What We Stand For

• We recognize that historical oppression, racism, and unresolved trauma can negatively impact mothers

• We understand that marginalized and vulnerable populations of women and people are at greater risk of childbirth trauma and perinatal mood disorders and that they have a harder time accessing mental health services

• We recognize the devastating impact that colonization has had on our First Nations people and their birthing families

• We seek to uphold, support, and encourage our Indigenous peoples’ traditional ways of tending to a pregnant woman’s and families needs

• We strive to reduce the stigma associated with therapy, so as to inspire mothers to reach out for therapeutic support both preventatively and proactively

• We understand that not all of our clients identify as a cisgender woman and thus, we strive to help them find a meaningful role as a mothering figure

• We seek to understand perinatal mood disorders with a wider gaze taking into consideration many factors: historical trauma, colonization, conception, sexuality, gender identity, pregnancy, birth, feeding, postpartum, attachment and parenthood onwards