Warm, curious—and not particularly interested in telling you how you should feel.
You can tell me the part you usually leave out.It all started when…I kept hearing versions of the same thing:
“Nobody told me it would feel like this.”
“Why does nobody talk about how hard this is?”
“I thought I was supposed to be happier.”
There is endless talk about how to prepare for pregnancy, birth, babies and parenting. But we talk far less about what becoming—and continuing to be—a mother can do to you.
The anxiety. The resentment (followed promptly by the guilt). The mental load that never switches off. The relationship changes. The loss of freedom, identity or confidence. The pressure to be patient, grateful, present and somehow enjoy every minute of it.
And underneath all of that sits a powerful societal script about what a “good mother” is supposed to look like.
When real motherhood doesn’t match that script, women often assume the problem is them.
Matria Psychotherapy grew out of wanting to challenge that script.
I’m Kerri
Registered Psychotherapist, maternal mental health specialist, and someone who believes therapy can be both clinically solid and very human.
I’ve spent my career supporting women, parents and families through anxiety, overwhelm, identity shifts, difficult transitions and the complicated emotional realities that can come with raising a family.
My work has a particular focus on pregnancy, postpartum and maternal mental health—but motherhood doesn’t stop being complicated when the baby gets bigger. I also work with moms navigating burnout, mental load, parenting older children, relationship changes and the ongoing question of where you fit inside the life you’ve built.
In therapy, I’m warm, curious and direct. You won’t get a perfectly polished therapist persona or a pile of generic coping strategies. You’ll get someone who wants to understand what is actually happening underneath—and help you make meaningful changes that work in your real life.
B.A. Psychology
Master of Science - Pediatric Psychosocial Care
Registered Psychotherapist (2016)
Certified Perinatal Mental Health Therapist
15 Years experience providing therapy
Clinically trained. refreshingly human.Here’s how I operate
01We can say the actual thing.
The anger. The resentment. The guilt. The intrusive thought. The part you’re worried sounds awful out loud. You don’t have to clean it up for therapy.02We’ll make sense of it, not just talk about it.
I’m interested in what is happening underneath the reaction—and what your mind, body, history and relationships are trying to tell us.03Therapy still has to work in real life.Insight matters. But you also have a life to get back to. We’ll turn what we uncover into practical shifts in how you cope, communicate, set boundaries and move through things differently.