Postpartum & perinatal therapists

Family Associate, LMFTA, MS

Elizabeth Bryant is a licensed marriage and family therapist associate in Bellevue with three years in practice. She works with adults, older adults, couples and families who feel lost or discouraged after shifts in their relationships, identity, body, circumstances or beliefs. She helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, stress, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. She specializes in relational and couples work and trained with the Couples Institute. Her approach is compassionate and nonjudgmental, built on trust and on understanding the patterns that shape a person's life, with methods including emotionally focused, attachment-based, IFS, narrative and Imago therapy. She sees clients in her Bellevue office and online.

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC

Kate Oliver is a licensed mental health counselor in North Bend who works with preteens, teens, adults and couples. She helps people who feel worn out after a long stretch of difficulty, whose worries have grown harder to manage, or who have lost their sense of self in a new role such as motherhood, adolescence or a career change. She also supports clients with grief, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, stress, eating disorders, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. She offers practical tools alongside attentive listening, weaving in ACT, DBT and RO-DBT, narrative, solution-focused, play therapy and other methods as needed. She sees clients in person in North Bend and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Julie Richter, a licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years in practice, sees clients in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Trained at the University of Minnesota and the Adler Graduate School, she is also a special education teacher and a parent and adult educator. She works with families of young children, teens, adults, couples and older adults who are struggling to manage day to day or want a more balanced life. Her practice includes parenting, relationships, depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, OCD, substance use, eating disorders and postpartum concerns. She combines approaches such as CBT, Adlerian, Gottman, emotionally focused and family systems therapy, and sees clients in person and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LPCC

Audrey-Mischa Kirk is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Encinitas who also holds an LPCC license and has six years in practice. She works with adults, older adults and couples on anxiety, perfectionism, feeling overwhelmed, depression, trauma and relationship concerns, and as a mother she brings personal understanding to parents navigating change, including the perinatal season. Her work is somatic and trauma-informed, with EMDR at its center, and she also uses ACT, attachment-based therapy, IFS, CBT and mindfulness. She has a background supporting high-achieving clients such as athletes and business owners. She sees clients in person in Encinitas and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Rosmer Mena is a licensed clinical social worker in Lutz, Florida, with 14 years in practice. Her work puts particular weight on women's wellness and couples therapy. She sees teens, adults, couples and groups for anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, ADHD, grief and life transitions, and also helps with family conflict, eating disorders, postpartum and perinatal concerns and bipolar disorder, welcoming LGBTQ+ clients. Sessions begin by looking at what is behind a client's distress, centering their needs and building a plan toward their goals. Methods include ACT, CBT, cognitive processing therapy, DBT, attachment-based and compassion-focused work, and art and dance movement therapy. She offers sessions in person in Lutz and virtually, and Spanish speakers are welcome.

Counselor, LCMHC, LMHC, QS

Kristy Little is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Brandon, Florida, and a qualified supervisor. She is especially drawn to helping people with low self-esteem, sexual trauma, anxiety and postpartum depression, and to supporting women through changes such as divorce and early motherhood. She also works with grief, depression, substance use and sex therapy concerns, and enjoys couples work, including with nontraditional relationships. With couples she blends a trauma-focused lens with the Gottman Method. Her other tools include accelerated resolution therapy, CBT, DBT, gestalt and mindfulness-based therapy. She sees teens, adults and couples online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Nicole Hornstra is a licensed clinical social worker in Littleton, Colorado, with five years in practice. She works online with teens and adults whose minds rarely slow down, whether the worry is about daily demands, relationships, a life transition, or body image and food. She has a particular focus on pregnancy and the first year after birth, when many parents feel overwhelmed. She also helps with depression, grief, eating disorders, family conflict, self-esteem and career stress. Her approach draws on CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing and strength-based work, with Christian counseling available. Sessions are held online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Allison Villarreal is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Boulder, Colorado, with 20 years in practice. Many of her clients are capable people others lean on, who still find relationships strained, transitions unsettling and the pull of work, parenting and caregiving enough to lose track of themselves. She works with teens, adults, older adults, couples and groups on relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, OCD, alcohol use, infertility and the perinatal period, as well as sexual and sleep concerns. Her methods include EMDR, emotionally focused and attachment-based therapy, somatic work, CBT, mindfulness and coaching. She offers sessions in person in Boulder and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW

Ariel Wagerman is a licensed master social worker in Towson, Maryland, with two years in practice. Her main focus is perinatal and maternal mental health: she supports people who are trying to conceive, expecting, adjusting after birth or settling into parenthood. She also works with young adults and adults facing anxiety, depression, OCD, family stress and hard life transitions. Her approach is strengths-based and solution-focused, and she brings in motivational interviewing, elements of ACT, I-CBT and nature-informed therapy. She aims to offer a relaxed, judgment-free space where clients can speak openly, including about feelings that run against social expectations. Sessions are available in person in Towson and online.