You care for so much.
You deserve care, too.

Becoming a parent

Becoming a Parent Changes Everything

Parenthood can be one of the most profound transitions of adult life.

Even when becoming a parent is deeply wanted, it can shift your identity, your relationships, your body, your priorities, and the way you understand yourself. There can be enormous love and joy alongside anxiety, grief, exhaustion, uncertainty, and the feeling that everyone else somehow knows what they are doing.

I have a particular passion for supporting people through pregnancy, the postpartum period, postpartum anxiety and depression, and the transition into life as a parent. Therapy can be a place to make sense of who you were, who you are becoming, and all the complicated feelings that can exist in between.

Your experience

There Is Room for All of It

Parenthood contains contradictions.

You can love your child more than you knew was possible and still desperately need a break. You can feel grateful for your family and grieve the life you had before. You can experience tenderness, boredom, delight, resentment, pride, anger, loneliness, fear, and exhaustion—sometimes all in the same day.

There are parts of parenting we celebrate openly, and there are parts people rarely feel allowed to talk about.

I want there to be room for those parts too.

The anger. The disappointment. The overstimulation. The guilt after losing your patience. The worry that you are getting it wrong. The moments of deep, visceral love. The moments when you simply do not want anyone to need anything else from you.

You do not have to sanitize your experience of parenthood here.

Support for you

Caring for the Caregiver Matters

Parents and caregivers spend so much of their lives noticing what everyone else needs.

Who needs comfort. Who needs a snack. Who needs help with homework. Who has an appointment. Who is struggling. Who needs you to hold it together.

It can become surprisingly easy to lose track of yourself.

I believe the wellbeing of parents and caregivers matters far beyond the individual. Parents help shape families, and families help shape communities. Supporting the people who do the caring is an important part of supporting everyone around them.

Therapy can be a place where you do not have to be the capable one, the patient one, the grateful one, or the person keeping all the plates spinning.

We can also work on practical ways to notice when you’re reaching your limit, ask for the support you need, and reconnect with your child after difficult moments.

For a little while, there can be space for someone to care for you, too.