Pregnancy Anxiety
Therapy & Birth
Preparation Support
Online Pregnancy Therapy in Missouri, Florida, Arkansas, and Georgia
Specialized Support for Pregnancy Anxiety & Birth Preparation
PMH-C
Perinatal Mental Health Certified
LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Missouri, Florida, Georgia, & Arkansas
10 + Years
Supporting women during pregnancy, postpartum & motherhood
Perinatal Focus
Pregnancy, Birth Preparation, & Postpartum
Support During Pregnancy
Pregnancy can be an exciting and meaningful time, but it can also bring unexpected anxiety, uncertainty, and fears about what lies ahead. You may find yourself worrying about your baby's health, feeling overwhelmed by decisions about your care, or wondering how you will cope with labor, birth, and motherhood.
For some women, anxiety is connected to a previous difficult or traumatic birth. For others, it may be their first pregnancy, and the unknowns surrounding childbirth feel overwhelming.
At Bloom Perinatal Therapy, I provide compassionate, evidence-based pregnancy anxiety therapy to help women navigate these concerns, manage overwhelming thoughts, and feel more emotionally prepared for birth and the transition into motherhood.
I also believe that feeling informed, heard, and involved in your care matters. Whether you're hoping for an unmedicated birth, exploring your options, or preparing for a different experience after a previous difficult birth, therapy can provide space to explore your concerns and clarify what matters most to you.
My role isn't to tell you how to give birth. It's to support you in feeling informed, confident, and empowered to make decisions that align with your values and needs.
Online pregnancy therapy is available throughout Missouri, Florida, Arkansas, and Georgia.
Is Anxiety During Pregnancy Normal?
Therapy for Pregnancy Anxiety & Birth Preparation
Pregnancy anxiety can make it difficult to enjoy your pregnancy or feel confident about the birth ahead. You may find yourself worrying about complications, anticipating everything that could go wrong, or feeling overwhelmed by conflicting advice and decisions.
Therapy provides a supportive space to explore these concerns while developing practical tools for managing anxiety, understanding your emotional responses, and preparing for childbirth.
Together, we can explore your fears surrounding labor, medical interventions, and the postpartum period. We can also work on strengthening coping skills, building confidence, and helping you feel more informed and involved in decisions about your care.
For some women, birth preparation also means envisioning the birth experience they hope to have. Whether you're planning an unmedicated birth, hoping for a physiological birth, preparing for a VBAC, or seeking a healing experience after a previous traumatic birth, we can explore your goals, identify what matters most to you, and discuss ways to prepare emotionally and advocate for your preferences.
You deserve to feel supported in the birth you hope for, while also developing the confidence and flexibility to navigate unexpected changes if they arise.
Pregnant After a Traumatic Birth?
You May Benefit From Pregnancy Therapy If You’re Experiencing:
Being pregnant again after a difficult or traumatic birth can bring a mixture of excitement, hope, fear, and uncertainty.
You may worry about experiencing the same complications, interventions, or feelings of being unheard. At the same time, you may have a clear vision of how you hope this birth will be different.
Therapy can help you process fears connected to your previous experience, envision the birth you hope to have, and explore ways to prepare emotionally and communicate your preferences with your healthcare team.
A healing birth experience doesn't have to look the same for every woman. What matters is that your hopes, choices, and emotional well-being are respected.
If you're also looking for support processing a previous difficult birth experience, learn more about my Birth Trauma Therapy services.
Anxiety or excessive worry during pregnancy
Fear or anxiety about labor and childbirth
Pregnancy after a previous difficult or traumatic birth
Anxiety surrounding medical appointments, procedures, or interventions
Feeling overwhelmed by decisions about pregnancy or birth
A desire to prepare for an unmedicated or physiological birth
Hoping for a healing birth experience after a previous traumatic birth
Wanting to feel more confident communicating your birth preferences and making informed decisions
Preparing emotionally for childbirth and the postpartum period
Adjusting to identity changes and the transition to motherhood
How I Approach Birth Trauma & Pregnancy Therapy
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to pregnancy anxiety or preparing for childbirth. I combine evidence-based therapy with trauma-informed, holistic perinatal support to help women manage anxiety, explore their birth preferences, and feel more confident and emotionally prepared for the birth experience they hope to have.
