Most things worth doing in life are challenging. They require courage and grit, and ask that you stretch beyond your comfort zone. ACT is an evidence-based, transdiagnostic therapeutic approach that teaches you the skills you need to approach life’s inevitable pain and discomfort with openness, curiosity, and compassion so that you can live a life rich with vitality and meaning.

Anxiety can present in many different ways. Some clients encounter generalized anxiety that can latch on to pretty much anything. Other clients encounter anxiety about specific stimuli, as is the case with specific phobias, or fear of specific sensations, such as sensations accompanying panic attacks. Still other clients encounter intrusive thoughts, images and impulses that they work hard to suppress using mental or overt observable compulsions, characteristic of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Clients with a trauma history may encounter symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) directly linked to their traumatic experiences, while others may experience symptoms of another anxiety disorder or OCD that stem from the trauma they encountered.

Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including but not limited to postpartum depression, are the most common complication from childbirth. Symptoms often begin during pregnancy, and do not always fit neatly into predetermined diagnostic categories. While no mother finds this time to be free of challenges, distress that interferes with your functioning or that feels intolerable requires professional support.

Matrescence is a term used to describe the developmental phase associated with becoming a mother. This shift is a metamorphosis that rearranges every part of you and touches every area of your life: your body, your mind, your emotions, your identity, your work, your purpose, your relationships, even your relationship to time. It is a profound transformation and does not begin and end with birth. It takes time to get to know this new version of you. Therapy offers a supportive space to process the profound identity shifts of matrescence and to develop tools for navigating this transformative season with clarity and compassion.