Therapy for Women

Support for women navigating trauma, loss, fertility struggles, postpartum challenges, and major life transitions

Oakland, California & Online

You’re wondering if you’ll ever feel like yourself again.

You may feel emotionally exhausted, disconnected from yourself, or overwhelmed by experiences that are difficult to explain to people who haven’t lived them.

Maybe you’re deep in fertility treatments and terrified to hope again. Maybe postpartum has felt isolating or nothing like you expected. Maybe you’ve experienced a loss that still feels difficult to speak about out loud.

I also work with women navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship stress, and major life transitions beyond the perinatal experience.

Whatever brought you here, something in your life is asking for attention and change.

Hi, I’m Dr. Elizabeth Gayner. I’m a licensed psychologist in Oakland, California with over 30 years of clinical experience.

My specialties include:

  • Pregnancy and postpartum mental health

  • Infertility and pregnancy loss

  • Trauma, Brainspotting, and nervous system-focused healing

  • PANS/PANDAS parenting stress

  • Burnout in therapists, physicians, and helping professionals

Additional training and certifications include:

  • Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C)

  • Brainspotting Certified

  • Fellowship-trained in Reproductive and Integrative Psychiatry

I work primarily with women navigating emotionally overwhelming or complex reproductive, relational, and life transitions.

Clients often describe me as warm, direct, grounded, and deeply present. I don’t believe healing happens through clinical distance or pretending everything is okay. Therapy works best when you feel safe enough to tell the truth about what’s actually happening — and supported enough to not carry it alone anymore.

Credentials and Training

    • Licensed Psychologist-2000

    • CA License PSY16885

    • Psy.D. (Doctor of Clinical Psychology) Alliant International University-1998

    • Brainspotting Certified (Phase 1, 2, 3, 4, Expansion, Intensives and Intake)

    • Perinatal Mental Health Certified, PMH-C, 2019

    • Fellowship in Reproductive and Integrative Psychiatry, Certificate, 2024

    • ASRM Infertility trained

    • Postpartum Support International (PSI)

    • North American Menopause Association (NAMS)

If you’d like to see whether working together feels like a good fit, I offer a 15-minute consultation.

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