Postpartum Depression Therapists in Portland, OR

I see postpartum as an illness and work with clients to cope with it and to move out of it as best they can with my support.

We specialize in supporting parents through the emotional challenges of the postpartum period. Therapy offers validation, relief, and tools during this vulnerable season.

Postpartum depression does not always show up as sadness, tiredness, feeling bad about yourself. It shows up as irritability, mood swings, yelling at your husband and kids, feeling like you are the only one doing anything, feeling stuck and suffocated. It can show up as feeling distant and disconnected from your partner and child, feeling bored when playing with your baby and having a hard time feeling that love for anyone especially your baby.

Postpartum therapy focuses on the emotional and identity transformations that accompany motherhood. I help new parents process the complex mix of grief, guilt, love, and loss that can surface after birth, supporting both healing and reconnection with self.

Postpartum depression is more than the stress of becoming a new parent. This monumental transition into parenthood can awaken far more than new responsibilities, and the postpartum period may stir earlier life experiences, including attachment trauma, emotional overwhelm, and grief while also reshaping identity and relationships. As a parent, your own imprints may be activated with the news of pregnancy or upon the arrival of your little one. PPD is a real and treatable condition that can affect mood, identity, bonding and attachment with your baby, and even your sense of yourself. Drawing from somatic and pre/perinatal psychology, therapy provides a compassionate, trauma-informed space to support healing and bonding, nervous system regulation, and help you reconnect with yourself and your baby at a pace that feels safe. You will develop attunement abilities for the development of a secure foundation for you and your child. Couples welcome.

Portland has a strong therapy culture deeply intertwined with its progressive values, with high demand for therapists who specialize in LGBTQ+ identity, non-traditional relationship structures, trauma, and social-justice-informed approaches to mental health. The city's visible homelessness crisis and political tensions have contributed to significant community-level anxiety, and therapists here frequently address activist burnout, moral injury, and eco-anxiety alongside more traditional presenting concerns. Oregon Health & Science University provides major institutional mental health resources, complemented by a dense network of independent practitioners across the inner eastside, Hawthorne, and Northwest Portland. Oregon's relatively permissive telehealth laws make it particularly easy to access care from across the state.

Gender ID

	89%	Female
	11%	Male

Session Type

	56%	In Person and Online
	44%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

56%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
56%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
44%	Psychodynamic Therapy
44%	Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
44%	Somatic Therapy
33%	Christian Counseling
33%	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
78%	Senior
78%	Young Adult
56%	Teen
33%	Children

Client Focus

89%	Women
67%	Christian
67%	LGBTQ+
56%	Black / African American
56%	Jewish

Postpartum Depression therapists in Portland, Oregon OR

Catherine Saunders

Hannah Nyznyk Christian

Kristina Anzell

Dr. Shelby Kittinger

Soma Aloia, SoulWork Somatics, Somatic Counseling & Bodywork