PMH-C (Perinatal Mental Health Certified) isn't a weekend workshop. It requires two years of clinical experience, over 20 hours of specialized training through Postpartum Support International, and a proctored exam most therapists never take.
That rigor matters, because perinatal mental health isn't generic anxiety or generic depression. Fertility challenges, pregnancy, birth trauma, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and the identity shift into motherhood each have their own patterns, and their own evidence-based treatment.
I work with women who are used to being the capable one: the one who handles it, plans for it, and doesn't fall apart. Becoming a parent, or trying to, can be the first time that strategy stops working.
Postpartum depression and anxiety are more common than most people realize, and they don't always look like sadness. They can show up as intrusive thoughts, rage, numbness, or a persistent sense that something is wrong even when everything looks fine from the outside.
Whether you're navigating a difficult fertility journey, a hard pregnancy, the postpartum period, or simply don't feel like yourself since becoming a mother, you deserve care from someone trained specifically in this, not generalist therapy applied to a specialist problem.
This work is collaborative and evidence-based, built around your actual life rather than a one-size-fits-all checklist. You don't have to earn support by falling apart first.
