Deanna Herrmann, LCSW-S, CCM, President 
Deanna Herrmann is a licensed clinical social worker with over a decade of post-graduate school experience in diverse healthcare settings and community mental health. Deanna’s expertise extends to crisis intervention, case management, and therapeutic support in various hospital settings, including Antepartum, Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She has previous Board and committee experience while working at the Mayo Clinic.
Currently, Deanna works as a NICU and Women’s Services social worker at a local hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. As a result of her own lived experience with postpartum anxiety, she is passionate about both providing and ensuring access to evidence-based care for pregnant and postpartum individuals. She is excited to be a part of the PSI-Texas Chapter to continue to promote education/awareness, advocate for change, and engage in her community.
Beth Bishop, Vice President
Beth has supported thousands of families in a perinatal hospital setting. These clients faced perinatal mood or thought disorders, traumatic births, reproductive challenges, pregnancy and infant losses, and/or medical complications, including NICU stays. Beth co-founded a council for racial and health equity in a local hospital, which spearheaded training, collaboration, and a focus on equitable excellence for both patients and staff.
Over decades, she has facilitated connection and growth plans for individuals, focusing on child development, identifying attachment and safety barriers, and mitigating trauma’s impact. Beth firmly believes in the preciousness of every individual and values support to help individuals thrive. Beth loves yoga and hiking and nature photography. She won’t turn down a good slice of pizza.
Sarabeth Haddad, CLC/Peer Support Chair
Sarabeth is a Perinatal Mental Health-Certified therapist at a group practice in Houston. She provides therapy services to children, adolescents, families, and women in the perinatal period.
Camille Goulding, Treasurer
Camille Goulding has over 10 years of experience working in the non-profit sector and is passionate about supporting families and communities through advocacy, education, and fundraising, particularly in South Texas. She brings her talent for organization, scheduling, and coordination to her various roles within the mental health and community support landscape. Originally from Arizona, Camille now resides in South Texas with her husband and four children. Leveraging her experience in donor relations and development at the Phoenix Art Museum, she has successfully organized and prioritized non-profit events and fundraisers. Camille currently serves on the board of directors for Postpartum Support International – Texas Chapter as Treasurer and Chair of the Fundraising Committee, Assistant Director of Willow Wish (Phoenix, AZ), and PTO President at her local elementary school. She is deeply committed to improving mental health resources and fostering strong community connections in Texas.
Lily Alaniz, Fundraising Chair
Lilly is a licensed clinical social work supervisor in Texas serving the bilingual/bicultural population. Lilly is a certified EMDR consultant specializing in working with clients in the postpartum/perinatal space and children with high anxiety. Through her practice, Lilly also offers classes focused on attachment and attunement. These classes support adults in their parenting journey. Through this work, Lilly has recently begun working on building Salud y Amor, a future non-profit focused on providing a peaceful therapeutic space in which families can grow holistically in their parenting and childhood journeys. Lilly and her family live in San Antonio, TX. They enjoy various sporting events on the weekends, hanging out with family/friends and exploring the world through travel.
Denise Casstro LPC-S, PMH-C, Volunteer Coordinator
Denise is a licensed therapist at Heights Family Counseling in San Antonio, Texas. Denise graduated with a BA in Psychology and MS in Counseling Psychology from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. Her areas of focus include working with individuals who are experiencing anxiety, relationship challenges, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Denise has received training from Postpartum Support International for perinatal courses and training and is honored to serve on the PSI TX Chapter board.
Jigyna Patel
Jigyna started volunteering with Postpartum Support International (PSI) in 2021 and holds several different volunteer roles such as Houston & South Asian support coordinator, a peer in the peer mentor program and a support group leader for parents of multiples. And recently she joined the Postpartum Psychosis Taskforce within PSI and is also sharing her story through digital platforms such as The Moth and Storycenter. Jigyna has also been a speaker at the annual PSI conference in 2023 and 2024 on her lived experience with postpartum psychosis.
Her perinatal story includes many different layers: the cultural stigma South Asians mom feel, the struggles of having a surprise twin pregnancy, being undiagnosed with postpartum psychosis, and having fertility issues while having PCOS. After her severe experience with 3 different perinatal mental health disorders (PPD, PPA and PP), it has become her passion to spread awareness and knowledge of maternal mental health to any woman in need. Jigyna has a degree from the University of Houston with a bachelors in Communications. Jigyna’s career background is in Public Relations and Event Planning. She is currently starting a new career as a new parent support group facilitator and support group coach for a various organizations.
Dr. Neha Kansara, M.D.
Dr. Neha Kansara is a double board-certified Psychiatrist currently practicing at Amen clinics in Dallas. She specializes in Perinatal, Infant, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry. After her successful completion of medical school in India, she moved to the United States to gather experience in the field of Psychiatry, which she is so passionate about. She also carries an in-depth research background from SUNY Upstate in New York, Duke University in Durham, and also served the Veterans Affairs hospital in Washington D.C. where her devotedness for trauma and PTSD stems from. Her journey continued to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, in Jackson, MS where she completed her Adult Psychiatry Residency. She was top of her residency program for the in-service examination called PRITE. She continued to travel and arrived in New Orleans, where she endured her love for the pediatric age group and dedicated 2 years to studying infant, child, and adolescent Psychiatry at LSU (Louisiana State University).
Having successfully completed training in both Adult and Infant, Child, Adolescent Psychiatry, she also has a profound affinity towards treating conditions during the Prenatal/pregnancy/postpartum period, aka PMAD’s (post-partum maternal anxiety and depression). A few other conditions she specializes in and has an immense interest in are – Developmental disorders of Infancy, Autism, ADHD, Trauma-PTSD, Transgender, OCD, Eating disorders, and other common psychiatric conditions such as mood and anxiety disorders catering to both the pediatric and adult populations. She is also certified in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for resistant depression and trained in Deep Brain Stimulation, (DBS).
Treating an individual as a whole is her approach to mental health. A complete Bio-psycho-social and holistic approach is the model she follows with her patient care. She truly believes, “Your brain health is in your hands and a sound mind is a sound soul that has the capacity to create a sound body.”
