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For overwhelmed, exhausted mommas navigating the journey to and through motherhood.

therapy for pregnancy and postpartum in denver & beyond

online trauma therapy for new & expecting moms in colorado and georgia

For overwhelmed, exhausted mommas navigating the journey to and through motherhood.

therapy for pregnancy and postpartum in denver & beyond

online trauma therapy for new & expecting moms in colorado and georgia

 “The most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing.” – Anne Lamott | “The most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing.” – Anne Lamott | “The most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing.” – Anne Lamott | “The most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing.” – Anne Lamott | “The most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing.” – Anne Lamott | “The most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing.” – Anne Lamott | “The most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing.” – Anne Lamott |

I specialize in addressing the various ways trauma can impact a woman’s mental health during preconception, pregnancy, and the postpartum period.

I would be honored to walk alongside you in your healing journey so you can find a renewed sense of identity as a mom and offer the best of yourself to your current and future children.

You have a history of trauma that is now impacting your sense of self as a parent (such as abuse, neglect, and other traumas in childhood or adolescence)

Your trauma occurred as part of your journey to becoming a parent (such as fertility challenges, pregnancy or infant loss, TFMR, and traumatic birth experiences)

You experienced something traumatic after your child was born that has shaken your confidence as a parent.... (such as NICU or PICU stays, serious illness or injury, or a global pandemic)

Whether...

You can feel better. Healing is possible.

With the right kind of help, you can feel more like yourself, gain confidence to take on the challenges of motherhood, and be able to truly enjoy parenting (most of the time).

How I Can Help

I specialize in treating trauma that occurs or resurfaces during the perinatal period, but I also work with women experiencing a variety of other challenges during the journey to and through motherhood.

Common experiences I work with include:

• Prenatal or Postpartum Anxiety or OCD
• Prenatal or Postpartum Depression
• High Risk Pregnancy
• Anxiety about Labor/Delivery
• NICU/PICU Stays
• Infertility
• Insomnia
• Balancing Motherhood and Work
• Setting Boundaries with Family • Pregnancy/Infant Loss
• TFMR
• Birth Trauma
• Childhood Abuse/Neglect
• Sexual Assault/Rape
• Infant Feeding/Sleep Challenges
• Body Image Negativity
• Identity Transformation
• Conflict with Partner 

Are you ready to feel like a renewed momma?

If you’re ready, then I am confident that together we can heal the root of your current struggles. Using IFS-Informed EMDR, I will help you to rewire the parts of your brain that are stuck - “overwriting” any negative emotional learnings and “reconsolidating” trauma memories - allowing you to experience transformational and lasting change.

From my 15+ years combined experience as a newborn care specialist and perinatal therapist, I walk you through the most effective self-management strategies you can use to cope with a variety of postpartum thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

For less than the cost of two sessions*, you’ll get access to the most important postpartum insights I offer my therapy clients - including 15 key conversations about emotional self-care and specific instruction in 14 different coping tools! 

This course includes lessons on:

  • Improving Your Inner Dialogue
  • Letting Go of “Mom Guilt”
  • Prioritizing Your Needs
  • Asking for Help
  • Distraction Tools
  • Emotion Regulation Tools
  • Relaxation/Self-Soothing Tools

Still not sure about therapy? 

*This course is NOT a replacement for therapy - it is designed to be a supplement to or a precursor for individual therapy and/or couples counseling.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Do you only work with moms?

Nope! While I do work primarily with moms or women who are preparing for parenthood or trying to conceive, I work with all adult women seeking healing and personal growth.

I am interested in therapy services but also have concerns about my baby or child’s sleep - can you help me with that too?

Definitely! If we’re working together in therapy and your child’s sleep is impacting your mental health, then it absolutely makes sense for that to be something we work on! Not only would we explore and process your thoughts and feelings about your/your child’s lack of sleep or struggle to develop a good routine or schedule - just like you would with any other therapist - we’ll also draw on my expertise as a sleep consultant to collaborate on a specific plan to help your child sleep better for both nights and naps.

If you’ve read about my sleep consulting services, you wouldn’t need to purchase one of my programs. We would simply discuss your concerns about your child’s sleep and your goals for sleep training, and then create a plan together for sleep training and how to support your mental health throughout that process - all during our therapy sessions. If needed, and if my schedule allows, we can also schedule multiple sessions in a week for a few weeks in order to help you make progress more quickly. I would still provide you with any guides/PDFs I’ve created that are relevant to your situation, and you would be able to email or text me between sessions with quick questions like all my therapy clients. The other key differences between working on sleep issues in therapy rather than as part of a sleep consulting program is that you would not have access to voice/message support via Voxer (it is not a HIPAA-compliant method of communication) or to the Facebook group for follow-up support (this form of social media engagement violates my code of ethics as a therapist). 

Do you prescribe medication?

No, I am not a medical doctor. However, I am able to help get you connected to a prescriber, help you prepare for your initial and subsequent appointments in terms of important information to share and what questions to ask, and I can offer guidance on what to expect with various types of medications.

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