Counseling Specialties

Preconception Counseling

• Resolve past traumatic birth experience

• Resolve previous experiences of abortion

• Address past sexual abuse or trauma

• Explore fears, life transitions, and ambivalence about becoming a parent, being pregnant, or giving birth.

• Explore birthing options and weigh pros and cons of models of care

Infertility

Pregnancy, Birth, and Infant Loss

Counseling for Pregnancy and Childbirth:

• Explore birthing options

• resolve past birthing trauma or losses

• Develop and clarify a vision for your birth

• Learn to advocate for yourself

• Prenatal depression, anxiety or OCD

• Reduce anxiety or feelings of ambivalence or fear

• Increase body awareness

• Develop and recognize your inner resources for birthing

• Learn coping strategies for childbirth

• Address past sexual abuse or trauma and learn to recognize and cope with triggers during pregnancy and birth.

• Screening, support and treatment for depression, anxiety, OCD or other mental health concerns.

Couples Counseling:

• Ambivalence about becoming parents

• Prepare for adjustments and changes in your relationship

• Support for prenatal and postpartum depression, psychosis, OCD or anxiety

Postpartum Counseling:

Many individuals experience conflicting emotions after having a baby.  Or, you may be experiencing scary thoughts that worry you. Addressing these issues early can prevent further escalation and severity.

• Explore birth experience, from the most difficult to the most joyful.

• Lack of support from partner, friends and/or family.

• Treatment and screening for postpartum depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder.

• Address difficulties adjusting to parenting and lifestyle change.

• Conflict with partner

• Early parenting