An online therapy group for pregnant women and new moms — a place to tell the truth about how it’s going, guided by a therapist who knows this season, alongside women who are in it with you.
You can be head-over-heels for this baby and grieving the life you had. You can want to be with her every second and desperately need an hour alone. You can be surrounded by people who love you and feel more alone than you’ve ever felt.
Motherhood is full of these both-ands, and sometimes it feels like we can’t talk about them — or shouldn’t. So we hold them by ourselves — in the 3 a.m. feeds, in the shower, in the car in the driveway before going back inside — and we quietly wonder if we’re the only one feeling this way.
We built this group so you don't have to carry those both-ands by yourself.
WHAT THIS IS
Twice a month, a small circle of women — some pregnant, some newly postpartum, some many months in — gathers over secure video. Jenny Slattery, a licensed therapist with deep experience in maternal mental health, guides the conversation wherever it’s needed: your identity, your relationships, the anxiety that shows up at 2 a.m., the parts of this season you haven’t said out loud yet. You come as you are — spit-up and all.
That’s the quiet power of group therapy: a therapist who can gently take the conversation beneath the surface, and women beside you who get it because they’re in it. Some sessions you’ll talk a lot. Some you’ll mostly listen. Both count. Both help.
If something in you just exhaled, that's worth listening to.
HOW IT WORKS
A small group via video. Join from the couch, the nursery floor, or wherever you can claim an hour for yourself.
Jenny is a licensed professional counselor at The McClerren Group. She works with women navigating anxiety, perfectionism, and the quiet pressure to hold it all together — patterns that show up in every season of life. One of her deepest specialties is maternal mental health: pregnancy, postpartum depression & anxiety, and the tender, disorienting work of becoming a mother.
Her way of leading a group is gentle and unhurried. She protects the space, listens for what’s underneath, and makes sure no one leaves unseen. You don’t need the right words to start. You don’t need any words at all, at first. Showing up is the brave part, and that’s enough.
WHY IT MATTERS
There’s a version of motherhood we’re all handed — grateful, glowing, naturally good at this — and then there’s the one we actually live. When the two don’t match, most of us decide the problem is us. But it’s not a statement about you. It’s a reality about how hard this transition can be. And it’s a reason you deserve real support. Matrescence — the journey of becoming a mother — is one of the biggest transformations a person ever goes through, and you were never meant to move through it alone.
You don’t have to do this season alone. You were never supposed to.
It’s a facilitated conversation — a licensed therapist guiding a small, confidential circle of women through the real terrain of this season, session after session. We keep the conversation honest and take it deeper than it could go on its own, and the women around you mean you never have to explain yourself from scratch.
You’re always in control of how much you share, and we will never put you on the spot. Come ready to say a few sentences about where you are in this season — everyone offers that much so that no one has to break the ice alone. Beyond that, share what you want, when you’re ready. Some women say a little for weeks before they say a lot. That’s a fine way to begin.
It might be the best possible time. The group spans pregnancy through postpartum on purpose, so you can find your footing before the baby arrives — and already have a place that knows your story on the hard days after.
You’re welcome here — many women come for exactly this. Whether the group is enough on its own depends on what you’re carrying, and that’s a conversation, not a form. When you join the interest list, we will reach out for a short call and figure out together whether the group alone fits, or whether pairing it with individual therapy or your doctor would serve you better. You don’t have to sort that out before you raise your hand.
Small on purpose — never more than eight women. Enough to feel like a circle, few enough that every voice, including the quiet ones, is heard.
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