Mental health during pregnancy and the postpartum period is deeply connected to the body, nervous system, relationships, sleep, hormones, prior life experiences, and daily stressors.
The goal: help patients feel safe, supported, understood, and empowered through every chapter.
A trauma-informed approach recognizes that many individuals carry experiences that may influence how they feel emotionally and physically during reproductive transitions.
Care is tailored to the individual and grounded in evidence-based therapies that support emotional regulation, resilience, healing, and connection. Treatment focuses not only on symptoms, but also on understanding the full person — physical health, relationships, identity, parenting experiences, and nervous system responses.
Structured, research-supported approaches that form the clinical foundation of care. Combined and paced according to each patient's needs and goals.
EMDR is an evidence-based psychotherapy approach used to help individuals process traumatic or distressing experiences. It is commonly used for trauma, anxiety, birth trauma, pregnancy loss, medical trauma, and other emotionally overwhelming experiences.
EMDR helps the brain reprocess distressing memories so they become less emotionally activating over time. During treatment, patients remain fully awake and in control while guided through structured therapeutic exercises involving bilateral stimulation such as eye movements or tapping.
Many patients appreciate that EMDR can help process experiences without needing to repeatedly retell every detail of the trauma.
TF-CBT is a structured, evidence-based therapy designed to help individuals process trauma and develop healthier coping skills. It combines trauma-sensitive approaches with cognitive behavioral therapy techniques.
Treatment focuses on understanding how thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physical stress responses interact. Patients learn practical tools to manage distress, reduce avoidance, and improve emotional regulation. The approach is collaborative, supportive, and paced according to the patient's comfort and needs.
CAMS is an evidence-based framework specifically designed to support individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts or intense emotional pain. The approach is highly collaborative and focuses on understanding the unique drivers behind a person's distress.
Rather than focusing on judgment or punishment, CAMS emphasizes safety, compassion, partnership, and practical problem-solving. The framework helps patients feel heard, respected, and actively involved in their care.
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is a listening-based therapeutic intervention developed using principles from Polyvagal Theory. It uses specially filtered music designed to help regulate the nervous system and support feelings of safety and connection.
The protocol is designed to gently support the body's ability to shift out of survival states and into greater emotional regulation and social engagement.
Mindfulness-based therapy helps individuals develop greater awareness of thoughts, emotions, and body sensations without judgment. During pregnancy and postpartum, mindfulness techniques can support emotional balance, stress reduction, and self-compassion.
These techniques are often integrated into therapy sessions in practical, approachable ways.
Attachment-informed psychotherapy explores how early relationships and life experiences can shape emotional patterns, self-esteem, trust, and relationships later in life. Pregnancy and becoming a parent often bring these patterns into sharper focus.
This approach supports healthier emotional connection with oneself, partners, and children while fostering resilience and secure relationships during the transition into parenthood.
Body-based and sensory practices that complement psychotherapy. Used as supportive tools to help calm the nervous system and develop daily-life skills.
Meditation practices help calm the nervous system, improve emotional awareness, and reduce stress responses. During pregnancy and postpartum, meditation can support sleep, anxiety reduction, emotional grounding, and recovery from overwhelm.
Meditation is often used alongside psychotherapy to help patients develop practical tools they can use in everyday life.
Yoga-informed regulation uses principles from yoga and body-based therapies to support nervous system balance and emotional regulation. This is not focused on physical performance or exercise intensity. Instead, it emphasizes gentle movement, breathing, posture awareness, and body connection.
Pregnancy and postpartum can place the body in a prolonged state of tension or hypervigilance. Approaches are adapted to each stage of pregnancy and postpartum recovery.
Sound-based relaxation uses calming auditory experiences to support nervous system regulation and relaxation. Gentle sound practices may help decrease stress activation, improve grounding, and create a sense of emotional calm.
Sound-based approaches are used as supportive tools alongside psychotherapy and other evidence-based treatments.
These approaches are combined collaboratively at your first visit. Together, you and Caitlin will choose the modalities and pace that best fit your goals.