You've read the books, tried the therapy, and still feel like you're one tantrum away from completely losing it.

There's nothing wrong with you. There's something unfinished in your nervous system that needs addressing and thats exactly what we work on here.

Offering telehealth THERAPY IN CA & FL

Walk & talk therapy

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

Accelerated REsolution Therapy (ART)

If you've ever thought "I love my kids more than anything" and also googled "100 ways to escape my life" on a random Tuesday, you are in the right place.

Motherhood can feel like a roller coaster that never ends. One minute you are all snuggles and the next minute you are about to flip a table because your child spilled the dinner plate (again).

And the worst part about this is you can see yourself reacting but you can't stop it.

Maybe you've done therapy and talk therapy helped a little. You learned some things about yourself. But you never got to the actual root of it and now you have a baby on your hip and a preschooler mid meltdown and you have officially hit your " WTF, something has to change" moment.

Here's what I want you to know: that moment is not a breakdown. It's a breakthrough waiting to happen. It means the most protective parts of you are finally ready to let something real in.

And that's exactly what we work on here.

Does this sound familiar?

Things look “fine” from the outside, but on the inside you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and wondering if this is just how motherhood has to feel.

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You’re exhausted in a way sleep doesn’t fix.

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You love your kids fiercely and somehow still feel like you are also drowining in them.

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You are snapping, shutting down, or crying in the car and then feeling guilty about all of it.

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Your anxiety is loud and constant and makes it really hard to be present.

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You see the way you were parented showing up in the way you're parenting and it terrifies you.

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You're cycle feels off, your mood is unpredictable, and nobody warned you that your hormones might start shifting in your 30's.

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You've done therapy before and made some progress but you never quite got to the root of it.

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You're smart enough to know that something needs to change and done enough to finally do something about it.

With support, things can feel different.

 What if therapy actually worked this time?

 Instead of…
  • Spending months in weekly sessions circling the same issues without really moving
  • Retelling painful stories until you're exhausted and retraumatized all over again
  • Feeling like you have to choose between being a good mom and being a whole person
  • Snapping at your kids and then spending the rest of the day drowning in shame
  • Wondering if the way you were parented is just going to be your story forever
 You could experience…
  • Real, visible shifts, sometimes within a single session.
  • Processing old pain without having to relive every detail of it out loud
  • Feeling regulated, present, and genuinely happy in your body and life.
  • Parenting from your values instead of your wounds
  • Breaking the cycle. For real. For your kids and for yourself.
  • Parenting from your values instead of old wounds and automatic reactions

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This is not your average therapy practice

Lupine Counseling is boutique, body-first, and built for moms who are done with talk therapy that barely moves the needle. Everything here is designed to help your brain and body actually shift, not just cope.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

ART uses rapid, calming eye movements to help your brain access painful memories and reprocess them without you having to retell the whole story out loud. Sessions are 90 minutes and the shifts happen fast. Clients often laugh during processing because the relief is that real and that visible.

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy

Sometimes the most protective parts of us simply will not allow change until they feel truly safe. KAP uses low dose of ketamine in the context of therapy and under supervision of a licensed therapist  to gently lift the curtain on what you haven't been able to touch yet, so we can finally get to the root of what's keeping you stuck. This is an in-home healing experience unlike anything you've tried before.

Walk & Talk Therapy in Santa Clara County, CA

Therapy on the trail for moms whose nervous systems are fried by constant noise, screens, and demands. We meet on quiet, private paths in Santa Clara County and let movement, nature, and conversation do what a fluorescent lit office never could.

Telehealth Therapy

Deep, integrative support from wherever you are. Whether you're nap trapped, between meetings, or just need care without adding another errand to your day, telehealth makes it possible.

Life is about to get SO much better.

Hi, I’m Bridget, and I became a therapist because I believe that moms are being let down by our mental health system and I'm here to shake things up.

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and perinatal mental health  specialist based in San Jose, California. I work with millennial moms who are burned out, anxious, and quietly scared that the way they were parented is now showing up in how they parent their own kids.

After experiencing PPD and PPA myself after the births of both of my children, I experienced first hand what crappy therapy could feel like as a mom who is short on time and energy. And then after working in the L&D unit of Lucile Packard Childrens Hopsital at Stanford and witnessing the pain of hundreds of mothers who were given handouts on "managing stress" - I had enough. Mothers need real, in the weeds, get-to-the-bottom-of-it therapy. We need to be held, allowed to shake and scream, and then get back up and feel ready for school pick up. And we certainly don't have time to be in therapy for years.  

My approach is not talk therapy as usual. Almost everything I do is rooted in somatic healing and trauma processing because I genuinely believe real change doesn't happen through conversation alone. It happens when we help your brain and body actually shift out of the patterns that are keeping you stuck.

That might look like walking a nature trail together in the Santa Cruz mountains, journeying with ketamine in the comfort and safety of your own home, or using rapid eye movements to help your brain rewrite a painful memory, sometimes all in the same week.

I also support moms who are noticing hormonal shifts, mood changes, irregular cycles, and new anxiety that are quietly layering onto an already very full plate.

My clients often tell me this is the first time therapy has actually felt like it's working and are shocked at how quickly it can work. Many of them came to me having already tried everything else.

If that's you, I'm really glad you found this page. Let's do this.

Bridget Balajadia, LCS, PMH-C | Lupine Counseling in California for  New Moms

 You don’t have to keep white knuckling through motherhood.

A free 20 minute consult is the first step. No pressure, no commitment, just a real conversation about whether this feels like the right fit for you.