Fertility, perinatal, & Postpartum therapy

Support for every season of growing your family, from trying to conceive to life with a newborn, and the hard, unexpected moments in between.

Virtual therapy for individuals and couples in Maryland and California.

Whatever this chapter holds, you don't have to carry it alone.

The path to parenthood rarely looks the way we imagined. It can hold hope and heartbreak, waiting and wonder, love and exhaustion, sometimes all in the same day. Whether you're trying to conceive, pregnant, recovering from a loss, or adjusting to life with a baby, it makes sense if you feel anxious, flat, overwhelmed, or unlike yourself.

I offer a steady, judgment-free space to make sense of what you're feeling, reconnect with what matters to you, and find your footing, wherever you are on the road.

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Trying to conceive and infertility

When growing your family is harder than you hoped

The waiting, the testing, the hoping. It's a roller coaster.

Infertility can quietly take over a life: calendars built around cycles, two-week waits, appointments, injections, and the ache of other people's announcements. Many people feel isolated, grieve month after month, or struggle with guilt, envy, or a sense that their body has let them down. These are human responses to a hard experience, not signs that you're doing something wrong.

Together, we can work on:

  • The emotional roller coaster of trying to conceive, IUI, IVF, and other treatment

  • Anxiety during waiting periods and after test results

  • Grief after a negative test, failed cycle, or pregnancy loss

  • Decisions about treatment, donor conception, surrogacy, adoption, or pausing or stopping

  • Secondary infertility, and the particular loneliness it can bring

  • Strain on your relationship, intimacy, and finances

  • Family-building for LGBTQ+ couples and single parents by choice

Pregnancy & Postpartum

You're not failing. You're adjusting.

Pregnancy and the first years of parenthood are among the biggest transitions a person can go through. Perinatal mood and anxiety concerns are among the most common complications of pregnancy and postpartum, and they are treatable.

You might be navigating:

  • Anxiety, racing worries, or intrusive thoughts during pregnancy or after birth

  • Postpartum depression, numbness, irritability, or feeling disconnected from your baby

  • A birth or pregnancy that didn't go as planned, or that still feels frightening to remember

  • Pregnancy after a loss, and the fear that can come with it

  • Identity shifts: who you were, who you're becoming, and the grief in between

  • Relationship shifts while parenting

  • Returning to work, or deciding not to

  • Cultural and family expectations about what a "good" parent looks like

    You don't need a diagnosis, or the right words, to reach out.

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How I work

Evidence-based, culturally humble, and grounded in your values.

I draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you make room for hard feelings without letting them run your life, and to stay close to what matters most to you, even when the outcome is out of your hands. For couples, I integrate Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help you understand your patterns and turn back toward each other.

As a first-generation Filipina American clinician, I know that family-building and parenthood are shaped by culture, faith, family, and community. We'll honor all of it, including the expectations you want to keep and the ones you're ready to set down.

Made to fit your life

  • Virtual sessions from wherever you are in Maryland or California, easy to fit around appointments and sleep schedules

  • Babies welcome on screen! Feeding, rocking, or pausing is completely okay.

  • Individual and couples sessions available

  • Payment: private pay with monthly superbills, FSA/HSA accepted, and in-network with Modern Health, Lyra, and the Lotus Therapy Fund.

For OB/GYNs, fertility clinics, midwives, nurses, and doulas

I welcome referrals for patients experiencing infertility-related distress, pregnancy loss, perinatal anxiety or depression, birth-related distress, or relationship strain while growing their families. I'm happy to coordinate care with your team with the patient's written consent.

To refer: email jessicaluizpsyd@gmail.com or call (410) 456-5773.

If you need support right now

  • National Maternal Mental Health Hotline: call or text 1-833-852-6262 (24/7, free, confidential, English and Spanish)

  • Postpartum Support International HelpLine: call or text 1-800-944-4773 (not a crisis line)

  • RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association: support groups and resources at resolve.org

  • In a crisis: call or text 988 (mental health crisis support), or call 911

Frequently asked questions

  • Yes. Many people start while trying to conceive, during treatment, after a loss, or while deciding what's next.

  • No. If something feels heavy, that's reason enough to reach out.

  • Yes. We can meet individually, together, or a mix of both, depending on what will help most.

  • Absolutely. Sessions can flex around feeding, naps, and the unexpected.

  • Unwanted, frightening thoughts are common in the perinatal period, and talking about them is a sign of care, not danger. If you ever feel you might act on thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, call or text 988, or call 911.

You don't have to figure this out alone.

If something here resonates, I'd love to hear from you.

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