Mothering is hard. Whether you are struggling with infertility, a challenging pregnancy, birth trauma, devastating infant loss, the experience of immense anxiety and depression postpartum, the complex transition to motherhood, overwhelmed by the expansion of family, or overloaded with the day to day trials and tribulations of raising a family, you are not alone. We may find ourselves silent and putting on a brave front when we are completely distraught on the inside. Although many women are facing these similar concerns, much of the time we feel like an ‘other’ and a failure, due to what we are led to believe is ‘normal’.

Embodying motherhood does not mean we have to struggle against our feelings, fears, insecurities. I support mothers in feeling safe to express all the thoughts and feelings that arise like ambivalence, detachment, obsessive and intrusive thoughts, anxiety and panic, fear and helplessness, anger and thoughts of suicide. I also specialize in the exploration and impact of trauma, whether in the past or during the perinatal stage, upon our journey in parenting. I bring a dose of reality to our sessions where we explore what the societal expectations are of us and what is actually the greater lived experience of mothers.

My passion for maternal mental health came out of my own experience of trauma within pregnancy which culminated in a postpartum period riddled with anxiety. In the midst of it all, I was no longer a clinician, I was a mother, just trying to survive. After I emerged from that experience, I was left with the feeling that we could do more for our mothers. I became impassioned to support moms in the best way I know how - through a therapeutic practice that embraces the whole of the maternal experience - the ugly, the beautiful, and the just ok.

I am immensely dedicated to the cause of maternal mental health. I am working to support moms and partners on an individual and group level through my therapeutic offerings. It is important to me that I have a culturally informed practice that is affirming to all families. Additionally, I am striving to reduce the general stigma of maternal mental health by educating frontline professionals on how we can integrate conversations of maternal mental health into their everyday encounters with moms. I am also very lucky to have the opportunity to work closely within a community of providers and supporters that are on this same mission.