Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum Therapists in Washington, DC
I specialize in working with women who are struggling with infertility, pregnancy, or postpartum challenges; adult individuals trying to cope with daily life challenges; couples who are dating, engaged, married, or contemplating the decision to stay or leave; and adolescents and young adults navigating life transitions.
I aim to help adolescents and adult individuals find purpose and manage anxiety, depression, abandonment, grief, loss, and/or life's most recent challenges. With couples, I strive to help them evaluate, strengthen, rebuild, repair, and enhance their bond as they work to determine the next best steps for their relationship.
I specialize in working with women who are struggling with infertility, pregnancy, or postpartum challenges; adult individuals trying to cope with daily life challenges; couples who are dating, engaged, married, or contemplating the decision to stay or leave; and adolescents and young adults navigating life transitions.
I aim to help adolescents and adult individuals find purpose and manage anxiety, depression, abandonment, grief, loss, and/or life's most recent challenges. With couples, I strive to help them evaluate, strengthen, rebuild, repair, and enhance their bond as they work to determine the next best steps for their relationship.
As a licensed therapist in the DC metro area, I work with teens, adults, parents, and women in the perinatal and postpartum period - offering a highly individualized approach during every stage.
Throughout my 12 years of clinical practice, I have worked in multiple therapeutic settings such as schools, an outpatient mental health clinic, and a group private practice in NW Washington, DC. I utilize a client-centered approach, drawing from multiple evidence-based models such as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), play therapy, and attachment theory.
As a licensed therapist in the DC metro area, I work with teens, adults, parents, and women in the perinatal and postpartum period - offering a highly individualized approach during every stage.
Throughout my 12 years of clinical practice, I have worked in multiple therapeutic settings such as schools, an outpatient mental health clinic, and a group private practice in NW Washington, DC. I utilize a client-centered approach, drawing from multiple evidence-based models such as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), play therapy, and attachment theory.
I also specialize in women’s mental health and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
I believe deeply in the power of a positive and genuine therapeutic relationship, and my style is warm, validating, and non-judgmental. I combine this with concrete, evidence-based therapeutic techniques including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, and mindfulness/acceptance.
I also specialize in women’s mental health and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
I believe deeply in the power of a positive and genuine therapeutic relationship, and my style is warm, validating, and non-judgmental. I combine this with concrete, evidence-based therapeutic techniques including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, and mindfulness/acceptance.
I help to provide ongoing support for pregnancy after infertility and postpartum.
I provide therapy for various life course adjustment, such as managing anxiety and depression, coping with grief and loss, challenges with relationships, and considerations for ways to grow a family. I partner with reproductive medical practices to provide psychological services and counsel the patients who are undergoing or have undergone fertility treatment, as well as those who have chosen not to proceed forward with fertility treatment. I provide third party reproduction counseling sessions for donor sperm, egg, & embryo and gestational surrogacy. I provide evaluations for gestational carriers and gamete donors.
I help to provide ongoing support for pregnancy after infertility and postpartum.
I provide therapy for various life course adjustment, such as managing anxiety and depression, coping with grief and loss, challenges with relationships, and considerations for ways to grow a family. I partner with reproductive medical practices to provide psychological services and counsel the patients who are undergoing or have undergone fertility treatment, as well as those who have chosen not to proceed forward with fertility treatment. I provide third party reproduction counseling sessions for donor sperm, egg, & embryo and gestational surrogacy. I provide evaluations for gestational carriers and gamete donors.
Do you feel your worries are getting in the way of every day experiences? Are you a parent struggling with the weight of your responsibilities? Are your internal doubts creating space between you and the relationships you want? Are you managing chronic health issues that others do not understand? You are not alone. Many people struggle with the daily concerns and troubles which get in the way of being able to enjoy life and achieve their goals. Whether it is experiencing anxiety, depression, or major life transitions, counseling can help to lessen the overwhelming emotions and make life feel a little more under control.
Do you feel your worries are getting in the way of every day experiences? Are you a parent struggling with the weight of your responsibilities? Are your internal doubts creating space between you and the relationships you want? Are you managing chronic health issues that others do not understand? You are not alone. Many people struggle with the daily concerns and troubles which get in the way of being able to enjoy life and achieve their goals. Whether it is experiencing anxiety, depression, or major life transitions, counseling can help to lessen the overwhelming emotions and make life feel a little more under control.
