You're holding something most people don't know how to talk about.
Specialized therapy for women navigating pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, pregnancy loss, trauma, and life transitions
Oakland, California & Online
You’re exhausted in a way that’s hard to explain to people who haven’t lived it. Maybe you’re deep in fertility treatments and terrified to hope again. Maybe postpartum has felt nothing like you expected. Maybe you’ve experienced a loss that still feels hard to speak about out loud. Or maybe you’re a therapist or physician who spends so much time caring for others that you’ve stopped noticing how depleted you’ve become.
I also work with women navigating depression, anxiety, relationship stress, trauma, and major life transitions beyond the perinatal experience.
Whatever brought you here — you don't have to keep managing it alone.
My Specialty Areas
Pregnancy & Postpartum Therapy
Support for postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, birth trauma, NICU stress, and identity shifts after becoming a parent .
Fertility & Pregnancy Loss
Support for IVF, fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, and the emotional stress of trying to conceive.
Emotional and practical support for parents navigating the complexity and chronic stress of PANS/PANDAS.
Physicians & Health Care Professionals
Support for therapists, physicians, and helping professionals navigating burnout, secondary trauma, and the cost of always being the one who holds it together.
Perimenopause & Menopause Mental Health
Therapy for mood swings, identity shifts, and stress during perimenopause or menopause.
Brainspotting & Brainspotting Intensives
Focused support for trauma, overwhelm, anxiety, grief, and stuck emotional patterns.
I provide trauma-informed therapy for adults navigating pregnancy, postpartum, fertility challenges, parenting stress, perimenopause, trauma, and major life transitions.
You don’t have to keep carrying this alone.
Schedule a consultation to see whether this feels like the right fit.
Meet Dr. Elizabeth Gayner
I’m Dr. Elizabeth Gayner, a licensed psychologist in Oakland with over 30 years of clinical experience. I specialize in reproductive mental health, trauma, Brainspotting, and support for women navigating emotionally complex life transitions.
I’m Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C), Brainspotting Certified, and fellowship-trained in Reproductive & Integrative Psychiatry.
Clients often describe me as warm, direct, grounded, and genuinely present. I show up as a real person, and I create space for you to do the same.