Oakland, CATherapy for Women's Issues
Therapy for the in-between — and everything that comes after.
Supporting Women’s Emotional Health Through Midlife
Women in midlife often face a perfect storm. I work with women across these stages, including pregnancy and postpartum.
Mood changes, anxiety, and disrupted sleep often arrive just as everything else is in motion. Children are growing up, parents are aging, careers and relationships are changing, and perimenopause may be part of the picture too. Beneath the practical demands sit questions about identity, purpose, and who you are beyond the roles you’ve filled. It’s no wonder this phase can feel overwhelming.
These aren’t separate struggles. They compound. And many women carry them quietly, without enough space to process what’s happening or what it means.
Therapy offers a place to slow down and make sense of this convergence — to understand what’s shifting internally and externally, and to respond with more clarity, self-compassion, and choice.
Making sense of midlife change
What you’re experiencing has weight and meaning.
Midlife asks something of you. Pushing through it or minimizing it misses what’s actually happening: a profound psychological and emotional shift that can open space for greater authenticity, agency, and alignment when it’s understood rather than ignored.
That shift deserves support that recognizes its power, possibility, and significance.
Themes we might explore together
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The weight of caregiving — for aging parents, struggling adult children, or both.
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Feeling invisible, dismissed, or as though your struggles don’t matter.
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Relationship shifts with partners, family or friends - old patterns, changing dynamics, and what no longer feels sustainable.
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Loss of libido or changes in desire and intimacy.
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Changes in your body, energy, and self-image in a culture that prioritizes youth.
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The tension between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming.
Trauma-Informed, Compassionate Care
I approach this work through a trauma-informed, relational lens that honors both your history and your current reality. Together, we’ll explore how earlier experiences, expectations, and relational patterns continue to shape how you respond to stress, change, and uncertainty today.
“To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves.”
— Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Start with a free 20-minute consultation
You don’t have to move through midlife transitions alone, or quietly.
Therapy can help you reconnect with yourself, clarify what matters now, and move forward with greater steadiness and self-assurance.