COUNSELLING THERAPY
PREGNANCY | POSTPARTUM | PARENTHOOD
HELPING YOU BIRTH AND PARENT WITH CONFIDENCE AND JOY
You're raising a human while navigating this thing called life. I make sense of your emotions and experiences to help you put yourself back together in ways that feel whole, authentic, and joyful. Honest, nurturing mental health support because you deserve to be taken care of too.
Hi! I'm so glad you're here
The journey to parenthood can be a rollercoaster of joy, heartbreak, excitement, and fear, mixed with unexpected challenges and overwhelm. And when your baby finally arrives, it feels like you're drowning - with constantly being needed, middle of the night wake ups, limited time for yourself, lack of support, and meeting the needs of your growing child - it feels impossible to feel calm or joy.
I’m Kelly and I support parents and parents-to-be, birth and parent with confidence and joy! After becoming a parent, I faced postpartum anxiety, exhaustion, and was swallowed whole by my “mom” identity. The days blended into each other and the nights felt impossibly long. I didn’t realize until I became a parent how hard it is to be everything to someone and how easy it is to be consumed by it.
This is why I’m so passionate about what I do - I love helping parents find ways to take care of themselves so they can re-energize, reconnect, and enjoy their parenting journey. This is a space where you don't need to justify your struggles with "I love my baby so much, but..." or "I'm so grateful, but...". This is a soft landing after a tough week, month or year(s). A space where you can speak your truth openly, without judgement and find solutions that align with your personal and parenting values.
You may be experiencing...
Trying to start a family
Fertility challenges, infertility, or fertility treatment
Pregnancy (including high risk pregnancy)
Postpartum and matrescence
Postpartum anxiety or depression
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs)
Birth trauma
Perinatal grief and loss (including miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, TFMR, still birth, neonatal, or infant loss)
Parenting transitions or challenges
Overwhelm, anxiety, and burnout
Managing the mental load and balancing different roles
Kinship or parenting your child’s child
Navigating your relationship with your adult child
COUNSELLING SERVICES
My online and in-person one-to-one and couples sessions offer personalized care, tailored to your journey, mind, body, and goals. I am here to hold and guard a safe space, deeply listen, offer trusted guidance, and support you with your mental and emotional wellbeing.
PRE-PREGNANCY & FAMILY PLANNING A compassionate space for all of the anticipation, excitement, stress, anxiety, despair, or anger that you may be confronted with when all you want is to have a baby. Prepare emotionally, mentally, and physically for the journey ahead and address fears, anxieties, and expectations, while building the foundation for a healthy pregnancy and a positive transition into parenthood. The journey to pregnancy and parenthood is not always linear. In this space, you are safe to feel however it is you feel, process, and release the emotions and thoughts associated with pre-conception.
PREGANCY & POSTPARTUM Navigate the physical and emotional changes that come with growing a human and receive support with anxiety, body changes, relationship dynamics, and the anticipation of welcoming your baby. Once Baby is here, be nurtured through the emotional, mental, and physical waves of your postpartum journey. Find your flow of adjusting to life with a newborn, heal from childbirth, meet your needs while tending to your baby, manage symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety, and obtain support that allows you to thrive.
BIRTH STORY SESSIONS Birth is a life changing event and your story deserves to be heard. Whether your experience was magical, traumatic, or somewhere in the middle; in this 90 minute one-to-one session you will be able to share your truth in a safe and sacred space, allowing you to process, heal, and integrate your story. Debrief your birthing experience, identify and begin healing from birth trauma including unexpected outcomes, medical complications, and determine how this tremendous life transition fits into your life and identity.
PARENTING Navigate the obstacles of each unique stage of raising children and learn to cope with stress, overwhelm, and parental burnout. Receive guidance and learn strategies for balancing new responsibilities, developing effective parenting techniques tailored to your family, and nurturing the well-being of you and your child. Address ways to keep your relationship with your partner healthy, strong, and intimate by implementing effective communication and parenting tools that work for your family, recognize the strengths each of you bring to your family, and work together as a team.
NON-BIRTHING PARTNERS & PARENTS Explore the emotional complexity of family planning and parenthood. In a judgement-free space, you will be able to address and process your feelings on your road to parenthood, including anxiety, excitement, or uncertainty of becoming a parent. In these sessions you will be able to process the emotional impact of adding a new family member on your relationship, family structure, and personal identity.
PERINATAL GRIEF & LOSS Miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal, and infant loss can be traumatizing, isolating, and increases the risk for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). No matter how "common" the loss is, it does not mean your baby did not matter or that losing them is not painful. You are more than a statistic and you have a right to supportive and sensitive care. Grief does not have a timeline, so no matter how recent or how long ago your loss, your emotions and experiences are valid and you do not need to bear it alone.
ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, BURNOUT & GENERAL MENTAL WELL-BEING Receive warm, non-judgmental support as we navigate your stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout so you can build a path to a more balanced and peaceful life. In these sessions we will explore the circumstances that brought you to therapy and work together to process your emotions and experiences, identify practical coping and management strategies, and shape the future you envision.
FEES 60 minute individual session $130 60 minute couples session $150 90 minute birth story session $170 *Coverage for clinical counselling is available through most insurance providers - check with your provider for details *Direct billing available for Lumino Health and Pacific Blue Cross clients Accepted payment: e-transfer