Clinical Focus

The perinatal period—pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond—can be both joyful and overwhelming. If you’re feeling anxious, depressed, disconnected, or uncertain about who you are in this new phase of life, you’re not alone. With specialized training from Postpartum Support International and the Seleni Institute, I provide trauma-informed, evidence-based support for the emotional challenges of fertility struggles, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum adjustment. Whether you’re grieving a difficult birth, struggling to bond with your baby, or coping with intrusive thoughts or intense emotions, I’ll support you in reconnecting with your strengths, calming the internal chaos, and finding your way through with compassion.

Grieving a pregnancy or the loss of a baby is a heartbreak that can feel invisible, isolating, and all-consuming. This grief can also emerge after infertility, or when a foster child you’ve deeply bonded with is returned to their biological family. I hold space for the depth and complexity of these experiences—whether your loss was recent or years ago, named or unnamed, expected or sudden. I help you gently tend to the parts of you that feel devastated, guilty, angry, or numb, while also supporting your need for meaning and connection. I offer a safe, validating space to honor your experience and gently begin the healing process—on your terms, and in your time.

Parenting can bring deep love, joy, and a sense of purpose, but it can also bring frustration, self-doubt, and exhaustion. Many parents find themselves overwhelmed, irritable, or disconnected while trying to meet the endless needs of their children, especially when also juggling work, relationships, or past trauma. You may feel like you’re constantly falling short, struggling to stay patient, or unsure how to support a child with emotional or behavioral challenges. I work with parents who want to respond to their children with more calm and confidence. I’ll help you tune into your own internal experience, understand the parts of you that get triggered, and help you access your calm, curious, grounded Self—so you can show up as the parent you’ve always hoped to be, even in the hard moments.

If you’re navigating restriction, bingeing, chronic dieting, or body shame, you’re not alone—and you don’t need a diagnosis to seek support. My focus is on disordered eating, which includes harmful or distressing patterns with food that may not meet the criteria for a clinical eating disorder in severity, but still affect your daily life and emotional well-being. Disordered eating is often a symptom of something deeper—such as trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, or a need for control—and may show up as a way to cope, self-soothe, or feel safe.

I’ve completed specialized training through the Eating Disorders Institute at Plymouth State University and the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp). I also bring lived experience, both through my own healing and as a parent of a child with ARFID. I provide support to clients appropriate for outpatient, once-weekly therapy. If your symptoms appear more severe or begin to meet the criteria for a clinical eating disorder, I will help you connect with the appropriate providers for a higher level of care.

Life can feel heavy and uncertain, especially in times of transition, loss, or overwhelm. If you’re feeling anxious, down, stuck, or unsure of who you are anymore, therapy can help you make sense of what you’re feeling and why. Together, we’ll explore the parts of you that are working hard to manage fear, sadness, or self-criticism—and begin to shift into more self-compassionate, grounded ways of coping. Whether you’re navigating a career change, relationship difficulties, anxiety, or simply a loss of direction, I’ll support you in finding steadiness and reconnecting with your values and strengths.