Maternal Mental Health
Becoming a mother — or trying to, or grieving the version of it you thought you'd have — massively changes you. Not just your schedule or your body, but your nervous system, your sense of self, your relationship to your own story. And so much of what happens in that process gets minimized, medicalized, or just plain missed.
This is where I hold space for all the parts of motherhood.
Fertility
Trying to conceive can turn your body into a project and your calendar into a countdown. Whether you're in the thick of infertility, navigating loss after loss, or just exhausted by how clinical the whole process has become, I want you to have somewhere to bring the grief, the anger, the waiting. We'll work with what your body's holding onto — not just what's in your head.
Pregnancy Loss
Oftentimes when society doesn't openly discuss something, that silence can be such a painful addition to an already difficult situation. Miscarriage isn't discussed nearly as much as it should be. People can be well-meaning and still not helpful — someone will say "it happens all the time" like that's supposed to make it smaller, when really it just means it's more common. It doesn't make it hurt any less. It's still your loss, your baby, your body that knew something was happening before anyone else did. We'll make room for that grief without rushing you through it or past it.
Birth Trauma
If you gave birth and walked away feeling like something happened to you — even if everyone around you keeps insisting it was "fine" — I believe you. Birth trauma happens constantly in Western medical settings, and too often the people who caused it are the ones deciding whether it counts. Your body remembers what your chart doesn't say. We'll work through what actually happened, not the version you were handed on your way out the door.
Post Partum
Postpartum isn't just the baby blues — it can look like postpartum depression, postpartum OCD, intrusive thoughts, rage, numbness, or a body that won't settle down no matter how much sleep you get (or don't). None of it means you're broken or failing. It means your body and mind are trying to process something enormous, and they need support to do it — not just a pep talk.
Parenting Kids with Special Needs
You probably didn't expect this version of parenthood. The one where every milestone is uncertain, where a stranger's comment cuts deeper than it should, where scrolling past another "typical" kid's birthday post can leave you gutted for the rest of the day. As someone who has walked this road myself, I understand what it means to grieve the future you thought you'd have while still showing up, every day, for the child in front of you.
Special needs parenting is its own kind of isolating. You're managing therapies, appointments, IEP meetings, and a level of vigilance most parents never have to carry. The grief is real, even when your child is thriving. The exhaustion is real. The way the world can feel unbearably triggering — another mom's easy milestone post, a well-meaning but clueless comment from a relative — is real too, and it doesn't mean you love your child any less.
You deserve a space where none of that needs to be explained or justified. In our work together, we'll hold space for the grief, the fear, the identity shift, and the exhaustion — alongside practical tools for managing the anxiety and overwhelm that come with advocating for a child with complex needs. You don't have to carry this alone.
