Most things worth doing in life are challenging. They require courage and grit, and ask that you stretch beyond your comfort zone. Motherhood is no exception. 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.

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.

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.