Therapeutic Support For:
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Are you unsure if you want a baby? Do you want to explore the roots of your uncertainty in order to come to a decision that feels right to you?
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Are you pregnant and looking for support? Have your emotions felt out of control? Do you feel unprepared for birth, postpartum, or lactation? Do you want to be connected with a community of pregnant people?
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Have you given birth? Are you unsure of whether you have the Baby Blues or postpartum depression/anxiety? Has your lactation journey not gone as expected? Are you wondering where your “village” of support is?
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Have you had a recent pregnancy loss? Have you lost a child or been faced with a terminal diagnosis during pregnancy? Are you grieving following an infertility diagnosis? Are you seeking support individually or with your partner(s)?
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Did you have a birth experience that didn’t go as planned? Did you experience anxiety, fear, coercion, a near death experience, or a NICU admission? Would you like support in unpacking your traumatic experience?
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Do you have a toddler or infant you are struggling to parent or connect with? Would you like support in navigating the different phases and stages of parenting in alignment with your values?
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Not a problem. Many queer, trans, and non-binary people do not identify with the gendered term “mama.” I offer queer-centered perinatal services for fellow non-binary and trans birthing people.
*I also occasionally offer psychotherapy to non-parents who seek support with racial, gender, and sexual identity, grief, and processing trauma from childhood.
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Perinatal challenges occur across racial, ethnic, and gender identities. If you are a human in need of perinatal care, I warmly invite you to find healing, support, and yourself at The MaMA Space.
I’m honored to be in community with you.
I have always been a birthworker. I grew up roaming the halls of hospitals, shadowing my mother as she nursed children to health in pediatric intensive care units and brought new ones into the world on labor and delivery floors. When I was just three years old, I eagerly sat beside my mother in the delivery room as she gave birth to my baby brother. When my second brother was born by cesarean section two years later, I cried as nurses informed me that five-year-olds weren’t allowed in the operating room. I’ve since supported countless family and community members through birth and postpartum. It only made sense, then, to select perinatal mental health as a specialty when I began my career as a clinical psychologist. Whether in pregnancy or postpartum, in therapy or in group, I sincerely thank you for being as much a part of my journey as I am a part of yours.