her story.

I take a brain based approach to help my clients think about their transition to motherhood in a new way. By sharing stories in a safe environment where my clients feel seen, heard and not judged, they begin to feel relief, gain insight, and learn new ways to access their internal and external resources.

Inspired by my own personal challenges during Matrescence, I have taken a special interest in Maternal Mental Health in my practice. To this end, I offer house calls to support new mommas who may not otherwise come into my office. Exploring each woman’s story in therapy through a holistic lens, I consider her biological, social, psychological and spiritual history, her identity transition, her coping strategies, and her expectations of parenthood.

“The process of becoming a mother, coined by Dana Raphael, Ph.D. (1973), is a developmental passage where a woman transitions through pre-conception, pregnancy and birth, surrogacy or adoption, to the postnatal period and beyond. The exact length of matrescence is individual, recurs with each child, and may arguably last a lifetime! The scope of the changes encompass multiple domains—bio-psycho-social-political-spiritual—and can be likened to the developmental push of adolescence.” —Aurelie Athan, Ph.D.