Matrescence, Perinatal Mental Health and Therapy for Moms in St. Louis

As a mother, I bring personal understanding and empathy to the struggles parents face. From the anxiety and shock of new motherhood, to the transitive, heart-wrenching and exhausting role a parent must employ throughout your child’s growing years, parenting is HARD. As a clinician, I bring advanced training and study in trauma, Perinatal Mental Health and Mood Disorders (PMADS), and Matrescence.

Specialized Perinatal and Postpartum care is essential. The perinatal period brings unique and sensitive stressors that impact mothers physically, emotionally and mentally. The experience of new motherhood is, in and of itself, already a clinically significant period that requires understanding and care.

New mothers are largely unsupported, and modern western culture brings additional stressors like isolation, judgment and guilt, difficult career choices and immense financial pressures. With these stressors, physical and biological changes, Perinatal Mental Health struggles, such as Postpartum Depression and Anxiety become all too common. And that doesn’t even cover the identity and role transition struggles! I combine my therapeutic training, my own personal experience and cross-cultural work and studies to offer support, empowerment, and effective solutions. Babies always welcome in therapy!