If you are in crisis, please call 988 or 1-800-944-4773

You are not alone. Help is here.

Whether you are pregnant, postpartum, grieving a pregnancy or infant loss, or carrying something you haven't been able to name yet — there is a person on the other end of this page who will listen. All of our support is free, confidential, and offered in English or Spanish.

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If you need help right now

Three numbers that pick up.

If you are thinking about ending your life, or you are afraid of what you might do next, please use one of these lines first. They are staffed by trained people who understand what you are carrying.

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Call or text 988 — Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

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PSI Helpline — 1-800-944-4773 for parents and families.

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Kassy's Kause direct — 505-603-2988, Monday through Friday.

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Other lines that may help: Maternal Mental Health Hotline 1-833-943-5746 · Postpartum Depression 800-773-6667 · New Mexico Crisis Line 855-662-7474 · Haven Behavioral Helpline 505-254-4502.

Sharing Hope support groups

A small room of people who understand.

Both groups are free, peer-led, and offered in English and Spanish. They are not a substitute for clinical care — they are a place to be heard by someone who has been where you are.

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Sharing Hope Virtual Support Group

Capped at nine participants so the room stays safe. Weekly, virtual, and open to anyone navigating pregnancy or postpartum mental health — wherever you are in New Mexico.

About the virtual group
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Sharing Hope In-Person Support Group

A free weekly Pregnancy & Infant Loss support group held in person. For mothers, partners, and family members carrying a recent or long-held loss.

About the in-person group
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Intake & two-week follow-up

Before a group, we sit with you for an intake conversation. Two weeks after, we check back in. No paperwork, no cost — just a person who remembered.

Request an intake

Therapy & counseling in New Mexico

Clinicians who know this terrain.

A peer group can hold you. A trained therapist can help you do the deeper work. These are New Mexico–based practitioners and partner organizations our community has worked with.

Nicole Holcomb, LCSW, IMH-E

Clinical Social Work / Therapist. Infant mental health endorsed.

(505) 657-9124

Hope Forward Therapy

2521 San Pedro Dr NE Suite F, Albuquerque, NM 87110.

505-633-4107

Seeds of Joy Psychiatry

Integrative reproductive psychiatry with evidence-based and complementary care. 120 Aliso Dr SE, Albuquerque.

505-405-8026 · tamara@seedsofjoypsychiatry.com

Mountain Crest Counseling

Counseling in perinatal mental health & wellness.

505-600-1483

UNM Women's & Prenatal Clinic

Support, testing, care, and triage for pregnant and postpartum women. Institutional partner of Kassy's Kause.

505-272-6130

G.R.A.C.E. at Lovelace

Respect and compassion for expecting mothers and families navigating substance use or dependency.

505-345-6289

NM Art Therapy Association

Continuing education, training, and workshops advancing art therapy across New Mexico.

505-577-2469 · nmarttherapy@hotmail.com

Kasey Best, MC, LAMFT, CCP

Counseling for individuals, families, employers, and health care providers. After-hours on-call clinician 505-280-5860.

505-294-3900

Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support

National Share, 1600 Heritage Landing Ste 109, Saint Peters, MO. nationalshare.org.

1-800-821-6819

If you are unsure who to call first, dial Kassy's Kause at 505-603-2988 and we will help you find the right next step. We are not a clinical replacement — we walk alongside you while you find the care you need.

More resources across New Mexico

Where to turn for what you need next.

Beyond crisis lines and therapy, these are home-visiting programs, birthing services, and community organizations our families lean on most often. All have been vetted by our community.

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Home-visiting programs

Growing Up New Mexico — 505-982-2002 · Spanish spoken.
Nurse-Family Partnership — 505-272-2271.
UNM Early Childhood Visiting — 505-924-7899.
NAPPR Head Start — 505-345-6289.
Many Mothers — 505-983-5984.

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Birthing & doula services

Lovelace Labor of Love — 505-727-8000.
Dar a Luz Birth & Health Center — 505-924-2229.
High Desert Midwifery — 505-450-2222.
Inspired Birth and Families — 505-232-2772.
New Life Birth Services — 505-506-4340.

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Pregnancy & family support

Care Net Pregnancy Center of Rio Rancho — 505-896-2305.
Origins Pregnancy Care Center — 505-506-4340.
YDI Pregnant Women's Programs — 505-212-7239.
St. Joseph's Children — 505-924-8000.
Alongside Ministries — 505-750-7871.

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Lactation & postpartum care

La Leche League of Albuquerque — 505-821-2511.
3B Yoga (prenatal & postpartum) — 505-717-8620.
Families First — 877-842-4152.
By Your Side Home Care — byyoursidehomecarenm.com.

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Mental health beyond perinatal

NAMI New Mexico — nami.org.
Centro Sávila — bilingual community mental health.
Umoja Health & Wellness, Deona Foust LMSW — 505-916-2109.
Scarlett A. Thompson, LMHC, Clovis — 575-208-4003.

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Outside the Albuquerque metro

Horizon Services Counseling, Las Cruces — 575-613-1335.
Post Partum Support Group Las Cruces — 575-621-7520.
Rita Narr, Narr Cortez Counseling — 575-218-5738.
Rebecca Morrison Gleed, LMFT, PMH-C, Las Cruces — 703-638-9289.

This is a working list maintained by our community. If a number has changed, or you'd like a referral we haven't published, call us at 505-603-2988 and we'll connect you directly.

What are PMADs?

When something doesn't feel right.

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders — PMADs — include depression, anxiety, OCD, and postpartum psychosis. They can begin during pregnancy or in the year after birth. They are caused by a combination of biological, psychological, and social stressors, including lack of support. They are common, they are treatable, and you did not cause them.

You Are Not Alone.

Women are not commonly screened or treated on time. When left untreated, these illnesses can have devastating consequences. Please contact your provider.
— Kassy's Kause
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Postpartum depression

Persistent sadness or numbness; trouble bonding with your baby; loss of interest in things that used to matter; sleep that doesn't restore; intrusive thoughts of being a bad mother; thoughts of harming yourself.

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Postpartum anxiety & OCD

Racing thoughts you can't stop; constant checking on the baby; chest tightness or panic; intrusive, scary images you would never act on; rituals that feel like the only way to keep your baby safe.

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Postpartum psychosis — call now

Hearing or seeing things others don't; beliefs that aren't grounded in reality; severe confusion; suspicion of those around you. This is a medical emergency. Call 988, or go to an ER. We will help you find your footing after.

Free.
Confidential.
In English or Spanish.

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