I support individuals working through the deep and often hidden impacts of trauma—whether rooted in the past or triggered by life’s most vulnerable moments, like fertility struggles, pregnancy, postpartum, or perinatal loss.
Using a holistic, trauma-informed approach that blends CBT and somatic practices, I guide clients toward clarity, confidence, and more fulfilling relationships. I help clients understand the mind-body connection, shift perspectives, and transform stress, trauma, and anxiety into meaningful growth.
I support individuals working through the deep and often hidden impacts of trauma—whether rooted in the past or triggered by life’s most vulnerable moments, like fertility struggles, pregnancy, postpartum, or perinatal loss.
Using a holistic, trauma-informed approach that blends CBT and somatic practices, I guide clients toward clarity, confidence, and more fulfilling relationships. I help clients understand the mind-body connection, shift perspectives, and transform stress, trauma, and anxiety into meaningful growth.
I work with adults and young adults from diverse backgrounds who may be experiencing challenges related to: anxiety, depression, perinatal mental health, fertility, work-life balance, life transitions, and issues stemming from low self-worth.
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Provider, I am especially passionate about women’s mental health during pregnancy and the postnatal period. I have completed additional training from Postpartum Support International (PSI) to ensure that I am specifically equipped to support birthing and non-birthing individuals.
I work with adults and young adults from diverse backgrounds who may be experiencing challenges related to: anxiety, depression, perinatal mental health, fertility, work-life balance, life transitions, and issues stemming from low self-worth.
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Provider, I am especially passionate about women’s mental health during pregnancy and the postnatal period. I have completed additional training from Postpartum Support International (PSI) to ensure that I am specifically equipped to support birthing and non-birthing individuals.
In-home, virtual, and in-office services include: couples counseling, individual support around perinatal mental health for moms AND dads (aiming to prevent Postpartum Depression & Anxiety when possible), hands-on parenting support and guidance.
Building self-awareness and developing a rewarding connection with your child is a unique and sensitive process for each parent. Many of us can use some support along the way. I am the mother of four sons & a daughter who are their own masterpieces in the making.
In-home, virtual, and in-office services include: couples counseling, individual support around perinatal mental health for moms AND dads (aiming to prevent Postpartum Depression & Anxiety when possible), hands-on parenting support and guidance.
Building self-awareness and developing a rewarding connection with your child is a unique and sensitive process for each parent. Many of us can use some support along the way. I am the mother of four sons & a daughter who are their own masterpieces in the making.
November 2025: Accepting New Clients! Welcome to Changes Psychological Services!
We specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for adults with anxiety and OCD. CBT is an evidence-based, solution-focused and goal-oriented treatment. Our clients are high-achieving professionals with demanding careers and busy lives. We understand that their time is limited and valuable. So we prioritize helping them to get the most out of treatment, while tailoring our approach to their specific needs. And we're experts at supporting our clients to both set goals and achieve them. So, in other words, they get lasting results!
November 2025: Accepting New Clients! Welcome to Changes Psychological Services!
We specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for adults with anxiety and OCD. CBT is an evidence-based, solution-focused and goal-oriented treatment. Our clients are high-achieving professionals with demanding careers and busy lives. We understand that their time is limited and valuable. So we prioritize helping them to get the most out of treatment, while tailoring our approach to their specific needs. And we're experts at supporting our clients to both set goals and achieve them. So, in other words, they get lasting results!
My professional expertise centers on supporting clients experiencing increased stress or anxiety due to fertility struggles, pregnancy and postpartum, or grief and loss.
Hi! My name is Haley Lipton, and I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of HLP Therapy & Support. I'm nonjudgmental, easy to talk to, and love what I do. My clients are intelligent, caring, high-functioning individuals who feel overwhelmed by current life circumstances. In sessions with me you'll find a supportive space to process and better understand your thoughts and feelings, and you'll leave with concrete tools to implement in your daily life.
My professional expertise centers on supporting clients experiencing increased stress or anxiety due to fertility struggles, pregnancy and postpartum, or grief and loss.
Hi! My name is Haley Lipton, and I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of HLP Therapy & Support. I'm nonjudgmental, easy to talk to, and love what I do. My clients are intelligent, caring, high-functioning individuals who feel overwhelmed by current life circumstances. In sessions with me you'll find a supportive space to process and better understand your thoughts and feelings, and you'll leave with concrete tools to implement in your daily life.
