Behavioral Wellness for Women
A psychiatry practice specializing in pregnancy, postpartum, PMDD, and perimenopause care—focused on understanding what’s actually driving how you feel, not just treating symptoms.
Now accepting new virtual clients in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Florida.
Select in person appointments available in Pennsylvania.
- Holistic treatment of mental health conditions, including pregnancy and postpartum challenges, PMDD, and perimenopause.
- Comprehensive evaluation that incorporates hormone and nutrient testing, providing a well-rounded understanding of your mental health.
- Lowest effective dose medication management that is individualized based on your unique health history and current symptoms.
I Specialize in:
Instead of being handed a prescription and told to “see how it goes,”
I help high-functioning women who feel anxious, overwhelmed, or unlike themselves finally understand why they feel this way—
so they can move through their days with more clarity, steadiness, and control.
How your hormones, sleep, stress, and biology interact
—not just managing symptoms in isolation.
We get clear on what’s keeping you stuck so you’re not second-guessing yourself or trying to piece it together on your own.
I believe feeling better comes from understanding the full picture
It's time to feel like yourself again
Hormone-informed psychiatric care, tailored to
you
Hi, I'm Brianna
Hi, I’m Brianna Dawson, PMHNP-BC. I’m a psychiatric nurse practitioner who believes that effective mental health care requires a comprehensive understanding of each patient’s unique story, including their hormonal health and life experiences. My journey into this field was shaped by my own struggles with anxiety and a profound need to help women navigate their mental health challenges during times of significant transition.
My path into psychiatry started early, but it was my experience working in inpatient, crisis, and outpatient settings that shaped how I practice today. I saw firsthand how often women were given rushed, surface-level care without real answers—especially during pregnancy, postpartum, and other hormonal transitions.
That experience led me to build a practice where care is more thorough, more individualized, and focused on understanding what’s actually driving your symptoms so we can treat them more precisely.
If you’re ready for care that gets to the root—and honors the full you—I’m here for that.
MY APPROACH
You’re not just dealing with “anxiety” or “hormones.”
There’s a reason you feel this way—and it’s often being missed.
That’s why I don’t rely on quick prescriptions or one-size-fits-all plans.
I take the time to understand the full picture—your symptoms, your patterns, your hormones, your sleep, and what your day-to-day actually looks like.
From there, we build a treatment plan that’s specific, targeted, and designed to work.
Because feeling better shouldn’t come down to trial and error.
It should feel clear, intentional, and effective.
Support for the Challenges Many Women Face
Pregnancy
You're productive, capable, and outwardly holding it together but internally, your system is constantly braced. Your mind replays conversations, rest feels unproductive, and even "downtime" leaves you wired instead of restored. You're exhausted but slowing down feels unsafe.
I work with high-achieving women whose anxiety is driven by chronic pressure, perfectionism, and a nervous system stuck in overdrive using psychiatric care that quiets the mental noise, restores stress tolerance, and helps your body stand down again.
Postpartum Anxiety, Rage & Loss of Self
You may feel on edge all day, snap more easily than you recognize yourself, or lie awake replaying intrusive thoughts you don't want. You love your baby - and still feel irritable, disconnected, or alarmed by how intense everything feels.
I specialize in postpartum psychiatric care that treats anxiety, rage, intrusive thoughts, and identity disruption - with personalized medication management and nervous system support that helps you feel calmer, safer, and more like yourself again.
PMDD & Hormone-Related Mood Shifts
You may notice that certain weeks feel dramatically harder than others — disrupted sleep, low energy that doesn’t match how much you’re doing, brain fog or forgetfulness, and trouble focusing in ways that feel new or unsettling. Alongside that, your patience feels thinner, your anxiety louder, and your emotional reactions more intense than you expect. One part of the month you feel capable and steady; another, depleted, irritable, or unlike yourself — without a clear reason why.
I provide hormone-informed psychiatric care for PMDD, cycle-related mood symptoms, and perimenopausal transitions — helping stabilize mood, reduce reactivity, and restore emotional predictability across life stages.
