Begin where you are
Explore the path that fits
How Care Works
MoonPhase offers several pathways for women seeking thoughtful, menopause-informed support across mental health, health education, whole-person wellbeing, and meaningful life transitions.
Care and education are shaped around the broader pattern—mood, sleep, cognition, reproductive stage, physical health, medication response, lifestyle, relationships, and the circumstances in which change emerged.
Depending on what you are seeking, your next step may include psychiatric evaluation and ongoing care, menopause mapping and education, whole-health wellness education, or a nonclinical rite-of-passage experience.
Menopause-informed care at MoonPhase recognizes that midlife and reproductive transitions may affect far more than hormones alone. Mood, sleep, cognition, stress physiology, sexual health, physical wellbeing, medication response, and identity can intersect—and different women may need different forms of support.
What Women Often Say
“Something has changed, and I’m not sure whether it’s mental health, hormonal, medical, walking thru a threshold, or all of the above.”
“I want to understand what’s driving this, not just manage symptoms.”
“I’m tired of being handed a checklist that doesn’t explain anything.”
“I know I’m facing a transition, but I need help making sense of the patterns, questions, and options.”
“I want to be heard, I want to understand what is happening across my health-not just one symptom.”
“ I want the option to mark what is changing.”
MoonPhase begins by mapping the pattern—what has changed, when it changed, and what may be shaping the shift—so your next step is guided by your goals, context, and the pathway of support that fits best.
How Care at MoonPhase Works
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All new inquiries begin with submitting the Consultation Request Form.
The form helps clarify what you are seeking, your current concerns, and whether a menopause-informed clinical consultation or initial psychiatric evaluation may be the most appropriate next step.
It also helps determine whether MoonPhase can provide the level and scope of care you need.
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After your request is reviewed, you will receive a response outlining the most appropriate next step.
When a discovery call is appropriate, a complimentary 30-minute, nonclinical conversation offers space to clarify your questions, learn more about the practice, and determine whether a menopause-informed clinical consultation or initial psychiatric evaluation may be the best fit.
The discovery call is not a psychiatric evaluation, therapy session, diagnosis, medication consultation, or treatment recommendation.
The discovery call does not establish a provider-patient relationship or substitute for medical care.
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The Path That Fits
After your consultation request is reviewed, one of two clinical pathways may be recommended.
1. Menopause-Informed Clinical Consultation
A one-time clinical consultation may be appropriate when your primary goals are education, symptom clarification, medication or supplement review, preparation for a menopause appointment, or guidance about what to investigate next.
This pathway does not assume that you have a psychiatric disorder or need psychiatric medication. The consultation concludes with an individualized clinical formulation, written recommendations, and referral guidance when appropriate.
2. Initial Psychiatric Evaluation
A comprehensive psychiatric evaluation may be appropriate when symptoms are persistent, distressing, affecting daily functioning, or when you are seeking psychiatric diagnosis, medication treatment, or ongoing care.
The 75-minute evaluation considers your current concerns, psychiatric and medical history, medications and supplements, sleep, mood, cognition, stress, hormonal context, and goals for care.
Together, we identify patterns, clarify priorities, and determine whether ongoing treatment with MoonPhase is clinically appropriate and aligned with what you are seeking.
When ongoing care is mutually agreed upon, treatment may include medication strategy, therapy-informed support, integrative psychiatric recommendations, supplement or laboratory considerations, lifestyle-informed planning, and coordination with other members of your healthcare team.
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Consultation Follow-Up or Ongoing Care
A menopause-informed clinical consultation may be complete after the initial appointment and written recommendations.
An optional follow-up may be scheduled when additional review, clarification, or reassessment would be useful.
Ongoing psychiatric care is not required simply because you completed a menopause-informed consultation.
When psychiatric treatment is clinically appropriate and mutually agreed upon, follow-up visits provide continuity, adjustment, and space for deeper clinical work over time.