Our work is tailored to your individual experiences, needs, values, and goals.
In addition to being a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C), I have training as a birth and postpartum doula. This background allows me to bring a deeper understanding of physiological birth, labor support, and the emotional aspects of childbirth into our therapy sessions.
While I no longer provide doula services, I draw on this training to help women explore their birth preferences, prepare emotionally for labor, and feel more confident advocating for themselves throughout their birth experience.
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Pregnancy and childbirth can bring feelings of vulnerability, uncertainty, or fear, especially if you've experienced a difficult or traumatic birth in the past.
My trauma-informed approach emphasizes emotional safety, trust, collaboration, and respect for your individual experiences, preferences, and choices.
Together, we can explore your concerns at a pace that feels comfortable while building confidence, strengthening coping skills, and helping you feel more prepared for childbirth.
Evidence-Based Therapy
Depending on your individual needs and goals, therapy may incorporate cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, compassion-focused strategies, bilateral stimulation, and mind-body approaches to help you manage pregnancy anxiety, navigate fears surrounding childbirth, and develop practical coping skills.
Bilateral stimulation may also be incorporated into guided visualization and emotional birth preparation, helping you envision the birth experience you hope to have while practicing grounding and calming techniques that may be useful during labor.
Together, we can work on managing anxious thoughts, strengthening emotional regulation, and building confidence as you prepare for labor, birth, and the transition into motherhood.
Preparing for childbirth involves more than understanding labor and delivery. It can also mean exploring your beliefs about birth, where those beliefs originated, and how they may influence your expectations, fears, and preferences.
Together, we may explore your own birth story, what your mother experienced emotionally during pregnancy and childbirth, your family's birth experiences, and the messages you've received about birth throughout your life. Understanding these influences can help you recognize fears, challenge limiting beliefs, and develop a clearer vision of the birth experience you hope to have.
I also provide education and support around physiological birth, common medical interventions, informed consent, and communicating your preferences with your healthcare team. My goal is to help you feel informed, confident, and empowered to make decisions that align with your values and individual circumstances.
Psychoeducation & Informed-Choice Support
You Deserve to Feel Supported and Prepared for Birth
Whether you're preparing for your first birth, experiencing anxiety during pregnancy, hoping for an unmedicated birth, or envisioning a different experience after a previous difficult birth, you deserve support along the way.
Pregnancy therapy offers a space to explore your fears, understand your emotions, and prepare for the birth experience you hope to have. Together, we can strengthen your confidence, develop coping strategies, and help you feel more informed and empowered as you approach childbirth.
You deserve to enter birth feeling heard, supported, and confident in your ability to participate in decisions about your care.
Online Pregnancy Anxiety Therapy in Missouri, Florida, Arkansas & Georgia
Bloom Perinatal Therapy is based in Southeast Missouri and provides specialized online pregnancy anxiety therapy and emotional birth preparation support for women throughout Missouri, Florida, Arkansas, and Georgia.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with specialized training in perinatal mental health, I work with women experiencing anxiety during pregnancy, fears surrounding childbirth, or a desire to feel more emotionally prepared for the birth experience they envision.
Whether you're in St. Louis, Kansas City, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, or elsewhere in one of the four states I serve, secure online therapy allows you to receive individualized support from the comfort and privacy of your home.
Pregnancy Therapy Fees & Payment
Individual pregnancy anxiety and birth preparation therapy sessions are $150 per 50-minute session.
Bloom Perinatal Therapy is a private-pay practice and does not accept insurance, including Medicaid. HSA and FSA payments are accepted.
Sessions can be scheduled based on your individual needs and goals, whether you're seeking ongoing support for pregnancy anxiety or a few sessions focused on emotional birth preparation.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
You don't have to navigate pregnancy anxiety or prepare for childbirth on your own.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by fears about labor, hoping to feel more confident in your birth choices, or looking for emotional support as you prepare for the birth you envision, I'm here to help.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation so we can discuss your concerns, explore your goals, and determine whether pregnancy therapy at Bloom Perinatal Therapy is a good fit for you.