Perinatal Mental Health
Reproductive & Perinatal Mental Health
Support at every stage — from preconception and fertility through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and loss.
Wherever you are in your reproductive journey, you deserve support that truly understands.
The path to parenthood — and through it — can be one of the most profound, joyful, and at times, overwhelming experiences of a lifetime. Whether you are hoping to conceive, navigating a complicated pregnancy, processing a loss, adjusting to life with a new baby, or somewhere in between, you don't have to find your way through it alone.
This is work I know deeply — not only as a therapist, but from over two decades of walking alongside families in some of the most significant moments of their lives.
What we can work on together
The reproductive and perinatal journey touches every part of a person's life — identity, relationships, body, history, and future. The range of experiences I support reflects that complexity.
Before pregnancy
Preconception planning, Fertility treatment, Infertility grief, Preparing emotionally for parenthood, Addressing your own birth history.
Pregnancy
Prenatal anxiety and depression, Fear of labour and delivery, Medically complicated pregnancy, Changing sense of identity, Relationship and family changes, Body image and physical changes, Work and career concerns
Birth & postpartum
Processing a difficult birth, Birth trauma, Postpartum depression and anxiety, Postpartum PTSD, Infant bonding difficulties, Breastfeeding challenges, NICU stays, Early infant separation, Complex care infants, Planning for postpartum support
Loss
Miscarriage, Pregnancy loss and stillbirth, Medical termination, Loss of an infant, Grief and complicated mourning
Broader perinatal wellbeing
Pre-existing mental health conditions, Self-care and sleep, Partner relationships, Extended family dynamics, Advocating for your needs, Intergenerational patterns
How I work
I bring a trauma-informed, holistic lens to all of my perinatal work. Every person's journey is unique, and I draw on a range of evidence-based approaches tailored to what you need — including somatic therapy, mindfulness-based practices, Compassionate Inquiry, and cognitive-behavioural approaches.
For some clients, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can be a particularly powerful tool, especially when working through birth trauma, pregnancy loss, or earlier experiences that have been stirred up by the perinatal period. It isn't the right fit for everyone, and we would always explore together whether it resonates for you. You can learn more about EMDR for perinatal mental health on the dedicated page.
Above all, I offer a space that is warm, non-judgmental, and genuinely informed by the realities of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood, because I have lived that world professionally for more than twenty years.
A foundation built on lived experience
Before becoming a psychotherapist, I spent over two decades working in perinatal care in some of its most hands-on forms. As a Registered Midwife in Ontario for 11 years, I provided primary care in urban, rural, and remote settings — including Nunavut — attending hundreds of births and supporting families through the full spectrum of the perinatal experience. For 10 years I also worked as a doula, offering continuous emotional and physical support through labour, birth, and the early postpartum period.
I have sat with families through uncomplicated births and deeply complicated ones. Through joy and through loss. Through the exhilaration of a new baby and the quiet grief of one who didn't come home. That experience doesn't leave you — and it informs every aspect of how I show up as a therapist for my perinatal clients today.
I have also completed professional training in Maternal Mental Health and Advanced Perinatal Psychotherapy through Postpartum Support International — one of the world's leading organizations in perinatal mental health education and advocacy.
You don't have to navigate this alone
Whether you are in the midst of something difficult right now, preparing for what's ahead, or still carrying something from the past — support is here. I would be honoured to walk alongside you at whatever stage of this journey you find yourself in.