Care may include:
Psychiatric medication strategy when appropriate
Supportive or CBT-informed therapeutic work
Symptom and pattern tracking
Integrative psychiatric recommendations
Medication and supplement interaction review
Education regarding hormonal and neurobiological change
Coordination with other members of your healthcare team
When clinically indicated, care may also consider sleep, nutrition, lifestyle patterns, metabolic factors, targeted laboratory assessment, genetic testing, and selected mind–body supports that may influence mood, cognition, energy, desire, and stress response.
The treatment plan is revisited over time so that care remains aligned with your biology, goals, preferences, functioning, and current season of life.
Additional clinical assessments may be incorporated when indicated to clarify symptoms, monitor progress, or guide treatment decisions.
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MoonPhase is a self-pay practice and does not bill insurance directly.
Payment is due at the time of service.
Superbills may be provided for eligible clinical services upon request,
Client reimbursement is not guaranteed and depends on your insurance plan.
Please consider monitoring your insurance coverage and benefits closely if accessing the women’s mental health pathway
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Working With MoonPhase Wellness
Menopause-Informed Psychiatric Care & Education for Women in Midlife
Women’s mental health does not stop at state lines. Many women have questions about mood changes, anxiety, sleep disruption, cognitive concerns, libido, hormonal transitions, and the complex relationship between brain health and hormonal change.
MoonPhase Wellness offers two pathways depending on where you are located.
Women’s Mental Health Care Initial Evaluation & Ongoing Care
Massachusetts
MoonPhase Wellness provides psychiatric evaluation and ongoing treatment for women who are physically located in Massachusetts at the time of care.
Services may include:
• Comprehensive psychiatric assessment
• Menopause-informed evaluation of mood, anxiety, sleep, cognition, and sexual health concerns
• Medication management when appropriate
• Supportive and CBT-informed therapeutic interventions
• Integrative psychiatric recommendations, including lifestyle, nutrition, and supplement review
• Coordination with primary care, gynecology, therapy, and other healthcare professionals, or referral when clinically appropriateMoonPhase Wellness is a self-pay outpatient psychiatric private practice serving adults in Massachusetts through telehealth and limited in-person options when available.
Education & Professional Guidance
Available Outside Massachusetts
Women and clinicians outside Massachusetts may access MoonPhase through educational offerings, professional education, and The MoonPhase Letter.
Educational consultation may focus on women’s mental health, women’s whole health and education, menopause-informed education, and questions to discuss with your local healthcare team.
Educational guidance may include:
• Understanding common mental health changes during perimenopause and menopause
• Preparing questions for your local healthcare clinicians
• Learning about evidence-informed treatment considerations
• Discussing current research in women’s mental health and menopause
• Identifying possible resources, referrals, or specialty areas to explore locally
• Professional education for clinicians interested in menopause-informed psychiatric careEducational consultations do not establish a patient-provider relationship and do not include diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, or individualized medical decision-making.
Why Women Seek MoonPhase
Many women arrive after being told their symptoms are “just stress,” “aging,” “burnout,” or something they should learn to tolerate.
MoonPhase approaches these concerns differently.
The focus is not on reducing women to hormones, nor on separating mental health from physiology. Instead, MoonPhase looks at the patterns that can emerge when changing hormonal signaling intersects with sleep, stress physiology, neurotransmitters, metabolism, relationships, identity, and life stage.
The goal is clarity, education, thoughtful assessment, and individualized care that respects the complexity of women’s experiences.
Wherever you live, you are warmly invited to be part of the MoonPhase community through The MoonPhase Letter, a weekly publication exploring the science, psychology, and lived experience of midlife, menopause, and women’s mental health.
The MoonPhase Letter is educational only. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or establish a clinical relationship.
MoonPhase Wellness is both a Massachusetts private outpatient psychiatric practice and an educational resource for women and professionals navigating women’s health and wellness in midlife.
If this approach feels aligned, the next step is to request a consultation.
All prospective clients begin by submitting the Consultation Request form
before scheduling and initial appointment
Intake Questionnaires, Policies and Consent Documents are reviewed and signed prior to the initial visit; key points are confirmed at the start of our first session.
Submission does not establish a provider–patient relationship.
