Jennifer Okwerekwu

Eight years of practice in adult psychiatry have shaped Jennifer Okwerekwu, MD into a clinician whose work sits at the intersection of reproductive science, integrative care, and social justice. Harvard-trained and fellowship-prepared at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, she also holds a Master of Science in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University — a combination that informs both how she listens and how she treats. Her scholarship and commentary have appeared in outlets including CNN and the Journal of the American Medical Association, and she has spoken for organizations such as the American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Okwerekwu works with women navigating anxiety, mood disorders, adjustment challenges, postpartum depression, and the hormonal turning points that run from the onset of menses through menopause — helping them move past daily coping toward genuine flourishing. Medication management and psychotherapy are offered together, shaped around each person’s full picture of health rather than symptoms alone.

A meaningful portion of her practice centers on women of color, whom she supports in accessing high-quality, culturally attuned psychiatric care within a system that too often fails them. She practices from a partnership model: one in which every patient leaves feeling acknowledged, informed, and genuinely heard.