Support Through the Tender and Unspoken Parts of the Journey

Pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, and loss can bring complex emotions that often feel isolating or hard to name. Therapy offers a compassionate space to process what you’re carrying and feel less alone in it.

You Don’t Have to Carry This Quietly

Experiences related to pregnancy and parenthood are often expected to be joyful, but many people find themselves feeling anxious, overwhelmed, numb, or grieving instead. When your internal experience doesn’t match what you think it should look like, it can create shame and silence.

Therapy provides a place where all emotions are welcome — including sadness, anger, fear, ambivalence, and longing. Together, we slow down and make room for what has been difficult, without rushing toward “fixing” or minimizing your experience.

Perinatal Mental Health, Infertility & Loss Can Show Up In Many Ways

These experiences don’t follow a single emotional path. You might notice:

  • Persistent anxiety during pregnancy or postpartum

  • Feelings of sadness, emptiness, or emotional disconnection

  • Guilt or self-blame related to fertility struggles or loss

  • Difficulty bonding or feeling present

  • Intrusive thoughts or constant worry about safety and outcomes

  • Grief that resurfaces unexpectedly, even long after a loss

Each experience is valid, even if it doesn’t fit common narratives.

How Therapy Helps With Perinatal Mental Health, Infertility & Loss

Therapy offers a steady, attuned space to process grief, anxiety, and emotional upheaval at your own pace. Rather than pushing toward resolution, we focus on helping you feel supported as you make meaning of what you’ve been through.

Together, we work to gently understand emotional responses, reduce isolation, and develop ways to cope with uncertainty, triggers, and moments of intensity. Therapy can also help you reconnect with your body, your sense of self, and your capacity for hope — without erasing loss or difficulty.

Over time, this work can help you integrate these experiences into your life story with greater steadiness, compassion, and resilience.

This Isn’t Just About One Moment or Outcome

Perinatal mental health challenges and reproductive loss are often influenced by multiple layers, including:

• Previous losses or trauma

• Medical interventions or complicated pregnancies

• Identity shifts related to becoming — or not becoming — a parent

• Cultural, familial, or societal expectations

• Lack of support or space to grieve openly

• Fear about the future alongside grief for what was hoped for

Understanding these layers can help bring clarity and self-compassion to experiences that may feel confusing or overwhelming.

meet your counselors

I'm Erica Oppenheimer

I am a licensed clinical social worker offering therapy for adults who are struggling with anxiety, uncertainty, or a sense of disconnection. Many of the people I work with feel stuck in patterns they can’t fully explain. They may find themselves repeating the same emotional responses or caught in relationships that feel unsatisfying or confusing.

My work is grounded in the belief that symptoms are meaningful. Anxiety, perfectionism, emotional paralysis—these are not just problems to be managed but expressions of something deeper, often rooted in earlier experience or unconscious conflict. In therapy, we create the conditions for those patterns to reveal themselves, so they can be understood and worked through, not just pushed aside.

I offer a space where your thoughts, dreams, and frustrations can be explored freely and seriously. This allows for more lasting change. As we begin to uncover what has remained hidden, many people find that life opens up in new and unexpected ways. The goal is not to become someone else, but to make more sense of who you already are and to find new ways of living that feel more authentic.

LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) (California, New York, Florida)

I'm Priyanka Parikh

Priyanka Parikh is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience supporting adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, insomnia, and major life transitions. Her clinical foundation was shaped within the Veterans Affairs system, where she worked across primary care mental health, PTSD treatment, residential programs, and integrated medical settings.

Her therapeutic style is collaborative, steady, and clear. Dr. Parikh draws from evidence-based approaches including CBT, CPT, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness-based interventions, offering care that is structured enough to support meaningful change while remaining flexible and responsive to each client.

At Branch Lane, Parikh provides a space where clients feel understood and supported as they work toward greater clarity, resilience, and balance. She is deeply committed to culturally responsive, inclusive care and values the full context of each client’s experiences, identities, and story.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Over 10 years of experience in trauma-informed and integrated care settings

Trilingual in English, Gujarati, and Hindi

I'm Robin Chilton

Robin Chilton is a Licensed Master Social Worker who specializes in supporting women through life transitions, motherhood, and the emotional complexities that often accompany change. She works with individuals experiencing anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, infertility, loss, perinatal and postpartum mood disorders, and the challenges of parenting across stages of life.

Her clinical approach is collaborative, attuned, and grounded in psychodynamic and relational frameworks, while integrating cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing when helpful. Robin views symptoms not simply as problems to fix, but as meaningful signals that invite careful listening and understanding. She strives to create a reflective, safe space where clients can explore their emotional patterns and develop insight.

Robin’s work is informed by extensive experience in early childhood mental health, trauma-informed care, and family systems. She has served as a lead consultant with New York City child welfare services, providing clinical consultation, training, and case guidance. She has also worked in schools and therapeutic programs supporting children, parents, and families navigating grief, behavioral challenges, and stress from developmental and environmental pressures.

Lead consultant for NYC Child Welfare Services

Extensive experience in trauma-informed care and early childhood mental health

Skilled in integrating psychodynamic, relational, and cognitive-behavioral approaches

How to Get Started?

Reach Out for a Consultation

Begin with a brief consultation to share what’s been bringing you to therapy, ask questions, and get a feel for how we work. This conversation is a chance to be heard without judgment and to see whether Branch Lane feels like the right fit for you.

Tell Us More About Your Goals

Once you decide to move forward, you’ll receive a short set of intake forms to help us understand your background, current concerns, and what you’re hoping for from therapy. This information allows us to approach your first session with care and intention.

Begin Therapy

Whether you meet with us online or in person, therapy starts by creating a supportive, collaborative space. Together, we work to understand what’s been contributing to your difficulties and develop an approach that supports clarity, steadiness, and meaningful change over time.

You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone

If you’re ready to better understand what’s been shaping your experience and explore new ways of relating to yourself and your life, we’re here to help. Therapy at Branch Lane offers a thoughtful, collaborative space to begin this work at a pace that feels right for you.

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