Root and Bloom Counseling

A mental health counseling practice. Root & Bloom Counseling offers therapy focused on understanding and tending to the nervous system, with specialized care during pregnancy and postpartum. Areas of support include depression, anxiety, identity and role changes, traumatic birth experiences, grief, and loss. The practice uses mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral and somatic-focused approaches, informed by trauma care. Depending on a client's needs, therapy may include EMDR, yoga, and mindfulness practices. The clinician is a certified EMDR therapist, a registered yoga instructor, and has specialized perinatal mental health training. Care is queer and trans affirming and grounded in an intersectional, anti-oppressive lens. The practice is based in Portland.