Perinatal Counseling for Pregnanct and Postpartum

Perinatal Counseling: Support Through Pregnancy and Early Parenthood

Perinatal counseling provides emotional and mental health support during pregnancy, postpartum, and the early parenting years. It helps individuals and couples navigate the challenges, transitions, and emotions that come with fertility struggles, pregnancy, birth experiences, and adjusting to parenthood.

Whether you're experiencing anxiety, depression, birth trauma, grief, or relationship changes, perinatal counseling offers a safe space to process emotions, strengthen coping skills, and build confidence in your parenting journey. You don’t have to go through this alone—support is here.

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs)

Perinatal counseling is ideal for pregnant or new parents- both birth and adoptive- navigating the emotional challenges of this life-changing transition. 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men experience depression, anxiety or intrusive thoughts during the perinatal period. Our time together will be spent in one on one sessions, focusing on what’s causing distress in your daily life, helping you process emotions and build coping strategies, restoring your confidence in yourself and your role as a parent.

If you don’t feel like yourself, feel overwhelmed, or find yourself worrying excessively, you’re not alone. Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) can appear in different ways, including sadness, irritability, sleep disturbances, panic, or a sense of disconnection. These feelings are common, but they are not something you have to live with.

Preparing for Parenthood: A Guided Exploration

Preparing for Parenthood is ideal for those expecting a baby or considering parenthood, offering support as you navigate this life change. The program is organized to meet for four 1.5-hour sessions, providing guidance, connection, and preparation for the journey ahead.

Becoming a parent—whether you’re expecting or simply exploring the idea—brings emotional, relational, and lifestyle changes. This program creates space to reflect on your needs, hopes, and concerns, while strengthening communication, stress management, and relationship dynamics. By building a secure foundation before birth, you’ll step into parenthood feeling informed, connected, and prepared.

Third-Party Reproduction Counseling

Third-party reproduction counseling is ideal for individuals or couples considering or undergoing family-building options involving a third party. Our time would be spent addressing the emotional, ethical and psychological aspects of these processes, helping intended parents navigate complex decisions and prepare for the unique dynamics that third-party reproduction may introduce into their family life.

Third party reproduction can include sperm or egg donation, embryo donation, or surrogacy. For families involved, this counseling offers a safe space to explore feelings, set realistic expectations and develop strategies for future challenges, fostering healthier relationships and well-being throughout their family building journey.

Perinatal Grief Counseling: Support through Loss

Perinatal grief counseling is ideal for anyone experiencing the loss of a pregnancy, an infant or the dreams of parenthood. Our time together would be spent in a safe compassionate space honoring your loss without judgment.

Your grief is real, your love is lasting and you deserve care. Losing a pregnancy, an infant or a dream is a heartbreaking experience. Perinatal grief counseling offers a safe, compassionate space to process emotions, honor your loss and receive support without judgment. Whether you’ve faced miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, pregnancy termination or fertility struggles, this support helps you process emotions, navigate grief and find a path forward at your own pace.

Counseling for Birth Trauma: Healing Your Experience

Counseling for birth trauma is for anyone experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms after a distressing birth- whether you experienced or witnessed the even. No one gets to define what was traumatic except you. Our time together will be spent in a safe, nonjudgmental space to process and validate your experience while you rebuild trust in your body.

If your birth felt physically, emotionally or medically distressing, maybe leaving you overwhelmed, anxious or disconnected, you may have experienced a traumatic birth. Counseling provides a safe space to process emotions, validate experiences, and rebuild a sense of safety. Your experience matters, and healing is possible. Feel like yourself again and strengthen your bond with your baby.

Perinatal EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences can be overwhelming, especially after trauma.

Perinatal EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) helps parents process distressing memories, reduce anxiety, and regain a sense of safety. This gentle, evidence-based approach supports healing so you can move forward with confidence and connection. Your journey matters, and healing is possible.

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