Dr. Jessica Zucker is a psychotherapist in Los Angeles specializing in women's health with a focus on fertility, prenatal and post-partum adjustments, transitions to motherhood, identity development, and interpersonal relationships. Jessica works with adults, couples, mothers and daughters, infants and mothers, and developing families. She comes to the field of clinical psychology with a background in international women's reproductive health, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and psychoanalytically-oriented clinical training. Her psychotherapy practice integrates a mind-body health approach with principles of depth psychology. Having worked and lived in Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, West Africa, India, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America, Dr. Zucker brings a global perspective to her work.

Dr. Zucker will be featured in a PBS documentary (2009) on early attachment and bonding which will be distributed to hospitals nationwide as an educational tool for new parents. Jessica is the featured psychological expert on MyBestBirth. "Ask Dr. Jessica" is an interactive forum that addresses dynamic issues related to pregnancy, birthing, postpartum adjustments, and the process of parenthood.

Women's psychotherapy services

  • Pre-, peri-, and postnatal/reproductive psychology

  • Preconception planning

  • Pregnancy ambivalence

  • Fertility challenges

  • Pregnancy after fertility struggles

  • Pregnancy loss

  • Pregnancy termination

  • Selective reduction/abortion

  • High risk pregnancy

  • Transitions to mothering and motherhood

  • Prenatal parenting

  • Childbirth fears

  • Mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting

  • Perinatal and postpartum blues, depression and anxiety

  • Traumatic pregnancy or birth experience

  • Body image related to pregnancy and postpartum

  • Parent-infant bonding and attachment, attunement and empathy

  • Co-parenting support

  • Relationship issues emerging in light of pregnancy, parenthood, and newborn transitions

  • Sexuality

Other clinical areas of focus

  • Identity development

  • Depression and anxiety

  • Relationship issues

  • Pre-marital counseling

  • Parenthood/work/life balance

  • Single parenting

  • Mind-body health

  • Body image

  • Mother-daughter relationships

  • International adoption preparation and adjustments

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction