Christine Archer

You’re still showing up for everyone, but you haven’t been feeling like yourself. Maybe anxiety, irritability, sadness, brain fog, or sleepless nights are making everyday life harder. Maybe these changes began around your period, pregnancy, postpartum, or perimenopause, and you’re wondering how it all connects.

I’m Christine Archer, a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and founder of Still Her Psychiatry. I provide psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and psychotherapy for women through telehealth in Maryland, New York, and Washington State. My primary focus is reproductive mental health, including perimenopause and menopause, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and pregnancy and postpartum.

My nursing background includes more than 20 years working with women in maternal and obstetric care. I bring that experience, advanced perinatal mental health training, and a personal understanding of life’s transitions to our conversations. I also care for women experiencing ADHD, depression, and anxiety, including athletes and high performers experiencing anxiety, burnout, or pressure to perform.

You don’t need to have the right words before reaching out. There’s room for your whole story here.

Your care is a collaboration. I begin by listening, then help you understand your options so we can make decisions together.

We’ll consider your symptoms, health history, sleep, reproductive changes, daily habits, and the experiences shaping how you feel. My approach may include medication management, psychotherapy, practical strategies, or a combination. I draw on CBT, EMDR when appropriate, and supportive therapy. Medication is one option we can discuss, with attention to your preferences, potential benefits, and risks.

When appropriate, I also evaluate, prescribe, and manage menopausal hormone therapy. We’ll discuss how this may fit into your overall care and whether coordination with another clinician would be helpful.

If you already have a therapist, I can provide psychiatric care alongside that relationship. With your permission, I welcome collaboration with your other providers. Faith-based support is available if you would like it, and care is offered in English and Haitian Creole.

Your first appointment is a 60-minute psychiatric evaluation with time to talk about what brought you here. You don’t need to arrive with a diagnosis or a treatment plan.

We’ll explore your current concerns, mental and physical health history, medications, previous treatment, and what you hope will change. When relevant, we’ll look at whether symptoms follow a pattern around your menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum, or menopause.

I’ll explain my initial impressions and recommendations, answer your questions, and discuss next steps with you. Sometimes we’ll need more information or additional assessment before deciding on a treatment. Follow-up visits give us time to review what is helping and adjust your care together.

If this sounds like the care you’re looking for, choose an available appointment on this page. You can also add your insurance to review your benefits and estimated session cost before booking.