You're holding something most people don't know how to talk about.
Specialized therapy for women navigating pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, loss, and trauma — in Oakland and online throughout California. You don't need a therapist who does a little of everything. You need someone who knows this territory deeply.
You're exhausted in a way that's hard to explain to people who haven't been through it. Maybe you're deep in fertility treatments and terrified to hope again. Maybe postpartum felt nothing like you expected — and you're ashamed to say that out loud. Maybe you've had a loss that no one around you seems to know how to hold. Maybe you're a therapist who takes care of everyone else, and you're running on empty.
And if you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship stress, or something else entirely, you’re welcome here too. I bring 30 years of broad clinical training across a wide range of concerns.
Whatever brought you here — you don't have to keep managing it alone.
My Specialty Areas
I provide trauma-informed, evidence-based therapy for adults navigating pregnancy, postpartum, fertility, parenting stress, perimenopause, and life transitions. Click any area to learn more.
Pregnancy & Postpartum Therapy
Support for postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, birth trauma, NICU stress, and identity shifts after becoming a parent .
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Fertility & Pregnancy Loss Guidance and support through IVF, TTC, fertility challenges, and miscarriage or loss.
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PANDAS/PANS Parent Support
Emotional and practical support for parents in the relentless stress of raising a child with PANS or PANDAS. (I have lived experience with this.)
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Physicians & Health Care Professionals
Support for helping professionals — therapists and doctors — navigating burnout, secondary trauma, and the cost of always being the one who holds it together. Learn More
Perimenopause & Menopause Mental Health
Therapy for mood swings, identity shifts, and stress during perimenopause or menopause.
Brainspotting & Brainspotting Intensives
Deep, focused therapy sessions for faster healing from trauma, overwhelm, and stuck emotional patterns. Learn More
Meet Dr. Elizabeth Gayner
I'm Dr. Elizabeth Gayner, a licensed psychologist in Oakland, in private practice for 26 years. I'm Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C), Brainspotting Certified, and I completed a Fellowship in Reproductive & Integrative Psychiatry. I work primarily with women, and I know these experiences — pregnancy loss, infertility, postpartum, PANS parenting, and menopause. Clients describe me as warm, direct, authentic, and genuinely present. I show up as a real person, and I create space for you to do the same.