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​Maternal Mental Health and Parent Coaching 

You don’t have to carry motherhood alone.

 

Motherhood can be one of life’s most meaningful experiences—and one of its most demanding.

 

You may love your children deeply while also feeling anxious, overwhelmed, overstimulated, or unlike yourself. Perhaps you’re carrying the invisible mental load, questioning whether you’re doing enough, struggling to regulate your own emotions, or wondering why motherhood feels harder than you expected.

 

If this feels familiar, you’re not alone.

Healing yourself is one of the greatest gifts you can offer your children.

Becoming a mother often brings profound emotional, physical, and relational changes. Pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the ongoing journey of parenting can uncover old wounds, challenge your identity, and activate patterns you never realized you carried. Many mothers find themselves reacting in ways that don’t feel aligned with the parent they want to be—not because they’re failing, but because their own nervous system is asking for care.

 

Together, we’ll slow down with compassion and curiosity to understand what’s beneath the overwhelm. Rather than focusing only on managing symptoms, we’ll explore the experiences, beliefs, and protective patterns that are shaping how you relate to yourself, your child, and the people you love.

 

Using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic psychotherapy, ACT, and DBT, I help mothers heal unresolved experiences, regulate their nervous systems, and reconnect with the parent—and the person—they want to be.

 

Therapy may support you if you’re experiencing:

 

  • Pregnancy or postpartum anxiety and depression

  • Chronic worry or feeling constantly “on”

  • Emotional overwhelm, irritability, or burnout

  • Difficulty adjusting to your identity as a mother

  • Birth trauma or traumatic medical experiences

  • Guilt, perfectionism, or self-criticism

  • Relationship challenges after becoming a parent

  • Feeling disconnected from yourself or your child

  • Wanting to break generational patterns and parent with greater intention

If you decide to step onto this path, I would be honored to support you along the way.

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When you feel more regulated and connected to yourself, it becomes easier to respond to your child with presence and compassion.

Sometimes what parents need most isn’t deeper processing—it’s practical support.

 

Parent coaching is designed for mothers who want guidance navigating everyday parenting challenges while building a stronger, more connected relationship with their child.

 

Together, we’ll explore what’s happening beneath challenging moments while developing concrete tools that help you respond with greater confidence, calm, and intention. My coaching approach blends evidence-based parenting strategies with an understanding of nervous system regulation, attachment, child development, and your own emotional experience.

 

Whether you’re working through power struggles, big emotions, sibling conflict, or simply hoping to feel more connected in your parenting, coaching provides compassionate support that is both practical and deeply personalized.

already hope to give them.

 

​I provide in-person therapy in Boulder and telehealth across Colorado, using EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Hand-in-Hand parent coaching to support both your healing and your day-to-day parenting experience.

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