Dr. Katrina Carrera

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Dr. Katrina Carrera

Dr. Katrina’s focus is treating individuals in emerging, early, and middle adulthood, as well as parents through all perinatal and parenthood stages.

🧠 Holistic Perinatal Psychologist

🌱 Perinatal Mental Health Certified

🗝️ Trauma Cycle Breaker

🤍 Conscious Parent

🪷 Founder & Director Lotus Perinatal

🇺🇸 PSYPACT Telehealth Provider

🔗 https://linktr.ee/lotus.perinatal Katrina (Macias) Carrera, Psy.D., PMH-C
Director of Lotus Mental Health Group
Licensed Psychologist (FL , PSYPACT APIT #15682)
Certified Perinatal Mental Health Specialist (PSI11147)
Language: English

Dr. Katrina is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Specialist providing teletherapy to individuals and parents located in any PSYPACT state: https://psypact.org/mpage/psypactmap. As a clinician from a multi-cultural background with over a decade of diverse behavioral and mental health experience, Dr. Katrina is equipped to serve a variety of populations with care to each patient’s individual values, culture, and faith or worldview. She is passionate about helping others along their mental health and personal growth journeys, as she knows the life-changing power of therapy firsthand and truly “practices what she preaches.” As a wife and mother, she also knows how crucial mental health support is throughout these role transitions. She takes a collaborative approach to create a highly personalized treatment plan for each patient to achieve their unique goals, incorporating evidence-based therapies as well as resources that contribute to wellness in other areas of life that ultimately impact overall mental wellness. She utilizes a trauma-informed, holistic/whole-person approach to treat adults in need of support with:

- Overcoming unhealthy family cycles
- Perinatal mood issues
- Entering parenthood / parenting challenges
- Healing from trauma
- Relationships and communication
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Self-esteem and identity formation issues
- LGBTQA-related difficulties
- Life changes and adjustment problems

Throughout the course of therapy, Dr. Katrina’s patients come to better understand their emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal patterns and learn skills to better cope with, navigate, and overcome barriers to greater peace and fulfillment in their life. Contact Lotus Mental Health Group today (info@lotusmhg.com / 561-20-LOTUS) and request a complimentary video consultation with Dr. Katrina to see if she is the right fit for your mental health goals!

11/19/2025

Some postpartum parents have a built-in village... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥.

Parenting challenges you to be more intentional in seeking your own support so that you can be a sturdy support for your children. If you don't have a built-in village, continue to seek out the version that's uniquely yours until you feel truly supported. 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 🤍

11/16/2025

𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 for postpartum parents is the most valuable gift you can give a growing family and newborn because it means that baby's parent can preserve more time and energy for being with and bonding with their baby — and that's 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 what babies need.

Of course, there will be times when postpartum parents can be supported by you offering to hold their baby so they can do something for themselves. However, more often than not, offering to prepare a meal, do laundry, clean, or run errands will be the real game changer for their family.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴?

11/12/2025

Listen, don't get me wrong... I lovvve going down a Pinterest rabbit hole for nursery decor inspo. 🤩

However, with time and energy being limited in pregnancy, it's important to know what 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘮.

Did you know...
➡️ 1 in 3 parents report having a traumatic birth experience?
➡️ 2 out of 3 couples report decreased relationship satisfaction in the first three years of postpartum?

Childbirth and relationship education and preparation can 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 your likelihood of navigating birth and your postpartum relationship adjustment in a way that supports mental health and family connection. 💓

𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

11/09/2025

When birth is automatically approached as a managed emergency, we lose sight of what's actually happening — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 🤯

Did you know...
➡️ 1 in 3 parents report having a traumatic birth experience?
➡️ the most commonly reported traumatic aspect of their birth experience is poor care/communication?

There's space for birthworkers to hold reverence in all journeys through labor and birth: spontaneous or scheduled, at home or hospital, urgent or nonurgent, with or without complications.

𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹. 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱. ✨

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11/06/2025

Makes sense, though... right?

Postpartum mental health is protected when you have clarity about 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 and 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 infant and toddler needs — and these aren't so different from the needs of most adults!

Sleep deprivation is a very real postpartum struggle 🥵 and one of the major risk factors for postpartum mental health complications.

You will notice that the bombardment of (often unsolicited) parenting advice and promises by those selling "sleep training services" preys upon these vulnerabilities instead of keeping it real about what you and your baby truly need: scientifically accurate information so focus can shift to getting support for ✨ working with nature ✨ instead of against it.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮.

11/05/2025

If you're in Palm Beach County FL, go check out what my amazing midwife has created for families there! She's built an incredible legacy of love.

11/04/2025

MINDSET MATTERS. 🧠✨

While mindset work is not a fix-all, it is a powerful tool to add to your toolbox that supports postpartum recovery in all its forms: physical, mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual.

The beauty of positive reframing is that it can co-exist with the realities of life's most challenging moments — gratitude in the grief, glimmers in the darkness, and joy in the pain.

10/29/2025

Therapy is great and all - 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 - but there's a time and place for approaching our emotions cognitively. Emotions are also physiological experiences that need somatic or body-based outlets for processing and release.

Allowing your body to move in a way that feels 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰 (without goals for aesthetics or proper "dancing") is a great way to develop this mind-body tool for better self-attunement and emotional resilience.

If you're feeling some emotional weight that you're ready to get unstuck... get into a comfortable space, lower the lights if that helps you forget about what you "look like" while moving, and click play on this playlist with some of my favorite rhythms for 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. ❤️‍🔥

Link 🔗 in bio!

10/27/2025

Lovingly holding you accountable 🤍

[and we've got your back at every step of the way]

"𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶."

10/26/2025

You deserve to be surrounded by people who 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

Deep connections are essential for mental health — and vulnerable authenticity is essential for deep connection.

You have to 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 to attract what's 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

10/22/2025

And yet... one of the most effective ways to discover how to nurture and heal your inner child is through what you learn while nurturing the child in front of you. The next generation can guide us in ways beyond our comprehension if we remain humble and open to the process.

𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗮 ✊🏻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁!

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Plantation, FL

Telephone

+15612065887

Website

http://www.lotusperinatal.com/

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