Joshua Ortiz

About

Booking an appointment for yourself while a newborn naps on your chest can feel like one task too many, and I will not pretend otherwise. You are doing the hardest job of your life on the least sleep of your life. I specialize in perinatal mental health, supporting people through pregnancy and the first raw year that follows. In our work there is room for all of it: the love, the resentment, the fears you have not said out loud at any checkup, the person you were before and want to find again. I grew up in a family where looking after people was simply what we did, and I have never once wanted different work, so this is not a job I drifted into. Clients tell me our sessions feel unhurried, like the one hour in the week that does not need anything from them. Bring the baby if you need to. Come as tired as you are. When it feels possible, send me a message, and we will start small.