Postpartum & perinatal therapists

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LMSW

Rashida Dinehart is a licensed master social worker and grief educator in Kirkwood, Missouri, early in her career with one year in practice. She sees grief as broader than death, covering every kind of loss, including the ones people feel they are not allowed to mourn. She helps clients with grief, anxiety, depression, relationships, self-esteem, family concerns and postpartum and perinatal struggles. Rather than trying to fix anyone, she sits alongside clients as they sort through complicated feelings and make meaning of their story, using CBT, family systems, mindfulness, coaching and a strength-based approach. She welcomes humor, including the dark kind, in sessions. She offers sessions in person in Kirkwood and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Stephanie Takamatsu is a licensed psychologist in Chesterfield, Missouri. She focuses on adults during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period, including birth trauma and postpartum anxiety and depression, as well as parenting and general life stress. She also provides child-parent therapy for children up to age five, using Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and play therapy, and conducts autism and developmental evaluations for children ages two to five. Her work is evidence-based and trauma-focused, and she describes her approach as holistic and collaborative, with an emphasis on a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their feelings while working toward their goals. She sees clients in person in Chesterfield and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Maria Kometer is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Clayton, in the St. Louis area, with seven years in practice. She works with adults and couples where anxiety, relationships and burnout overlap. Her focus includes OCD treatment, couples therapy for recurring conflict, premarital counseling, and support for healthcare and other helping professionals facing exhaustion and moral injury. She also helps with depression, grief, bipolar disorder, postpartum concerns and infertility. Her approach balances insight with practical change, drawing on the Gottman Method, ACT, mindfulness-based, psychodynamic and trauma-focused work. She sees clients in person in Clayton and offers a free consultation.

Family Therapist, MS, LMFT

Elizabeth Gorovitz is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Winter Park, Florida, with 24 years in practice. Much of her work is with couples caught in the same repeating fight, where one partner withdraws and the other erupts, and she helps them recognize and change those protective patterns. She also addresses intimacy, trust, communication, infidelity and family trauma, and works with individuals on anxiety, depression, life transitions, LGBTQ+ concerns and perinatal issues. Her approach is grounded in family systems and draws on the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy, IFS, attachment-based work and CBT, aiming for safer emotional connection. She offers sessions in person in Winter Park and online.

Counselor, LMHC, LCPC, LCMHC, LPCC-S

Emilie Butler is a licensed mental health counselor practicing at Butterfly Mental Health Counseling, based in Winter Park near Orlando, with over 20 years in the mental health field. She holds counseling licenses in Florida, Ohio, Maryland and North Carolina. She works with adults on anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and relationship and couples concerns, and supports women through parenting, pregnancy and the postpartum period. Her approach is person-centered and practical, using CBT, mindfulness-based and solution-focused methods to set clear goals and build coping skills and self-confidence. She provides all sessions online as telehealth.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Michelle Doyle is a licensed clinical social worker in Huntersville, North Carolina, with 16 years in practice. She works with girls and women age ten and older who are struggling with eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, orthorexia and ARFID, helping them understand the roots of the disorder and make lasting changes. She also supports women through pregnancy and the move into motherhood, and treats anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem and family concerns. Her methods include CBT, DBT, family systems, interpersonal and feminist therapy, mindfulness and motivational interviewing. She offers sessions in person in Huntersville and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSWA

Jessycka Smith is a licensed clinical social worker associate with four years in practice, based in Charlotte and seeing clients online. She supports teens and adults with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, grief, life transitions and perinatal mood disorders. She has a particular passion for parents, both new and experienced, as they move through the changes parenthood brings, and she enjoys helping teens and young adults with identity, independence and direction. She is extensively trained in perinatal mental health and tailors her work to each client, using CBT, DBT, attachment-based therapy, ACT, emotionally focused and compassion-focused approaches. Sessions are held online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Staci Comer is a licensed clinical social worker in Huntersville, near Charlotte, with 13 years in practice. Her work centers on children from birth to age 17 and their families, helping young clients cope with trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and big life changes. She also supports parents through pregnancy and the postpartum period and with parenting and school concerns. Because healing for a child involves the adults around them, she gives caregivers guidance and practical strategies alongside the child's sessions. She uses EMDR, CBT, attachment-based and trauma-focused methods, and her style is warm and playful. She also provides clinical supervision. Sessions are available in person in Huntersville and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT-S, LPC-S

Vanessa Bernal is a licensed marriage and family therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor, both at supervisor level, in San Antonio with 15 years in practice. She works with children, preteens, teens, adults, couples and families on relationship problems, anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, grief, OCD, substance use, eating disorders, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. She aims to make therapy a comfortable, trusting place clients want to come back to, whether they need a listening ear or someone to coach them through a hard stretch. She blends techniques from many models, including CBT, emotionally focused, narrative and family systems therapy. She offers reasonable self-pay rates and lower-cost intern sessions, in person and online.