My passion is helping families adjust to significant life changes. Whether you are entering into marriage, welcoming a child into your family, or realizing that it is time to refocus on your marriage, my goal is to help you strengthen and grow your family bond. Building self-awareness is vital to any relationship between two adults or parent and child. Creating your own family dynamic and parenting perspective is a unique process for each family. It is healthy to seek support.
My passion is helping families adjust to significant life changes. Whether you are entering into marriage, welcoming a child into your family, or realizing that it is time to refocus on your marriage, my goal is to help you strengthen and grow your family bond. Building self-awareness is vital to any relationship between two adults or parent and child. Creating your own family dynamic and parenting perspective is a unique process for each family. It is healthy to seek support.
I have specialized training in sex and couples therapy from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and perinatal mental health from Rush University Medical Center.
You may be carrying the weight of complex trauma, painful relationship patterns, or the exhaustion and chronic stress that comes from navigating systems never built for you. Intimacy might feel confusing, authentic pleasure and connection distant, and emotions challenging. If you’re navigating this world with multiple marginalized identities on top of complicated family dynamics, unfulfilling romantic relationships, or transitions around parenthood, you likely feel overwhelmed and disconnected from your needs. You deserve a place where where you can heal deeply and don’t have to explain or shrink parts of who you are.
I have specialized training in sex and couples therapy from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and perinatal mental health from Rush University Medical Center.
You may be carrying the weight of complex trauma, painful relationship patterns, or the exhaustion and chronic stress that comes from navigating systems never built for you. Intimacy might feel confusing, authentic pleasure and connection distant, and emotions challenging. If you’re navigating this world with multiple marginalized identities on top of complicated family dynamics, unfulfilling romantic relationships, or transitions around parenthood, you likely feel overwhelmed and disconnected from your needs. You deserve a place where where you can heal deeply and don’t have to explain or shrink parts of who you are.
You can’t imagine feeling okay again now that your loved one is gone. How can the world move on when your own world has stopped? The decisions you’ve made in your life since they died have been about survival and not desires. Truthfully, you aren't even sure what you want anymore. You yearn to feel like yourself again, but you also feel guilty that it could mean letting go of your loved one somehow. You see your peers moving on in their life and you fear that you are falling more and more behind. You worry that what you need most you could only get from the person who is no longer with you. Is this the life you're resigned to?
You can’t imagine feeling okay again now that your loved one is gone. How can the world move on when your own world has stopped? The decisions you’ve made in your life since they died have been about survival and not desires. Truthfully, you aren't even sure what you want anymore. You yearn to feel like yourself again, but you also feel guilty that it could mean letting go of your loved one somehow. You see your peers moving on in their life and you fear that you are falling more and more behind. You worry that what you need most you could only get from the person who is no longer with you. Is this the life you're resigned to?
Katy Cribbs
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW
4 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I'm licensed in DC, VA, and NC and hold additional certifications and training in EMDR, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, SSP, and Perinatal Mental Health.
We all carry wounds which affect our inner well-being, our relationships, and our ability to engage with the world. By facing our pain and suffering with compassion, we have the power to transform it into strength. Often, we cannot do this alone. Therapy is a journeying together to discover your own capacity for resilience and strength and healing into your deeper, truer self. I cultivate therapeutic relationships built on deep trust and incorporate mindfulness, narrative awareness, strengths-based insight building, and cognitive restructuring, focusing from a spiritual perspective on what gives meaning, purpose, and connection.
I'm licensed in DC, VA, and NC and hold additional certifications and training in EMDR, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, SSP, and Perinatal Mental Health.
We all carry wounds which affect our inner well-being, our relationships, and our ability to engage with the world. By facing our pain and suffering with compassion, we have the power to transform it into strength. Often, we cannot do this alone. Therapy is a journeying together to discover your own capacity for resilience and strength and healing into your deeper, truer self. I cultivate therapeutic relationships built on deep trust and incorporate mindfulness, narrative awareness, strengths-based insight building, and cognitive restructuring, focusing from a spiritual perspective on what gives meaning, purpose, and connection.
I also work with eating concerns (anorexia, bulimia, body image), and specialize in maternal mental health ( perinatal/ postpartum).
Be sure to check your Out Of Network benefits with your insurance, as they often cover a good portion of mental health fees.
I also work with eating concerns (anorexia, bulimia, body image), and specialize in maternal mental health ( perinatal/ postpartum).
Be sure to check your Out Of Network benefits with your insurance, as they often cover a good portion of mental health fees.
