Intake conversation
A short call with our care coordinator to verify benefits, answer logistics, and understand what is bringing you in. No clinical pressure — just orientation.
Our Approach
Individual therapy that meets you where you are.
One-on-one care with a licensed perinatal-trained clinician for women in pregnancy, postpartum, and the years that follow. Sessions are private, paced for the season of life you're in, and tailored to what you actually need — not what a manual says you should be working on.
What it is
A focused, weekly conversation with someone who actually understands.
Individual therapy is a 50-minute weekly session with a licensed clinician — psychologist, marriage and family therapist, or clinical social worker — who specializes in women's mental health across the perinatal year and beyond. There's no shared room, no group dynamic to navigate, and nothing to perform. The hour is yours.
For most women, individual therapy is the right starting point when something specific is sitting heavy: a difficult birth, an intrusive thought that won't leave, a feeling of disconnection from your own life, a pregnancy that doesn't feel the way you expected. It's also the right format when you've tried group settings before and found them too exposed.
What a session looks like
Practical, demystified, paced for real life.
Therapy is not a test. The first session is a conversation — what's happening, what you've already tried, what you'd want to be different. From there, your clinician builds a plan with you.
First session
A 60-minute session focused on getting to know you. You don't have to share everything; you only have to start.
Ongoing weekly care
Most women settle into a weekly cadence. Sessions are 50 minutes, in person at our Pasadena office or via secure California-licensed telehealth.
Honest reassessment
Every few months, you and your clinician check whether the work is moving. Adjustments, referrals, or transitions to group therapy are openly discussed.
What it can help with
The kinds of concerns we work with often.
Individual therapy at our practice supports a range of clinical concerns women face across pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond. Modalities are evidence-informed: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), trauma-focused approaches including EMDR where appropriate, and relational/psychodynamic work where the issue calls for it.
- Postpartum depression and prenatal depression
- Postpartum and prenatal anxiety, panic, and chronic worry
- Postpartum OCD and intrusive thoughts
- Birth trauma and postpartum PTSD
- Perinatal loss and grief
- Maternal burnout and depletion
- Identity, work, and relationship adjustment in early parenthood
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Other ways we work
Group Therapy
Therapist-led perinatal cohorts of 6–8 women, organized by stage and concern. Often combined with individual therapy.
Couples Counseling
For partners navigating pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, perinatal loss, or the relational shifts of new parenthood.
Family Therapy
Multi-generational support when extended family dynamics are part of the perinatal picture.