Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum Therapists in Santa Rosa, CA

I specialize in supporting women during life transitions. This might be due to welcoming a new child into your home and relationship, life stage (perimenopause /menopause), ending a relationship or a chronic illness. You might be experiencing a sense that you have lost a part of yourself. Maybe your anxiety or depression is preventing you from enjoying your life fully, or feeling overwhelmed with how to move forward with the life that you want. Often during life's transitions it is a powerful time to take a pause and reflect. I am here to support you as a guide back to your own inner wisdom and path home to yourself.

Currently Accepting New Clients- Welcome! My name is Dr. Annie Buxbaum. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have a Doctorate in Human and Organizational Psych. I work with couples struggling with communication, intimacy, and overall wanting a change in their relationship. My passion also includes supporting clients who are pregnant, postpartum , or struggling with miscarriages and infertility.

Becoming a mother is a transformative experience. While pregnancy and motherhood can bring immense joy, that joy can also be coupled with feelings of worry, sadness, overwhelm and self-doubt that can feel hard to express to others. If you are experiencing this, you are not alone. The transition into parenthood causes a tremendous shift in our lives.

Therapy can be a scary journey to embark on, or possibly a taboo, depending on your culture. As a Hispanic woman, who once was a single mom, and now having a blended family, I have experienced many challenges. I have felt lost and thought no one understood me, and though some days are still harder than others, I have been triumphant and regained a sense of control in my life. People come to me when life circumstances have become too overwhelming and no longer know how to regain control of their life. I have worked with diverse populations: race, age, gender, multiracial, single mothers, perinatal and postpartum , to name a few.

Are you feeling stuck in unhelpful thinking or behavior patterns? Is anxiety interfering with your ability to enjoy life? Do you need help with parenting or relationship issues? Are you having trouble sleeping? Are you struggling with chronic pain or illness? Is it difficult to make decisions?

The time has come do our healing. The world is changing rapidly and with force and we are being asked to show up and do our work. It is my belief and deep knowing that even though we may feel broken or lost, we are not. It is time to AWAKEN to your divinity and be fully alive! I am here to help you find your way to wellness, to your inner sense of wholeness and connection and to your ability to heal yourself. I am skilled in working with relationship issues, childbirth and parenting, grief and loss, divorce, depression, anxiety, and general personal growth. Let me hold space for you as you dive into your work. You've got this.

I offer a warm, relational, effective approach to therapy. So much can be healed with the careful attunement of a skilled therapist, and with the trust and safety that can built in the room together. I work as an integral therapist, combining modalities as needed for each Cl, including working with childhood wounds, with mindfulness, and depth work. I also utilize Brainspotting, a deep brain technique to efficiently process deeply rooted traumas and bring safety and relief to your nervous system. I draw on research in the areas of trauma, attachment, and the brain to ground my practice.

I accept you as you are, and believe in your ability to heal and to grow. You may be feeling overwhelmed or alone in your struggles. It can be hard to ask for help. I offer nonjudgmental support. I assist clients to deepen in self awareness, healing and growth as they struggle with grief & loss, trauma, personal identity issues, dysfunctional relationship patterns, and life stresses & transitions.

Let's work together to help you feel connected and whole. Would you like to improve your relationships, your emotional and physical health? I provide a supportive environment for people to express themselves, to grow and change. I believe it is important to attend to the mind, body and environment in reaching optimal health and happiness. The therapeutic relationship is something I value and believe to be an integral part of successful therapy. Areas of interest are relationships, life transitions, anxiety, grief and loss, coping with climate change, women's health, personal growth and prenatal / postpartum support.

I believe there is goodness, beauty, and incredible value at the core of every individual, as well as opportunities for change. I specialize in working with individuals navigating work/life/family balance, older adults, sleep issues, teen girls, cancer patients, fertility/ pregnancy , significant illness, and bereavement. A strong value I have is developing a meaningful relationship with my clients built on security, respect, compassion, and healing. It is also critical to develop goals that are important to you and ensuring you feel heard and your needs in treatment are being met.

I believe in the holistic approach to healing and integrate many different modalities, theories and techniques to tailor each session to your individual needs. I have trained in Attachment based EMDR, which I have found to be extremely helpful to shift old Traumas and PTSD symptoms. I offer somatic therapy, helping people connect their bodies to their emotions as well as meditation, mindfulness and lots of humor. I provide a really laid back atmosphere where it feels comfortable to share and be yourself.

Are you experiencing difficulties related to pregnancy , pre-term birth, medically complex birth, NICU stay, post-partum depression?

I am a licensed clinical psychologist providing virtual therapy for adults in California. I can help you process stressful experiences, such as trauma, abuse, life changes, pregnancy and postpartum , relational conflict, burnout, and loss. We can work together to help you feel less anxious, depressed, and stuck, and more peaceful, empowered, and connected. We can help you feel more like yourself again.

I enjoy working with individuals interested and committed to discovering their own inherent capacity to live a more embodied, present, and expressive life. I am passionate about helping those who are struggling with a major life transition or have experienced trauma/loss regain a sense of well-being and ease in their life and personal relationships. My approach to healing is fundamentally relational and holistic, drawing heavily on mindfulness-based, somatic, and creative expression techniques. I interweave neurophysiological, transpersonal, and attachment based frameworks that allow for both solution-focused and depth work.