I believe we all could benefit from therapy, and after becoming a parent that need may grow. Shifting your focus to keeping two (or more) humans alive instead of just you is hard work! Between hormonal changes and relationship changes this time is unlike any other in your life. Even if you have struggled with mental health in the past, during this time, things may feel different. You don't have to go down this path alone.
reBlossom has partnered with three amazing therapists who are knowledgeable and focused on helping parents through their prenatal & postpartum periods. Whether you have experienced infertility, loss, birth trauma, or perinatal mood and anxiety disorders to include postpartum depression, we are here for you.
Fill out the form below if you are interested in our pay-what-you-are-able therapeutic services and we'll schedule you an appointment. Right now, our services will be offered virtually in telehealth sessions. After COVID, we will offer face-to-face therapy in our center with optional childcare!
Caty Bell is a North Georgia native who settled in Athens three years ago. She studied at the University of North Georgia where she received her Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Caty has a passion for working with pregnant and postpartum women. She also specializes in working with victims of trauma and those struggling with grief. She has worked in a number of settings both inpatient and outpatient. When Caty's not working with clients, she enjoys spending time with her family and pets. Caty loves reading and spending time outdoors.
My name is Michael Bergquist, and I’m a LPC providing counseling (telehealth especially) for adults who live in the state of Georgia seeking personal growth and change to achieve release from bearing the burden of symptoms of anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and substance abuse. By collaborating with each client, my interest is to empower one’s deeper understanding potential for positive outcomes, belief in one’s strengths, and acceptance of oneself.
I graduated from the UGA with a BS in Psychology and I received my MS in Clinical Counseling Psychology. I have experience providing counseling for substance abuse treatment, crisis stabilization, Drug Court and DUI Court, and outpatient mental health clinics. I also work with patients with dual diagnosis. Evening and Saturday morning appointments available. Â
My approach to counseling is for those seeking personal growth and change as well as a desire for deeper understanding and exploration of self. Please call or email to begin your journey towards Ataraxia, which means "a state of serene calmness."
Angie Cleland is a licensed clinical social worker with over 15 years experience counseling children, adults, and families. Angie has worked in various positions throughout her career helping individuals and families experiencing grief, depression, anxiety, anger, general adjustment issues, and life cycle changes. Angie has advanced perinatal mood & anxiety disorder training and hopes to help mothers who are experiencing prenatal & postpartum symptoms. Angie's approach is relational, person-centered, often including mindfulness, breath work, interpersonal, and solution focused interventions.
Angie grew up in east central Ohio and moved to Athens to attend UGA where she received her MSW. Angie's passion is working with women who are dealing with perinatal mood disorders or other stressors associated with trying to conceive, pregnancy, birth, labor, breastfeeding, loss, and other pregnancy related issues. Angie believes in a holistic approach to mental health and has an extensive network of doctors, lactation consultants, psychologists, and local practitioners who she works closely with and makes referrals to.
In her spare time Angie loves to roller skate, spend time with her kids, sew, read, camp, hike, and when we are not in the midst of a pandemic she is the captain of the local roller derby league, Classic City Rollergirls.
Aura Morris is a Licensed Master Social Worker working with clients on a variety of issues, including grief, loss, trauma, anxiety, and depression. Aura enjoys working with mothers on perimental health-related issues, including perinatal anxiety and depression, birth trauma, miscarriage, loss, or infertility, emotional overwhelm, and the challenges of transitioning to new parenthood.Â
She is an experiential and somatic-focused therapist, and she is trained in a variety of modalities and tools, including EMDR, animal-assisted therapy (not currently available), nature-based interventions, mindfulness, and yoga. To her, focusing on somatic approaches means that you will likely spend time getting outside of your everyday, cognitive approach to problem-solving, and practicing accessing the wisdom in your body, nervous system, and inner knowing. There will still be time for problem-solving and cognitive approaches when it's helpful!Â
Aura is so excited about this initiative and about offering help to pregnant and postpartum women. Her hope is that all Mamas will have access to trauma-informed care throughout their pregnancies, birth, and postpartum journeys. When she isn't working, she is likely gardening, crafting, or playing with her son.
Brendan Stephens is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Athens native with over 10 years of professional experience across a number of settings with adolescents and adults. He brings a strengths based client-centered, interpersonal, and experiential approach to this work and enjoys incorporating nature, expressive arts, and other creative means to facilitate awareness, understanding, and healing. Brendan often operates from an internal family systems framework and is also trained in EMDR, both of which are trauma informed modalities that place an emphasis on reconnecting people with their own innate wisdom and resources.
Brendan understands that people can only be challenged to the degree that they are also supported. He spends a lot of time supporting and challenging people working through difficulties related to anxiety, anger, depression, reactivity, purpose, and sense of self. Brendan seeks to help you clarify what you want for yourself, your relationships, and your roles and will work with you to identify what might be getting in the way of these visions. In creating a safe space to express and better understand these elements, tension is released, and different choices can be made that break old patterns and lead to meaningful change.
Brendan is grateful to be a part of this initiative and welcomes the opportunity to support those going through the adjustments, pressures, and challenges that partnering and parenting bring.
Melissa finds joy and specializes in helping to ease the psychological and social burdens for those suffering from serious medical conditions, and for their family caregivers. This includes providing support & a place to process feelings that come up through the conception & fertility journey. Melissa has experience helping countless women with pre, perinatal, & postpartum concerns as well. She works with clients pre & post-surgery, & has extensive experience working with veterans & the elderly. Whether you or your loved one have been struggling for years with a chronic medical condition, or experiencing anxiety & depression from a new diagnosis, she can help you.
Caroline graduated from the University of Georgia with a Master's in Social Work and a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology. She is especially passionate about talking about trauma, disassociation, death, aging and grief. Caroline is the facilitator for Athens' first in-person deATH Cafe. Caroline pursued EMDR training and PSI's perinatal mood disorder training to be equipped to work with and support parents as they navigate the challenges of parenting and the unique way that parenting can bring trauma to the surface. Additionally, Caroline enjoys working with parents through loss and birth trauma.
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private clinic where bilingual services is
provided to a diverse community via
telemental health. The goal is for
children, adolescents, adults and families
can feel understood and accepted
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"I found out that we were having a baby the day before everything was shut down. The moment we waited for, would suddenly be changed drastically. I would miss my grandfather’s funeral, my husband would miss all the rest of my doctor’s appointments, and I became isolated at home. I knew what postpartum depression looked like because I had it after the birth of my first child (Although, I didn’t know that it was happening then until months later). This time, it started while I was still pregnant. I didn’t want pictures of myself, I didn’t want to celebrate, I just wanted it to be the end of the pregnancy. But even then, with a pandemic still at a high, there were many scary unknowns that lay ahead. I thought the depression would go away after the birth of my son, but unfortunately the actual birth was the only hour of joy I had. I constantly wondered why I wanted another child, and how I could ever think that it couldn’t be much harder than what I was already doing. But I struggled, like a fight to catch my breath every day for weeks after he was born. I kept telling myself that this too shall pass, and I just had to push through...
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