Turns out, being a parent is a wild ride! No matter where or how you’re entering this journey, the rollercoaster experience is meant to have support. Therapy is a place where you get to softly land so that you can take care of yourself and stay in connection with your partner as your relationship deepens. Especially with social media, babies are a billion dollar industry and all of these pressure points and purchase opportunities can leave your head spinning. Therapy helps ground you in your intuition and what’s best for you and your family so you can create sustainable decisions. Monica O’Connell works along side parents throughout the perinatal process. Some practice specialities include working with people on their own trauma so they can parent with confidence, body image issues that are bumping into pregnancy and navigating the healthcare system and all things postpartum. Any parenting experience outside of what the media sells as the norm can feel so isolating, confusing and painful. In our work together, you get the specialized care you need to navigate parenthood while honoring your unique experience.

Monica is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and EMDRIA Approved Consultant who utilizes a holistic, body based/somatic approach to working with people. She is also a mother to 3 who’s learned the importance of a specialized approach to helping parents get the support and village they need to the most important and rewarding (and challenging) job ever.

Additionally, Monica provides consultation for therapists who are interested in utilizing a holistic approach with a perinatal focus, working with LGBTQ persons, trauma and EMDR. As an approved consultant she works with people who are basic trained, wanting certification and working towards becoming an approved consultant through EMDRIA.