Amanda Hahn, APRN

About Me

I knew I was passionate about pregnancy from a young age. I was a bit of a nerd in high school and would go to the library to check out every book I could find about pregnancy, which gave my mom a small heart attack when she found them in my closet and had to ask, “Mandy, is there something you need to tell me?”

After working in Labor and Delivery as a nurse, I quickly became disappointed by some of the care I witnessed. I went back to school at the University of Illinois at Chicago and began working as a Certified Nurse Midwife in Rockford, Illinois in 2012.

During my years as a midwife, I kept seeing how often patients’ mental health was ignored, minimized, or treated as separate from the rest of their care. I also saw how much of a difference it made for the whole family when mental health was actually addressed. That gap in support eventually led me back to school, and in 2020, I became a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner so I could bring my experience in both midwifery and psychiatry together.

I also bring personal experience to this work. I had postpartum anxiety that wasn’t diagnosed until six months postpartum and wasn’t treated until a year, because from the outside it looked like I was “doing it all,” even though I was struggling internally. I was also diagnosed with ADHD a few years postpartum, which helped me better understand years of mom guilt, last-minute Halloween costumes, birthday presents bought on the way to the party, and “still pretty clean” shirts pulled from the laundry. The mom guilt is still there sometimes, but now there’s a lot more grace.

I founded Dahlia Center because I wanted to create the kind of care I knew so many people needed: collaborative, validating, trauma-informed, and centered on the whole person. My approach is patient-centered and grounded in shared decision-making, with treatment options that may include natural and holistic interventions alongside medication when appropriate.

With specialized training in perinatal mental health and a fellowship in reproductive and integrative psychiatry, I support patients through pregnancy, postpartum, reproductive transitions, hormonal changes, and the many ways mental health connects with the body and real life.

When I’m not working, I’m usually with my supportive husband and spirited 7-year-old on our farmette. Our little homestead includes a horse, miniature donkey, lambs, ducks, chickens, two dogs, and two cats, so there is rarely a dull moment.