PERINATAL & POSTPARTUM THERAPY IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA

Motherhood doesn’t have to mean doing it all alone.

Therapy rooted in connection, compassion, and space for the full experience of motherhood.

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Who is supporting you through this chapter?

As a therapist and a mom of two, I bring both clinical experience and a personal appreciation for how much motherhood can ask of you. I also know that your experience is your own. Our work begins with understanding what this chapter has been like for you.

Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum can change your routines, relationships, body, and sense of identity. Alongside the practical demands, there may be feelings and expectations you have had little room to explore.

Your experience may also include fertility treatments, reproductive challenges, pregnancy or infant loss, difficult feeding experiences, or birth trauma. Whatever your path looks like, there is space here to talk about it.

Together, we can explore what is changing, make room for your needs, and support your connection to yourself and the people who matter to you.

What is perinatal and postpartum therapy?

Perinatal and postpartum therapy focuses on your emotional well-being during pregnancy and after birth. It offers space to explore worries, mood changes, relationship strain, and the adjustment to becoming a parent.

You may be preparing for a baby, navigating the early postpartum months, or finding that the emotional changes of motherhood continue as your child grows. You may also need room to process loss or a reproductive experience that unfolded differently from what you hoped.
We begin with what you are experiencing now. You do not need a diagnosis or a clear explanation of your feelings before reaching out.

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You can love your life and still feel overwhelmed by it.

  • Persistent worry about your baby or your health

  • Sadness, numbness, irritability, or guilt

  • Intrusive or unwanted thoughts

  • Frequent checking or reassurance-seeking

  • Difficulty resting when you have the opportunity

  • Distress connected to pregnancy or birth

  • Reproductive trauma or loss

  • Difficulty feeling connected to your baby

  • Pressure to feel grateful or happy

  • Changes in your identity or sense of self

  • Conflict or loneliness within your relationship

  • Earlier trauma or family patterns resurfacing

  • Pressure to parent perfectly

  • Feeling that your own needs always come last

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How therapy can support you through motherhood

Pregnancy & Reproductive Experiences

Space to navigate fertility treatments, pregnancy, complications, reproductive challenges, and loss. Together, we can explore uncertainty, changing expectations, and the emotions surrounding your path to parenthood.

Anxiety & OCD-Related Symptoms

Support for persistent worry, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, and repeated checking or reassurance-seeking. We can discuss these experiences openly and consider an approach suited to your symptoms and needs.

Postpartum Mental Health

Support for overwhelm, guilt, emotional changes, and difficulty feeling like yourself after birth. We can make room for your needs as you adjust to caring for your baby and changes in daily life.

Birth & Reproductive Trauma

A compassionate space to process distressing pregnancy, birth, fertility, postpartum, or loss experiences. We can explore how what happened continues to affect your emotions, relationships, and sense of safety.

Depression-Related Symptoms

Space to talk about sadness, isolation, low motivation, or feeling disconnected from experiences you expected to enjoy. We can explore how you are feeling, what daily life has become, and where additional support may be needed.

Identity & Relationships

Space to explore who you are becoming, what you miss, and what you want to carry forward. We can consider changes in your partnership, family expectations, boundaries, and your connection to yourself.

My Approach

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My Approach 〰️

  • CBT explores the connections between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. We can look at patterns such as self-criticism, anticipating the worst, or feeling that you must do everything correctly, then practice more flexible ways of responding.

  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy focuses on relationships, changing roles, grief, and sources of support. We can explore how becoming a parent has affected your connections and what might help you feel more understood and supported.

  • When appropriate, we may use CBT and exposure-based approaches to address avoidance, checking, or repeated reassurance-seeking. We will discuss what the work involves and how it fits your particular experience.

  • When a pregnancy, birth, or reproductive experience continues to feel distressing, trauma-focused work may be part of our approach. We can discuss ways to process the experience while considering your readiness, current needs, and support.

  • These perspectives help us explore identity, relationship patterns, expectations of motherhood, and earlier experiences this transition may have brought to the surface.

    There is room to consider your relationship with yourself, your baby, your partner, and your family.

  • No. You can seek support for adjustment, relationship changes, uncertainty, grief, or simply feeling unlike yourself. You do not need a diagnosis before reaching out.

  • Yes. We can explore worries about pregnancy or birth, changing relationships, expectations of parenthood, and emotional preparation for the transition ahead.

  • You can love your baby and need support. Therapy offers space to talk honestly about the full experience without having to make your feelings sound more positive or easier than they are.

  • Yes. I offer in-person therapy in Sarasota and virtual therapy for women located throughout Florida. We can discuss which setting fits your needs during the consultation.

FAQs

  • Yes. You can bring up unwanted thoughts and any concerns about what they mean. We can discuss them carefully, understand their impact, and consider the support you need.

  • We can make space to explore what happened, what it has meant to you, and how it continues to affect your life. You do not need to share every detail at the beginning.

  • You are welcome to reach out. Identity changes, relationship concerns, and the emotional demands of motherhood can continue as children grow. We can discuss whether this service or Parenting Support best fits your needs.

You deserve support too, mama.

I offer a free 20-minute consultation so we can get to know each other, talk about what you’re experiencing, and explore whether working together feels like the right fit.

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