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Peri/Postnatal Mental Health Support
- May 30
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 18
"You are not a failure for struggling. You are human." | Unknown
Nobody should ever have to go through their pregnancy and postpartum journey alone. Your mental health is not your fault. While I am here to be a resource for my clients, I would love for my clients, and others, to have a list of resources so that every single person who needs help, love, and support can find it. I, myself, am located in Minnesota, so some of the listed resources may be Minnesota specific. But there are many that are virtual and/or offered all across the country.
Emergency Hotlines:
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need to speak with someone immediately:
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Call 988
National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
Call or text 1-833-852-6262
Culturally sensitive support
English and Spanish speaking Counselors along with interpreter services in 60 languages
Text HOME or HOLA to 741741
If you have thoughts about hurting yourself, your baby, or someone else call 911 and go to your nearest emergency room IMMEDIATELY!
Non-Emergency HelpLines:
Postpartum Support International | PSI:
Did you know that 1 in 5 birthing people and 1 in 10 partners suffer from postpartum depression or anxiety? You do not need a diagnosis to reach out for help. PSI has a wide variety of Specific Support Resources for at-risk populations. These groups include:
Perinatal Individuals
Families & Support People
Adoptive Parents
BIPOC Parents
Dads & Partners
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Loss & Grief
Military Parents
Postpartum/Perinatal Psychosis
Queer & Trans Parents
PSI has a closed Facebook Group that includes professionals, moms, and volunteers. It is for support and peer educational purposes. It does not substitute professional medical advice.
They offer 50+ FREE and virtual support groups for a variety of different needs. These groups are led by people who have lived experience with postpartum depression or anxiety. Some of the groups include:
Pregnant/postpartum mood or bipolar disorder
NICU parents
Pregnancy termination
Black moms
Queer & Trans parents
Support for dads
Parents experiencing early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or infant loss
Military Moms
There is a Peer Mentor Program that will pair you with a trained volunteer who has also experienced and fully recovered from a Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorder (PMAD). You will virtually connect with your mentor on a weekly basis. This is available if you are struggling with a PMAD and are within the perinatal period; conception through two years postpartum, including loss and post-termination.
PSI has also created an Online Provider Directory. You can use this to search for a mental health therapist, healthcare provider, psychiatrist, doula, lactation counselor, sleep coach, and more. All of their listed providers have specialized training in perinatal mental health.
You can even find resources in other languages including; Spanish, French, German, Hebrew, Chinese, Punjabi, Farsi, and more.
"There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't." | John Green
