Anxiety Therapy for Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Parenting in Palm Desert, CA
Specialized therapy for parents and parents-to-be navigating anxiety, overwhelm, and fertility-related stress, with support designed to help you feel calmer, steadier, and more connected to yourself and your family.
You recognize yourself less since becoming a parent.
You are more reactive.
More on edge.
Less patient than you swore you would be.
And you carry that alone.
Even around the people you love most.
There is a reason this feels so familiar.
If anxiety has been shaping your days as a parent, this might sound familiar:
• You’re keeping it together all day, until one more spilled cup or sibling fight pushes you over the edge. Then comes the guilt, the mental replay, the quiet shame about how you wish you had handled it differently.
• You’re on all the time, juggling work, caregiving, routines, and the invisible mental load that never seems to shut off, with anxiety humming in the background.
• You fall into bed exhausted but wired, your mind still spinning through tomorrow’s to do list and everything you did not get to today.
• You feel overstimulated and drained, like your system never gets a real pause. Even small things feel big when you are stretched thin.
• You notice your child’s emotions mirroring your own, the tension, the overwhelm, the reactivity, and it is hard not to feel like you are both running on empty.
This is not a personal failure.
It is what happens when your nervous system has been on constant alert for too long.
At Haven Wellness Therapy in Palm Desert, I work with parents and parents-to-be who feel overwhelmed, reactive, and disconnected from themselves in a life they care deeply about. Together, we focus on calming your nervous system, easing anxiety, and helping you feel more present and grounded, whether you are carrying most of the caregiving or quietly holding everything together from the sidelines.
Many parents find their way here after searching for anxiety therapy, a therapist near them, or family therapy in Palm Desert. Reaching out does not mean you’re doing this wrong. It means you’re ready for support.
Support can help you feel more steady in this.
Therapy Services at Haven Wellness in Palm Desert and Across California.
My work is grounded in anxiety therapy and nervous-system-informed care, supporting families through major life transitions.
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Parenting & Family Therapy
For parents navigating anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and reactivity.
Families today come together in many ways: IVF, donor conception, LGBTQ+ families, solo parenting, blended families, and parents raising children with big emotions and sensitive nervous systems.
Therapy offers a supportive, affirming space to work on anxiety regulation, emotional patterns, communication, and the stress that shows up in family life. Together, we focus on helping you feel calmer, more connected, and more grounded, so your home can feel steadier, not just managed.
You don’t have to parent in survival mode. Support can help you show up in ways that feel more aligned with who you are and the family you’re building.
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Pregnancy & Postpartum Therapy
For the seasons that change everything, your body, your sleep, your relationships, your sense of self.
Families today come together in many ways: IVF, donor conception, LGBTQ+ families, solo parenting, blended families, and parents raising children with big emotions and sensitive nervous systems.
Therapy offers an affirming space to work on anxiety regulation, emotional patterns, communication, and the stress that shows up in family life. Together, we focus on helping you feel calmer, more connected, and more grounde, so your home can feel steadier, not just managed.
You don’t have to parent in survival mode. Therapy can help you build steadier rhythms, for yourself and for the family you’re growing.
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Fertility & Loss Support
For individuals and couples navigating infertility, IVF, or pregnancy loss.
Trying to grow your family can feel like living in constant limbo: hoping, waiting, bracing, repeating. Some days feel manageable. Other days feel heavy, anxious, and exhausting to carry.
Whether you’re navigating IVF, fertility challenges, donor conception, or the grief that follows miscarriage or loss, therapy offers a steadier place to land. A space to slow down, breathe again, and process what this season is asking of you, without having to carry it alone.
You don’t have to hold all the hope and uncertainty by yourself.
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Couples & Relationship Therapy
For couples rediscovering connection amid the stress and transitions of parenting.
Becoming parents stretches even the strongest relationships. Suddenly, everything shifts: your communication, your intimacy, your time, your sense of partnership.
If you’re feeling disconnected, stuck in conflict, or trying to rebuild closeness after a hard or anxious season, therapy offers a space to slow down and reconnect. Together, we’ll strengthen communication, reduce reactivity, and help you feel more supported and aligned with one another.
You deserve a relationship that feels like a safe place to land, even in the messy moments.
Hi, I’m Sophie
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist | Palm Desert & Online Across California
I know how heavy it can feel, the constant push to stay calm, keep up, and be everything at once. Parenthood changed me in all the ways I expected and in a few I didn’t. Through fertility treatments, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and the invisible weight of trying to manage it all, I learned how much our nervous systems carry.
As both a therapist and an IVF parent, I understand the mix of hope and exhaustion, love and anxiety, joy threaded with guilt or grief. In my work, I help parents slow things down, regulate their nervous systems, and find steadier ground in the middle of the messiness.
Therapy with me isn’t about fixing you; it’s about helping you feel more like yourself again, at your own pace, in your own way.
This is a space to breathe. To be real. To feel held in a way that’s steady, warm, and grounded.
I work with parents across Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley, and offer online therapy throughout California, so you can begin from wherever you are..
How Therapy Works at Haven Wellness
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How Therapy Works at Haven Wellness *
A simple, steady process so you always know what to expect. Here’s what getting started looks like:
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A chance to breathe, ask questions, and see if it feels like a good fit.
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Quick, easy onboarding. I’ll walk you through everything.
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We’ll slow down, understand what’s been heavy, and create a plan that meets you where you are.
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As your season changes, IVF to pregnancy, pregnancy to postpartum, or parenting a little one with big feelings, your sessions evolve with you.
In-Person Therapy in Palm Desert & Online Across California
Support that meets you where you are… literally.
Whether you’re local to Palm Desert or showing up from your kitchen floor between feedings, therapy at Haven Wellness is designed to fit into real life, not compete with it.
Online therapy across California
No commuting. No childcare scramble. No rushing in and out.
Just steady support from wherever you can catch a quiet moment.
In-person sessions in Palm Desert
If you prefer face-to-face connection, I offer weekly in-person sessions at:
One El Paseo Plaza
74-225 Hwy 111, Suite C
Palm Desert, CA 92260
It’s a calm, grounding space for parents, parents-to-be, and families navigating every stage of family building and becoming.
Serving clients in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, La Quinta, Indio, Rancho Mirage, and the entire Coachella Valley, with online therapy available anywhere in California.
Reflections from colleagues who share this work of supporting parents through life’s tender seasons.
Frequently Asked Questions
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I’m an out-of-network provider, which means I don’t bill insurance directly. However, many clients use their out-of-network benefits for partial reimbursement. I offer superbills to help make that process easier.
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Yes. I offer safe, secure online therapy anywhere in California. It’s ideal for parents, parents-to-be, and anyone trying to fit support into real life — naps, feedings, work breaks, or late-night overwhelm included.
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I work with individuals and couples across fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and modern family-building.
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Absolutely. Haven Wellness is fully affirming. I work often with queer parents, donor-conceived families, and two-mom or two-dad family systems, offering support that honors your identity and lived experience.
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For virtual sessions, yes.
For in-person sessions, we’ll decide together what feels most supportive. Some parents feel more regulated with baby nearby; others benefit from coming solo. There’s no “right” way, just what works for you. -
Yes. While my primary focus is supporting parents and parents-to-be, I do offer therapy for young children as well as parent-child support to help you understand and respond to your child’s emotional needs and behaviors.
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Everyone’s needs are different. Some clients come in for short-term support (6–12 sessions), while others stay longer as they move through different seasons of fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting.
Get Started Today.
Parenthood is hard enough. You don’t have to navigate it alone.
Let’s find steadiness, clarity, and support that actually fits your real life.