ABOUT DIANNA
The version of pregnancy and motherhood we’re shown rarely matches the one we actually live
Everyone tells you it's supposed to feel like a gift. And maybe it does, some of the time. But a lot of women are quietly white-knuckling through it — the racing thoughts at 3am, the intrusive images they're too scared to say out loud, the irritability they can't explain, the creeping sense that they don't quite recognize themselves anymore.
That gap between how things are supposed to feel and how they actually feel? That's where my work lives.
I came to perinatal mental health because I kept seeing the same woman in my office — competent, self-aware, used to handling things — falling apart on the inside while holding it together on the outside. She didn't think she was allowed to struggle. She had so much to be grateful for.
I'm a mom of two. I know this territory personally, not just professionally. And I know that gratitude and overwhelm can exist in the same breath — that loving your baby and feeling like you're drowning aren't opposites.
You don't have to earn the right to ask for help. You just have to take the first step.
✓ Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
✓ Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C)
✓ Specialized training in pregnancy & postpartum anxiety
✓ ERP-trained for perinatal OCD and intrusive thoughts
✓ Licensed in New York & Massachusetts
✓ Telehealth available in Florida & South Carolina
MY APPROACH
I'm not going to hand you a worksheet and call it therapy
Some weeks we'll work on concrete tools — ways to interrupt the spiral, calm your nervous system, stop the reassurance-seeking that's making the anxiety worse. Other weeks we'll slow down and look at what's underneath: where the fear is really coming from, what motherhood is stirring up, what you've been carrying longer than you realize.
I pull from a range of approaches — CBT, DBT, psychodynamic work, trauma-informed care, ERP for intrusive thoughts — but I don't follow a script. What we do in session depends on what you actually need that day.
The women I work with are usually pretty good at looking fine. They show up, they manage, they hold things together. But underneath that there's often exhaustion, disconnection, a quiet sense that something is off. That's not weakness. That's what happens when you're doing too much without enough support.
That's exactly what I'm here for.
MODALITIES
CBT · DBT · Psychodynamic · Trauma-Informed · ACT · ERP · Attachment-Informed · Psychoeducation
"I believe each time a child is born, a mother is also born. That transition deserves care, attention, and real support."
— Dianna Mulford, LCSW, PMH-C
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Take the first step toward feeling like yourself again
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