In person in North York · Online therapy across Ontario
What I help with

Care for the tender season of pregnancy & new parenthood

The journey into parenthood can hold joy and grief, love and overwhelm — sometimes all at once. This is a judgment-free space for the anxiety, intrusive thoughts, identity shifts and exhaustion that so often go unspoken. In person in North York or online across Ontario.

Free & confidential — usually within a few days.
In person · North York Virtual across Ontario
You can love your baby and still be struggling. Both are true.
Understanding it

The perinatal season, honestly

The perinatal period — pregnancy through the first year or two of parenthood — is one of the biggest identity shifts a person can go through. It can hold joy and grief at the same time: deep love alongside anxiety, overwhelm, loss of self, and feelings no one quite prepared you for.

Perinatal mental health struggles are common and treatable — and they’re not a reflection of how much you love your baby or whether you’re a ‘good’ parent. Anxiety, intrusive thoughts, low mood, rage, and grief can all show up here, and they so often go unspoken because of shame or fear of judgment.

This is a space where you can say the unsayable. Whatever you’re carrying — including the experiences around fertility, birth, or loss that still ache — it’s welcome here, without judgment.

Judgment-freeYou can say the things you can’t say anywhere else.
Perinatal-informedFor the anxiety, intrusive thoughts and shifts no one warned you about.
Flexible & gentleBuilt around the unpredictable reality of new parenthood.
How I work

How I work in the perinatal season

Tender, steady, and free of judgment — meeting you in whatever this chapter is holding.

A judgment-free space

Room for the anxiety, the intrusive thoughts, the rage, the grief — the things that feel too shameful to say out loud anywhere else.

Calming the anxiety

Somatic and practical tools for the racing worry and intrusive thoughts that so often arrive in pregnancy and postpartum.

Holding the grief

Space for the losses of this season — birth experiences, fertility struggles, and the self you’re grieving alongside the joy.

Finding yourself again

Gently reconnecting with who you are inside the identity shift of becoming, or expanding as, a parent.

You might recognize…

What the perinatal season can look like

So much of this goes unspoken. If you see yourself here, you’re not alone — and support helps.

You might notice

  • Anxiety or intrusive thoughts in pregnancy or postpartum
  • Feeling like you’ve ‘lost yourself’
  • Guilt about not feeling how you ‘should’
  • Birth or fertility experiences that still ache

It can also show up as

  • Low mood, tearfulness, or unexpected rage
  • Feeling disconnected from your baby or partner
  • Exhaustion beyond ordinary tiredness
  • Fear of being judged as a ‘bad’ parent

If you’re having thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, please reach out right away — call or text 988, or call 911. You deserve immediate support.

My approach

Tender, steady, and free of judgment

The shift into parenthood can hold joy and grief at once, and so much of it goes unspoken. This is a judgment-free space for the anxiety, intrusive thoughts, identity shifts and exhaustion of pregnancy, postpartum and new parenthood.

We move at a pace that fits the unpredictable reality of this season — including the experiences around birth and fertility that still ache. You don’t have to have it together, and you don’t have to do this alone.

Perinatal-informed, attachment-based care — tender, steady, and free of judgment.
What to expect

What working together looks like

Flexible and gentle, built around the reality of pregnancy and new parenthood.

1

A free 15-min call

Phone or video

A warm hello — baby on your lap is completely welcome. Share whatever you have space for.

2

Being met

First sessions

We make room for what you’re really carrying, without judgment and without a script.

3

Easing & tending

Ongoing

We calm the anxiety, hold the grief, and gently reconnect you with yourself.

4

Steadier in it

As you grow

More room to breathe, less shame, and a fuller sense of who you are in this chapter.

Is this you?

Who perinatal therapy is for

Anyone navigating pregnancy, postpartum and new parenthood across Ontario — in all its complexity.

Pregnancy anxiety

For racing worry and intrusive thoughts during pregnancy and beyond.

Postpartum depression

When low mood, tearfulness, or numbness settles in after birth.

Postpartum anxiety & OCD

For intrusive thoughts, hypervigilance, and the fear that something’s wrong.

Birth & fertility grief

Holding difficult birth experiences, pregnancy loss, and fertility struggles.

Lost sense of self

For the identity shift and the self you’re grieving alongside the joy.

Matrescence & overwhelm

The vast, unspoken transformation of becoming or expanding as a parent.

Common questions

Perinatal therapy questions

Perinatal therapy is mental-health support during pregnancy and the period after birth — sometimes through the first year or two of parenthood. It addresses the anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, grief, and identity shifts that are common in this season. It’s a judgment-free space to process an experience that can hold joy and struggle at the same time.

Yes — perinatal anxiety and depression are common and treatable, and they’re not a sign that you don’t love your baby or that you’re a bad parent. Many people experience intrusive thoughts, worry, low mood, or even rage during this time. You don’t have to wait until it’s ‘bad enough’ to reach out.

Of course. Whether we meet in person in North York or online, your baby is completely welcome — feeding, soothing, and the occasional crying are all part of this season and entirely okay here.

Yes. I see clients in person in North York and online by secure video anywhere in Ontario. Online sessions are often a lifeline in early parenthood — no commute, and you can attend from home around naps and feeds.

Yes. The losses of this season — miscarriage, stillbirth, fertility struggles, difficult birth experiences — are real and often under-acknowledged. This is a space to grieve them and be met with care, at your own pace.

Sessions with a Registered Psychotherapist may be covered under extended health plans that include psychotherapy. I direct-bill many plans and provide receipts for others. Coverage varies by plan, so it’s worth confirming with your provider.

Intrusive thoughts — including frightening ones — are surprisingly common in the perinatal period and usually don’t mean you’re a danger to your baby. That said, if you’re having thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, please seek help immediately by calling or texting 988, or calling 911. In therapy, you can talk about intrusive thoughts without shame, and we’ll make sure you have the right level of support.

The first step is just a conversation.

Book a free 15-minute call and we’ll see if we’re a good fit — no pressure, no commitment.

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Free & confidential · phone or video · in person in North York or online across Ontario