The heart of what I do

Perinatal mental health is the core of my practice. It covers the full spectrum of experiences surrounding pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood — from pregnancy anxiety and depression, fertility challenges, and perinatal loss, to birth trauma, NICU stays, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and the profound identity shift that comes with becoming a parent. If you're navigating any of this, from conception through your child's first three years, you're in the right place.

CPP is designed for young children, including infants, and the adults who care for them. When something difficult has happened (a traumatic birth, a NICU stay, a loss, exposure to domestic violence, or a parent's own struggles with depression or anxiety), it can affect the bond between parent and child. CPP works with the whole family system to help heal and strengthen that connection. Sessions often involve watching, playing, and narrating what I observe — because even before your baby has words, there's meaningful communication worth supporting. I find this work deeply rewarding because it's always collaborative, and it can begin as early as infancy.

Healing from Difficult Experiences

Trauma-focused therapy centers on healing from experiences that have left a lasting impact — whether that's a difficult birth, a medical trauma, a loss, or something else entirely. Rather than working around what happened, we move toward it thoughtfully and at your pace. The aim isn't just to manage symptoms, but to support genuine healing so that the past has less power over the present.

Healing through connection

We are shaped by our earliest relationships. We heal through relationships, too. Relational and attachment therapy focuses on how your history shows up in how you connect with others today: your partner, your children, and even the relationship between us in the therapy room. I think a lot about how early experiences influence the way my clients relate to the people closest to them, and we work on that directly. This is especially meaningful work for new parents navigating their own attachment histories alongside their babies.

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing

EMDR is a well-researched therapy that helps your brain finish processing experiences it got stuck on. When something overwhelming happens, the brain doesn't always fully process it, and that unfinished processing can keep showing up in your life long after the event itself. EMDR uses guided eye movements to help your brain get unstuck and move forward. I use it frequently with clients who've experienced birth trauma or other difficult birth experiences, and it can create real, lasting relief.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT is one of the most extensively researched approaches in therapy. The core principle is that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected — and that when you learn to notice and shift unhelpful thought patterns, real change follows. It's practical and structured, and it gives you concrete tools you can use outside of sessions, not just in them. I draw on CBT frequently when working with anxiety and depression.

Exploring the Roots

Psychodynamic therapy is deeper, more exploratory work. It focuses on how early relationships and unconscious patterns show up in your life today — in how you relate to others, navigate conflict, and find yourself in familiar situations you can't quite explain. It's less structured than CBT, but it gets to the roots of what's driving things. If you keep finding yourself in the same patterns or relationships and aren't sure why, this approach is often where the real answers are.

Present Moment Awareness

Mindfulness is the practice of turning toward what's happening in your body, your thoughts, and your feelings, with openness rather than resistance. It's a powerful complement to therapy, particularly for anxiety, because it helps shift you from reaction to response. I often weave mindfulness into our work together as a way of building body awareness and presence.