I value the strong connection between the mind and body and teach my clients how utilizing a somatic form of therapy can be more effective in combination with conversational/ talk therapy. I practice a form of therapy called, Lifespan Integration. More information can be found here at lifespanintegration.com/
Lifespan Integration is effective for:
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Counselor, I also provide individual and couples therapy for concerns around the following areas:
Highlights of Perinatal Mental Health Therapy include:
Lifespan Integration is effective for:
- Prenatal trauma
- Birth Trauma
- Sexual Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Attachment disorders
- Complex trauma ( neglect, abuse, violence or loss of primary caregiver, or other adverse childhood experiences)
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Counselor, I also provide individual and couples therapy for concerns around the following areas:
- Fertility concerns/ Cycle Syncing
- Processing traumatic births
- Anxiety about labor and delivery
- Preterm or infant loss
- Changes a couple face in parenthood
- Childhood experiences that may be impacting parenting
- Eating disorder treatment and recovery
- Body image concerns about changing body
- Emotional and Spiritual concerns in pregnancy and postpartum
- Postpartum mood disorder evaluation
- Balancing work and motherhood
- Scary thoughts or self harm
Highlights of Perinatal Mental Health Therapy include:
- Assessment of Baby Blues vs. Postpartum mood disorder
- Cognitive behavioral skills to support transition to motherhood
- Education on brain changes in 4th trimester and hormone's impact on mood
- Identity formation in early motherhood
- Emphasis on partner communication and support
- Coordination of care with birth team
- Processing birth trauma, unresolved grief from birth, or frustrations with birth outcome
- Grief work for miscarriage or infant loss
- Trauma work for birth trauma
- Parenting support on teaching children emotions
