Specialist care shouldn't depend on your ZIP Code
Therapists with real perinatal training cluster in a handful of neighborhoods in a handful of cities. If you're in Tustin, Torrance, Bakersfield, or Redding, your local options are usually generalists — good clinicians who see postpartum clients sometimes, rather than specialists who see them all day. The difference shows up fast: a specialist doesn't need postpartum intrusive thoughts explained, doesn't mistake rage for a character problem, and doesn't treat a hard birth as backstory.
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California licensure means I can work with you from anywhere in the state. The perinatal specialty travels; the commute doesn't.
What we can work on by video
Everything I treat in person. Postpartum depression, including the flat, going-through-the-motions version nobody recognizes from the outside.
Postpartum anxiety and intrusive thoughts. Postpartum rage. Birth trauma and NICU trauma, including EMDR, which adapts well to video and works by telehealth for processing a difficult birth.
Does virtual therapy actually work with a baby in the house?
Better than most people expect, and often better than in-person for this season of life. There's no childcare to arrange and no drive to cancel over. Sessions happen during naps, or with the baby on your lap — feeding, holding, and interruptions are a normal part of postpartum telehealth, not something to apologize for.
The women I see virtually keep their treatment going through growth spurts, sick weeks, and moves, which is exactly when in-person care tends to fall apart.
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And the research backs the format: telehealth outcomes for depression and anxiety are comparable to in-person care. What predicts progress is the fit and the specialization, not the room.
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I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist in California and New Jersey, and I'm Perinatal Mental Health Certified through Postpartum Support International — the pregnancy-through-postpartum years are my whole practice, not a sideline. I use CBT, ACT, psychodynamic work, EMDR, and mindfulness-based approaches, fitted to the person rather than applied to them.
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Virtual sessions are available throughout California, with in-person sessions in Studio City for Los Angeles clients. My practice is private pay: out of network, superbills provided for reimbursement, no diagnosis required, no session cap.
Questions mothers ask me about online therapy
Does online therapy work for postpartum depression and anxiety?
Yes. Outcomes for telehealth treatment of depression and anxiety are comparable to in-person care, and for postpartum clients the virtual format often works better in practice, because treatment doesn't get interrupted by childcare, recovery, or distance.
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Can EMDR really be done over video?
Yes. EMDR adapts well to telehealth using visual bilateral stimulation or self-administered tapping, and I use it regularly by video for birth trauma. We go at the same pace we would in the room.
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What if my baby is with me during sessions?
Babies are welcome. You can feed, rock, and tend to your baby mid-sentence. I'd rather you come to session with the baby than cancel without them.
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Where in California do you see clients?
Anywhere in the state — Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, the Bay Area, the Central Valley, and everywhere between. In-person sessions are available in Studio City, and I also hold a New Jersey license for clients there.
This work isn’t just about coping, it’s about change.
Online Postpartum Therapy in California
I provide virtual therapy for postpartum depression, anxiety, rage, intrusive thoughts, and birth trauma to mothers anywhere in California — secure video sessions with a Perinatal Mental Health Certified therapist, including EMDR by telehealth.
If you live in a city where no perinatal specialist practices, or leaving the house with a baby is the obstacle, this page is for you.
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This work isn't just about coping, it's about change.
If the nearest perinatal specialist is fifty miles away, or just farther than a person with a newborn can realistically travel, this is the alternative.
Book a free consultation — by video, naturally — and we'll talk about what's going on and whether this feels like the right fit.