Evidence-Based Perinatal Mental Health Support with a Specialized Therapist for Women
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Women
Build Psychological Flexibility. Feel More Grounded. Trust Yourself Again.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Women Who Are Tired of Just “Managing”
You don’t need another coping skill you’ll forget the second your nervous system gets loud.
You need a different relationship with your thoughts, your feelings, and the pressure you’re carrying.
As a therapist for women specializing in perinatal and reproductive mental health, I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you build real psychological flexibility, and the ability to feel hard things without falling apart or abandoning yourself.
If you’ve tried therapy before and left wondering what the point was, this may feel different.
When Coping Skills Stop Working
Maybe you’ve learned grounding exercises. Deep breathing. Thought logs. Reframes.
And for about 10 seconds… they work.
Then the stress comes back in a tsunami.
You might:
Intellectualize everything and still feel crushed by guilt.
Know what the “right” decision is and still feel like a bad mom, partner, or woman.
Feel high-pressure perfectionism — like if you drop the ball, it won’t bounce… it will shatter.
Struggle to remember the last time you felt proud of yourself.
Feel dismissed by past CBT experiences that implied your thoughts were “wrong.”
If you’ve ever thought,
“I understand what I’m supposed to do, so why can’t I actually feel better?”
you’re not broken
You’re stuck in a fight with your internal world.
ACT isn’t about arguing with your thoughts.
It’s about changing how you relate to them so they stop running your life.
If you’re searching for a therapist for women who understands perinatal mental health and evidence-based treatment beyond surface-level coping, you’re in the right place.
What Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Actually Does
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is an evidence-based treatment that helps you develop psychological flexibility — the ability to:
Feel anxiety without obeying it
Notice guilt without letting it define you
Make values-based decisions even when emotions are loud
Stay present instead of spiraling into “what if” or “not enough”
This is especially powerful during:
Identity shifts into motherhood
In our work together, we won’t:
Debate whether your thoughts are “true” or “distorted”
Pretend positive thinking fixes grief
Shame you for struggling
Instead, we will:
Help you unhook from self-critical mental loops
Strengthen your ability to sit with discomfort safely
Clarify what actually matters to you
Practice choosing aligned action — even in uncertainty
ACT helps you become better at feeling — not by eliminating hard emotions, but by expanding your capacity to hold them.
That’s mastery.
Individual Counseling Sessions
$275 | 50-Minute Sessions
Available to residents of Massachusetts, Washington, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
Appointments available Monday-Thursday
Superbills Provided for Out-of-Network Reimbursement
For the Woman Who Can’t Hear Her Own Voice Anymore
You’ve spent so long meeting everyone else’s needs that your own feel… faint.
You hate the phrase “put your oxygen mask on first” because you’ve trained yourself to survive on less oxygen. So what difference would it make?
You’re the reliable one. The capable one. The one who doesn’t drop the ball.
And yet inside, you feel:
Alone
Taken for granted
Afraid that if you slow down, everything will collapse
Unsure what your truest needs even sound like anymore
ACT gently helps you separate:
Your thoughts from your identity
Your guilt from your values
External pressure from internal truth
You begin to recognize the sound of your own voice again.
And from there, we build decisions that feel grounded instead of reactive.
If you’ve been looking for a therapist for women who deeply understands perinatal mental health and uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with warmth, clarity, and real structure — this is the work I do every day.
If this resonates, let’s talk.
What Working Together Looks Like
As a specialist in women’s mental health and perinatal care, I bring both clinical expertise and grounded presence into the room.
Our sessions are:
Structured but deeply human
Evidence-based but not cold
Practical but emotionally attuned
You won’t leave wondering what the point was.
You will leave with:
Skills you can use in real time
Language for what you’re experiencing
Greater confidence in your decision-making
A growing ability to trust yourself
Many women come to ACT therapy because they want to “feel better.”
They stay because they learn how to be better at feeling — without losing themselves.
If you’re ready to experience therapy that moves beyond coping into transformation, I invite you to reach out.
