwyn Meredith LPC
MARYLAND
Baltimore – Desiree Israel
Bethesda – Ajita Robinson LCPC
Catonsville – Shawna Murray-Browne LCSW-C
Catonsville – Olivia Baylor LCPC
College Park – Avalaura Gaither Beharry
Frederick – Erica Burns LCSW
Largo – Lauri Preston
Lutherville – Safiyyah Rahman MD
Odenton – Angela Hill LCPC
MASSACHUSETTS
Arlington – Jocelyn St. Cyr LICSW
Boston – Requina Barnes LICSW
Boston – Astrid Derosiers MD
Cambridge – Aimee Lin Miller MSW LICSW
Dorchester – Codman Square
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor – Joy Saniya PhD
Kalamazoo – Ciji C. Gamble, MA, LPC
Southfield – Shawn White LPC
Southfield – Jennifer Matthews LPC
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis – Reba Peeples MD
Minneapolis – Renita Wilson LCSW
MISSOURI
Ferguson – Shauna Aningo LPC
St. Charles – Kayla Burton MA
St. Louis – Yvette Hawkins MA LPC
NEVADA
Las Vegas – Adrienne O’Neal MFT
NEW JERSEY
Montclair – Charlena Sears PsyD
Montclair – Erika Kendrick
Maplewood – Natasha Manning Gibbs PhD
Sicklerville – Angela Clack PsyD LPC
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque – N. Phoenix Anderson PhD
NEW YORK
Bronx – Naimah Johnson
Croton on Hudson – Agathe Pierre Louis PsyD
Melville – Monique Griffith PhD
New York City – Lesia Ruglass PhD
New York City – Deanna Richards LMHC
New York City – Michele Wiltshire PsyD
New York City – Linda Cedeno PhD
NORTH CAROLINA
Chapel Hill – April Parker MSW LCSW
Charlotte – Shawntal Isaiah LCSW
Charlotte – Cheryl Richardson LPC
Charlotte – Christi Neal LPC
Charlotte – Melissa Tate LPC
Durham – Elisa Davis MA LPC
High Point – Enjonae Anderson LPC
Matthews – Shante Vines LCSW
OHIO
Gahanna – Calisa Nickelsen MA
Cincinnati – Dwonna Thompson Lenoir PsyD
Cleveland – Gwenette James LISW
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City – Ashley Bryant LPC
Oklahoma City – LaDonna White MA
OREGON
Portland – Ime Kerlee LPC
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia – Tonya Ladipo LCSW
Philadelphia – Monica Thompson Campbell PhD
Philadelphia – Hanna Afua Obeng
Philadelphia – Alanna Gardner MFT
Philadelphia – Jazmin Lewis MS
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia – Niya Calderon LPC
TENNESSEE
Mufreesboro – La Vonne Johnson
Memphis – Quinn Gee MS
TEXAS
Arlington – Siobhan Flowers LPC
Austin – Patty Evers LPC
Bellaire – Jasmine Burton PhD
Irving – Katrina Caldwell MA
San Antonio – Kesha Martin
VIRGINIA
Alexandria – Melissa Gordon Pitts LCSW
Charlottesville – Eboni Bugg LCSW
Hampton – Ameka Lee-Graham LCSW
Haymarket – Esther Boykin
Newport News – Tamika Lord MA
Richmond – Jessica Young Brown PhD
Virginia Beach – Angela Settle LPC
Woodbridge – Nichelle Mason PhD
WASHINGTON
Green Lake – Ehioze Osadiaye
Seattle – Kyeisha Hodge
Tacoma – Phebe Braka Owusu LMFT
Vancouver – Summer Brown LMFT
WASHINGTON DC
DC – Samantha Sweeney PhD
DC – Xanthia Johnson LPC
DC – Shivonne Odom LPC
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee – Lydia Johnson LPC
