Malaika Clelland

Malaika is a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Therapist (PMH-C), Certified EMDR therapist, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. Malaika has a private practice in Orange County, CA, and also offers virtual therapy for anyone in the state of California. Malaika's background includes being a child/family and play therapist, a hospital social worker in both pediatrics/NICU and Labor and Delivery. Malaika's current areas of specialization include birth trauma, fertility challenges, pregnancy/infant loss, NICU stays/medically complex babies, and perinatal anxiety and depression. Malaika is rooted in attachment theory and trauma work and is a client-centered relational therapist who incorporates art and sand tray therapy. Malaika also supports parents who are adjusting to having more than one child and has many years of experience in helping parents with toddlers and preschool-aged children.