Cindy Goldhawk
Whether you are a highly sensitive parent in sensory overload, exhausted from trying to balance ALL the things, grieving your life pre-baby, or struggling with birth trauma, anxiety or depression prenatally or in postpartum I am here to support you through to the other side. You were never meant to do it alone! Transitioning into and through the many stages of motherhood is not for the faint of heart and often requires a little support to help you to feel like yourself again.
As a mom’s well-being is GREATLY affected by the health and well-being of their children, I am thrilled to be able to support both mom and child. If your baby is struggling with breastfeeding, bottle feeding, accepting solid foods or sleep, or your child is having sensory, picky eating, toileting, or printing concerns I can help!
With lived experience of miscarriage and mood and anxiety disorders in postpartum I am no stranger to the challenges that come with becoming a mom. It is a BIG transition that involves changes in all areas of your life and requires compassionate and holistic support as you navigate it all. I believe in treating the whole person (body, mind, and spirit) and getting to the root of your current health concern for longer lasting results and well-being.
Result: My hope is that you will feel safe and supported throughout the therapy process and that you will leave stronger in mind, body, and spirit. You will be armed with tools and self-compassion that you can turn to in times of struggle.
Areas of focus/specialties
Cindy is a Registered Occupational Therapist specializing in perinatal/maternal mental health and pediatrics. She has worked in maternal mental health for 9 years providing 1:1 treatment and group offerings for new and experienced moms struggling with anxiety, depression, burnout, sensory overload, and birth trauma. I have my Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy training through Postpartum Support International. Additionally, she has worked with children aged 0-17 with a variety of feeding, sensory, life skill, and neurodevelopmental challenges for 25 years in the community and NICU
Client Focus: Women, Prenatal/Postpartum, Moms, Parents, children (0-17)
Types of therapy: Mindfulness, CBT, IFS Mom Parts, ACT, Somatic approaches, nervous system regulation. For children: sensory regulation, Sequential Oral Sensory Approach (feeding approach), Zones of Regulation, How Does Your Engine Run, Get Permission Approach to Feeding
Therapeutic approaches and modalities
(Standard) Adults: Anxiety, depression, birth trauma, burnout, pregnancy loss, rage. Children: sensory defensiveness, extreme picky eating, bottle feeding/breastfeeding difficulties, toilet training, fine motor delays, life skill challenges, printing legibility, sleep, emotional regulation, anxiety.
(Specialties) Sensory Overload, PPA, PPD, HIghly Sensitive Parent/child, supporting mom/baby duo
More than My Work
Other Favorite Quote: Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place” - Paul Coelho