Laura Chalk(She/Her/Hers)

Laura Chalk is a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist in Providence, RI with a specialization in women's mental health. She provides talk therapy and medication management for adults and parents navigating postpartum challenges, sexual health, attachment challenges, anxiety, and depression. Laura is is an expert in working with women and their families during pregnancy and postpartum, bringing over 15 years of experience in midwifery and clinical work at Women & Infants Hospital to private practice. She has a special interest in birth trauma, perinatal loss, and depression and anxiety in the pregnancy and postpartum period.

Laura primarily takes a psychodynamic approach grounded in attachment theory and incorporates other evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) in order to help clients understand underlying self-beliefs while also providing immediate symptom relief. Laura provides psychiatric medication management as needed, prescribing conservatively and where indicated.

Laura received her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania in Nurse-Midwifery and her BA from Tufts University. She obtained a post-master's degree as a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist from URI. She is dedicated to creating an open and safe environment where no topic is off limits and enjoys ushering clients through vulnerable times with more confidence and resiliency.