While I work with clients of all ages in any stage of life, my specialties include teen and family LGBTQIA issues, prenatal/ postpartum challenges, parenting children with disabilities and working with women who feel “stuck
You may be: a teenager confronting challenges such as anxiety, depression, peer comparison, gender identity or sexual orientation; a family that needs support with general discord, parenting a child who is neurodiverse or LGBTQIA; or a woman feeling stuck or lost, managing anxiety or depression post-college, or during pregnancy, postpartum or infertility.
While I work with clients of all ages in any stage of life, my specialties include teen and family LGBTQIA issues, prenatal/ postpartum challenges, parenting children with disabilities and working with women who feel “stuck
You may be: a teenager confronting challenges such as anxiety, depression, peer comparison, gender identity or sexual orientation; a family that needs support with general discord, parenting a child who is neurodiverse or LGBTQIA; or a woman feeling stuck or lost, managing anxiety or depression post-college, or during pregnancy, postpartum or infertility.
Rooted to Rise, (Supervisor) Christian Counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPC- S, CAC, NCC, PMH-C
Online Only
She began within the penal system, raised 28 foster children using Reality Therapy, and now specializing in " perinatal, postpartum", depression, alcohol/substance, and anxiety disorders within several community such as, veterans, females, couples, teens, and family.
She also has a BA in Christian Studies and is a licensed minister. Therefore, she offers Christian counseling as one of her modalities. Rene’ is also a Mental Health First Aid Instructor - understanding the need to educate society regarding mental health she has joined with MHFA International and offers group certification training.
She began within the penal system, raised 28 foster children using Reality Therapy, and now specializing in " perinatal, postpartum", depression, alcohol/substance, and anxiety disorders within several community such as, veterans, females, couples, teens, and family.
She also has a BA in Christian Studies and is a licensed minister. Therefore, she offers Christian counseling as one of her modalities. Rene’ is also a Mental Health First Aid Instructor - understanding the need to educate society regarding mental health she has joined with MHFA International and offers group certification training.
Is pregnancy or the postpartum period completely different from how you imagined it would be?
We are an experienced team specializing in pediatric, perinatal, adolescent, adult. couples, and family therapy. We also have a psychiatrist and occupational therapist on our team so use a collaborative and holistic approach to care.
Is pregnancy or the postpartum period completely different from how you imagined it would be?
We are an experienced team specializing in pediatric, perinatal, adolescent, adult. couples, and family therapy. We also have a psychiatrist and occupational therapist on our team so use a collaborative and holistic approach to care.
My strength is crisis intervention; trauma, grief, perinatal, whistleblowers
I identify as an ethicist; a Womanist who advocates and practices feminist ideals, cultural humility through continuous learning, bodily integrity, reproductive justice, sex work is work, pacifism by utilizing non-violent resistance techniques.
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker; DC, NY, VA, MD, WV, OR, WA, CA. I utilize eclectic psychotherapy defined by APA. I am a certified Perinatal Mental Health Certified clinician. I strive to provide trauma informed care utilizing eclectic psychotherapy and empathy. Striving to honor ourselves and our losses so that our loss honors those we love.
My strength is crisis intervention; trauma, grief, perinatal, whistleblowers
I identify as an ethicist; a Womanist who advocates and practices feminist ideals, cultural humility through continuous learning, bodily integrity, reproductive justice, sex work is work, pacifism by utilizing non-violent resistance techniques.
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker; DC, NY, VA, MD, WV, OR, WA, CA. I utilize eclectic psychotherapy defined by APA. I am a certified Perinatal Mental Health Certified clinician. I strive to provide trauma informed care utilizing eclectic psychotherapy and empathy. Striving to honor ourselves and our losses so that our loss honors those we love.
As a compassionate therapist, I am here to guide you on a journey of rediscovery and healing. I believe in the transformative power of relationships and am dedicated to helping you unlock your full potential. In our work together, we will create a safe, nurturing space where you can explore your challenges and grow. For couples, this means delving deep into trust, communication, and intimacy issues. For individuals, it's about understanding your inner world and fostering self-compassion.
As a compassionate therapist, I am here to guide you on a journey of rediscovery and healing. I believe in the transformative power of relationships and am dedicated to helping you unlock your full potential. In our work together, we will create a safe, nurturing space where you can explore your challenges and grow. For couples, this means delving deep into trust, communication, and intimacy issues. For individuals, it's about understanding your inner world and fostering self-compassion.
