Hey hi hello.
I'm Kayti (she/her), a perinatal therapist in California. I'm here to help you develop values-based strategies for navigating the road to and through new parenthood with clarity, confidence, and creativity.
I’m passionate about this work partly because of my own experience during that first season of parenthood — one that was exciting and scary and vulnerable and intense and transformative. Meeting with a perinatal therapist gave me the support I needed to be well and show up for myself, for my family, and for things that mattered most to me. My hope is to help you do the same.
I trust that you are the expert of your life and will ultimately know what's best for your family. I don’t pretend to have all of the answers. Instead, my intention is to offer a safe space for you to process, imagine, and create your own way.
Here’s what I prioritize in my work as a perinatal therapist.
Collaboration
As your therapist, I'll bring all the good stuff I've learned through my clinical practice and training. I'll invite you to bring all the good stuff you've learned from your own lived experience. We'll work together to set goals you're excited about and create a game plan to reach them.
Curiosity
We'll approach your stuck points with a generous dose of curiosity — about your unique context, about the strategies your mind is using to try to take really good care of you, and about whether the scripts you've been handed about life and parenthood truly work for your family.
Agency
No gaslighting here. There are some seriously challenging parts of becoming a parent that are genuinely outside of your control. AND, you have choices. I care deeply about helping you recognize those choices and make them on purpose, based on what matters most to you.
Action
Therapy with me is intentionally structured to help you get unstuck and move towards the life you want. We’ll make sense of what’s getting in your way and translate emotional insight into practical, values-based strategies so you leave each session with a meaningful next step.
Playfulness
Therapy doesn’t have to be scary or overly serious. Of course, we’ll be serious when we need to be — but we’ll also make space to kick up our feet, laugh a little, and send giant high-fives through the universe when you try a new thing that feels hard but good and important.
My Credentials
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
California (#102279)
Master of Social Work
California State University Monterey Bay
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Santa Clara University
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Perinatal Mental Health Certification
Postpartum Support International
Telemental Health Certification
Person Centered Tech
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Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy
Postpartum Support International
Understanding Perinatal Trauma
Touchstone Institute
Trauma-Focused ACT
Russ Harris
ACT as a Brief Intervention
Russ Harris
Bringing Baby Home Educator Training
The Gottman Institute