The perinatal journey isn’t always straightforward. From fertility, to pregnancy, birth and postpartum, there are many changes that create a lot of emotions! I’m here to support you, guide you and help you achieve your goals.
As a certified Counsellor, EMDR Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator and Doula, I know how to confidentially hold space and what real support in the perinatal period looks like.
Whether you’re trying to conceive, experienced a loss or are struggling in your new role as a pregnant person or parent, it can be a lot to carry - and you weren’t meant to do it alone. I’ll help you unpack your feelings, and carry you towards healing, acceptance and resolution throughout your journey.
Heidi Meagher has been a social worker since 2009, working in areas related to parenting. She has a BA in psychology, a BSW, and an MSW. Her own experience with perinatal and postpartum mental health led her to obtaining her certification in Postpartum Mental Health (CC-PMH) and Birth and Reproductive Trauma (CC-BRT). She has been providing support to perinatal and postpartum clients since 2022.
Heidi has training in a variety of therapy modalities and integrates aspects from many of these in her work. These include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Feedback Informed Treatment, and Narrative Therapy. She has taken CBT and IFS training specializing in working with perinatal/postpartum clients.
Heidi has experience working with individuals who are striving to become parents, as well as birthing and non birthing parents who have become parents through gestation and/or adoption and have experienced:
• Difficult pregnancies including hyperemesis gravidarum and high-risk pregnancies.
• Fear, anxiety, or stress around pregnancy, birth, or becoming a parent.
• Physical and/or emotional birth trauma.
• Prenatal and/or postpartum anxiety, or postadoption anxiety.
• Prenatal and/or postpartum depression, or postadoption depression.
• Prenatal and/or postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder.
• Postpartum rage.
• Pregnancy termination and loss, including miscarriages, still births, termination for medical reasons, and abortion.
• Reproductive challenges including difficulty trying to conceive.
