Offered in-person in Saratoga and Scotts Valley, and online throughout California
Perinatal mental health focuses on pregnant individuals, new parents, and their families, addressing the unique challenges that arise during this transformative time. This includes but is not limited to difficulty conceiving, pregnancy loss & grief, perinatal depression and anxiety, or birth trauma.
Teens and young adults are at a pivotal time of their lives which presents its own unique opportunities for growth and challenges. Having a third party, caring and trusted adult at this time aids in you becoming the conscious, active driver of your own life versus an unconscious, passive passenger.

Trauma can happen at any stage and phase of our life.
I specialize in helping folks reclaim and reshape the impact trauma has had on your life and relationships. I am specifically adept at working with effects of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and relational harm, sexual trauma, developmental (childhood) trauma and abuse, as well as perinatal wellness such as navigating pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, loss, and birth-related trauma. These experiences often lead to complex challenges such as substance overuse, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, grief, and other psychological difficulties.
Together, therapy provides the opportunity to lead you back to your agency, voice, choice, power and pleasure. Whatever has propelled you to be here is both the perfect place to start, and the motivation for a new future.
Individuals, partnerships, and youth from diverse backgrounds and systems are welcome.
Daisaku Ikeda
My formal training includes 3 post-master's programs on the neurophysiology of trauma and its myriad intra- and inter-personal impacts, from birth through adulthood. These include Somatic Experiencing, EMDR and NeuroAffective Touch. Additionally, I hold a certificate in Trauma-Informed Sex Positive Therapy, and continue mentorship and supervision with a Relational Gestalt therapist.
Combined, these modalities form my clinical foundation and I welcome your questions about what all these words mean and how these approaches might be of help to you.
Fill out the contact form to get in touch. I will get back to you shortly to see how I can help.
Once you reach out we will schedule a 15-minute, free phone consultation. This will give a chance to discuss your goals, answer questions, and oftentimes we’ll book our initial session.
Once we’ve spoken and decided to move forward, I will send you some more thorough intake paperwork and we will book our first full session.
6001 Butler Lane, Suite 207, Scotts Valley CA
14583 Big Basin Highway, Suite 2B, Saratoga, CA
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