Postpartum & perinatal therapists

Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, MSW

Emma Haberman is a licensed master social worker in Brooklyn who works with adults, older adults and couples. She often supports sensitive, reflective people who feel stuck or disconnected, including overthinkers, people-pleasers and those facing grief, identity questions or an uncertain stage of life. She also helps with anxiety, relationship and couples concerns, OCD, and pregnancy and postpartum challenges. Her style is warm and collaborative, drawing on somatic, trauma-informed and psychodynamic practice along with AEDP, EMDR, Internal Family Systems and the Gottman Method. Sessions focus on slowing down, noticing the body's signals and building tools to feel steadier and more in line with personal values. She offers therapy in person in Brooklyn and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Lisa Kallman is a licensed clinical social worker based in Forest Hills, Queens, with 20 years in practice and licenses in New York, New Jersey and North Carolina. She mainly works with adult women facing anxiety, especially perfectionism and people-pleasing, along with depression, OCD and life transitions. She also has experience in maternal mental health, infertility and menopause, and with LGBTQIA+ clients and healthcare workers. Trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, she brings a mindfulness emphasis and a compassionate, affirming stance, and helps clients build assertiveness and boundary-setting skills. Her sessions are offered online only, and she provides a free 15-minute phone consultation to start.

Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR, MFA

Sarah Eggers is a licensed marriage and family therapist and registered art therapist in Pasadena with 12 years in practice. She sees individuals, couples and families and especially enjoys working with teens and young adults dealing with depression, anxiety, eating disorders and trauma. She also supports clients through grief, life transitions and perinatal challenges. Her practice is trauma-informed and rests on the view that every person has worth, creativity and the capacity for connection. She recognizes how racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression affect mental health. Alongside talk therapy she uses art and expressive arts, EMDR, narrative and family systems work, and mindfulness. She offers sessions in person in Pasadena and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Nicolette Zangari is a licensed psychologist in Long Beach who works with teens, adults, older adults and couples. Her focus areas include trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, sexuality and identity, and relationship concerns. Her research background is in gender and sexuality, and much of her clinical experience has been helping veterans recover from PTSD; she has also treated psychosis and personality disorders. Her integrative approach blends ACT, DBT, relational and psychodynamic methods, adapted to each client, with a strong emphasis on safety in the therapy relationship. She brings compassion and humor to the work. She offers a free 15-minute phone consultation and sees clients in person in Long Beach and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Chris Marrero is a licensed psychologist and the founder of Marrero Psychology, a holistic practice in Santa Monica centered on professionals at every career stage. She works with teens and adults on neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism, as well as anxiety, depression, bipolar and other mood disorders, and pregnancy and postpartum concerns. Her style balances seriousness with humor and acceptance with encouragement to change. She is certified in cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness, and she also uses ACT and biofeedback, which clients can practice from home. Her practice is fully remote, so sessions can fit into a lunch break without a commute. All sessions are offered online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Jaclyn Lieber is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles who works with adults, older adults and couples. Her focus areas include relationship and couples concerns, anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, life transitions, and pregnancy and postpartum challenges. She sees self-acceptance as the starting point for change and believes each person has inner resilience to draw on. Her style is warm, open and collaborative. She draws on attachment theory, family systems, mindful self-compassion and relational Gestalt therapy, and her trauma-informed work includes somatic methods such as the Trauma Resiliency Model to help settle the nervous system. Sessions are in person in Los Angeles and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Megan Humphreys is a licensed psychologist in Skokie who works with adults from college age through later life. Many clients are capable people quietly coping with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, perfectionism or low self-esteem, and Dr. Humphreys also helps with executive functioning and ADHD, building healthy habits, questions about drinking, life transitions, OCD and the perinatal period. Identity exploration and building a life that fits one's values are a particular interest. Sessions are collaborative and trauma-informed with attention to culture, built on ACT, DBT and other behavioral therapies, mixing insight and humor with accountability and practical action. Psychological testing is also offered. Sessions are available in person in Skokie and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC

Perla Salazar is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Fort Worth with 12 years in practice, including work in nonprofit and school settings. She sees teens and adults individually and specializes in play therapy with children of all ages. Her focus areas include school issues, parent support, anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, OCD, trauma, autism and self-esteem, and she also works with couples, families and postpartum concerns. She believes each person can grow given the right support, and offers empathic listening in a nonjudgmental setting. Her methods include play therapy, sandplay, expressive arts, CBT and Adlerian and person-centered work. She sees clients in person in Fort Worth and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Christina Hidalgo is a licensed clinical social worker in Friendswood with five years in practice, working with adults, older adults, couples and groups. A bilingual, first-generation Latina sex therapist, she focuses on sexual health, including desire, identity, consent, sexual pain, shame and dysfunction, and welcomes LGBTQIA+, kink and consensually non-monogamous clients. She also works with trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and the perinatal period. Her approach includes somatic work to help release trauma held in the body, along with EMDR, emotionally focused, attachment-based and feminist therapy. She works with clients online.