Women's Psychotherapy Services

• Prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal/reproductive mental health

• Fertility challenges

• Assisted reproductive technologies

• Pregnancy after fertility struggles

• Preconception planning

• Pregnancy ambivalence

• Pregnancy loss

• Pregnancy termination

• Selective reduction

• High risk pregnancy

• Perinatal ambivalence, depression, and anxiety

• Postpartum blues, depression, and anxiety

• Pregnancy after previous postpartum depression

• Body image related to pregnancy and postpartum

• Childbirth fears

• Traumatic pregnancy or birth experience

• Traumatic memories surfacing during childbirth

• Mother-daughter relationships

• Transitions in motherhood

• Sexuality

Parenting Psychotherapy Services

• Prenatal parenting

• Parenthood-work-life balance

• Co-parenting

• Single parenting

• Parent infant attachment and bonding

• Parental support navigating body image issues with tween girls

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

Individual Psychotherapy Services

• Identity development

• Depression and anxiety

• Relationship issues

• Mind-body health

• Loss and grief

• Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Couples Psychotherapy Services

• Relationship difficulties

• Fertility, pregnancy, or postpartum challenges

• Transitions in family dynamics and structure

* Dr. Zucker offers prenatal, perinatal, and postpartum consultation services for women, couples, and developing families.

* In-home services for postpartum support are available.

Psychotherapy Perspectives & Approaches

• Relational psychoanalysis/psychodynamic psychotherapy

Relational psychoanalysis began in the 1980's with the aim of integrating interpersonal psychoanalysis' emphasis on the detailed exploration of interpersonal interactions with British object relations theory's ideas about the psychological importance of internalized relationships with other people. The relational orientation has moved away from an emphasis on the role of endogenous drives and "one person" psychologies toward a study of the continuous interface of intrapsychic and relational influences in and outside the clinical situation. Relationalists believe that personality emerges out of the matrix of early formative relationships with parents and other figures. Relationalists feel that the primary motivation of the psyche is to be in relationships with others. As a consequence, early relationships, principally with primary caregivers, shape our expectations about the way in which one's needs are met. Therefore, desires and needs cannot be separated from the relational contexts in which they arise. This does not mean that motivation is determined by the environment, but that motivation is determined by systemic interaction of a person and her/his relational world. Relational psychoanalysis focuses attention on processes of mutual influence in development and treatment. We assume that relationships, including analytic ones, are shaped by both individuals in a process that is neither one sided nor linear. Relational ideas have many roots from other disciplines that include (but are not limited to) social constructivist and feminist theories, theories of intersubjectivity, infancy and attachment research.

 

• Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a method of psychotherapy which blends features of cognitive therapy with mindfulness techniques. MBCT prioritizes learning how to pay attention or concentrate with purpose, in each moment without judgement. The aim of MBCT is to help individuals cultivate a freedom from the tendency to get drawn into automatic reactions to thoughts, feelings, and events.