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Zuleika Tavarez, NP, is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, and Midwife who has dedicated her career to supporting individuals across all reproductive life stages. She has a passion for empowering women and an understanding that women’s reproductive experiences require unique support. For the past five years, she has provided obstetric and gynecologic care as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. Recognizing a significant gap in psychiatric care that truly understood the psychological impact of reproductive experiences, she earned her Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree. She completed her clinical training at Brooklyn Parent Support and went on to complete specialized training in reproductive psychiatry through Postpartum Support International. Zuleika prioritizes holistic, collaborative care rooted in self-exploration and empowerment. While she believes medication management can be essential, she sees it as just one part of a broader healing process.

Elizabeth Werner, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She serves as the Director of Clinical Intervention Research in the Perinatal Pathways Lab. Dr. Werner is the co-developer of PREPP, a clinical intervention that aims to prevent postpartum depression, and the director of the PREPP training and certification program. She serves as the Associate Director of Women’s Mental Health @Ob/Gyn, through which she provides clinical care. Dr. Werner specializes in the treatment of mood disorders and stress management, particularly working with people during the perinatal period, during struggles with fertility, and during assisted reproduction interventions. Dr. Werner is a co-investigator on several projects funded by the NIH, and has published papers on a variety of topics in the fields of perinatal psychiatry and developmental psychobiology. She was selected as a NIH CHIPS fellow (Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services) and as a New York State Office of Mental Health Policy Scholar.New PatientsPlease note, at this time, Dr. Werner is only accepting new patients referred by providers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.