Who is this group for?

This group is for women who are pregnant or anywhere in the postpartum/motherhood journey, and who would like therapeutic support in the company of others moving through a similar time.

You might be preparing for birth and feeling anxious, uncertain, or overwhelmed by what's ahead. You might be living with perinatal anxiety or depression, or finding that the physical demands of pregnancy and recovery are more than you expected to bear. You might be adjusting to the changes in your lifestyle and identity, feeling lost or an ambiguous sense of loss. 

The changes may be quieter and harder to name. Your sense of who you are is shifting. Your partnership, your family, your friendships feel different than they did. The transition into motherhood looks nothing like what you imagined, and you don't have space, time, or a person to speak about it.

Some women come to The Nest as a body-based complement to individual therapy they're already doing. The practices can address common physical challenges like nausea, back pain, swelling, and digestion. Others come because this is the first place that felt right with the plethora of identity and relationship changes a woman face along the motherhood journey.

You don't need any yoga experience, and you don't need to be flexible. You don't need to have anything figured out.

What I do ask is that you come consistently, and that you're willing to hold the group as a therapeutic space, for yourself and for the other women in the room.

What happens each week?

Each session is 90 minutes, and it unfolds in four movements.

We arrive. A brief centering practice helps us set down the rest of the day and settle into the room together.

We check in. Each member has time to share what is present for her. We listen without needing to fix or advise.

We move. Gentle yoga, breathwork, meditation, and mindful movement, all adapted for pregnancy and postpartum recovery, give the body a chance to speak.

We work. Through group psychotherapy, we explore what is surfacing emotionally, relationally, and physically.

Depending on what the group needs, we may spend more time with body-soul-mind birth preparation with breathwork and meditation practices, postpartum adjustment, anxiety, grief, identity, relationships, or the lived, embodied experience of becoming and being a mother.

Rolling admissions. Committed membership.

The Nest is not a drop-in class. New members join as space opens, after a clinical consultation and intake, and once you are part of the group, I ask that you participate consistently.

This gives us the best of both: you don't have to wait for a new cohort to begin, and the group keeps enough continuity for trust, relationship, and real therapeutic work to take root.

I also know that life in pregnancy and early motherhood rarely goes to plan. If you need to miss a session, we'll talk about it. If circumstances call for a longer pause, we'll think together about what makes sense clinically and how your return to the group might look.

Is this therapy?

Yes. The Nest is group psychotherapy led by a licensed clinical professional counselor. Every participant becomes a client of the practice and completes a clinical consultation and intake before joining, which means treatment consent, clinical assessment, and the same confidentiality standards that apply to any psychotherapy.

If you already work with an individual therapist or another provider, I'm glad to coordinate care with them, with your permission.

Virtual participation may be available when it is clinically appropriate. Anyone joining virtually must be physically located in Maine during the session.

This group is a complement to, not a substitute for, prenatal, postpartum, or other medical care.