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Jennifer Valenta Post Partum Support International Trained Therapist

Licensing, Specialized Training, and Professional Memberships

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (MSW, LCSW-C) with over a decade of experience working in Mental Health and as a Psychotherapist.

  • ​Certified Perinatal Mental Health Specialist (PMH-C) through Postpartum Support International, having received specialized and ongoing training and competence in supporting individuals through the emotional and psychological challenges of pregnancy, postpartum, and reproductive transitions.​

  • Specialized training through The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and an active member of their Mental Health Professionals Group, which promotes ethical, evidence-based, and compassionate care for individuals and families navigating infertility and assisted reproduction.​

  • Board Approved Supervisor for both the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners and the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors.​

  • Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional (CSTIP) with advanced training in supporting sexual wellbeing and intimacy.

  • Certified Grief Informed Provider (CGP), trained to help individuals navigate the complexities of loss with compassion, offering support and tools to process grief and build resilience.

  • ​Actively completing training to become Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Level I (CCTP-I)

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Clinical Interests & Approach

​I provide warm, collaborative therapy for individuals navigating mental health concerns, life transitions, relationships, reproductive experiences, and the many demands of modern life. Together, we’ll explore how your experiences are affecting you and develop tools that fit your life.

Mental Health & Neurodivergence

Mental health challenges don’t always look the way we expect. Sometimes they show up as perfectionism, overthinking, burnout, self-criticism, or feeling like you’re constantly holding everything together.

 

I support clients experiencing:

  • Anxiety, depression, and mood disorders

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and intrusive thoughts

  • Chronic stress, burnout, and emotional exhaustion

  • Perfectionism and high self-expectations

  • Overthinking, rumination, and mental load

  • ADHD-related attention, focus, and executive functioning challenges

  • Masking, camouflaging, and social burnout

  • Self-criticism and difficulty extending yourself compassion

Perinatal & Postpartum Mental Health

The reproductive journey can bring a wide range of emotions and challenges, whether you’re trying to become a parent, navigating pregnancy, adjusting to life with a baby, or processing a loss.

I provide perinatal and reproductive mental health support for:

  • Preconception and pregnancy

  • Infertility and fertility treatment

  • IUI, IVF, RIVF, donor conception, adoption, and surrogacy

  • Pregnancy after loss

  • High-risk pregnancy

  • Postpartum anxiety and depression

  • Postpartum OCD and intrusive thoughts

  • Birth trauma and traumatic birth experiences

  • NICU experiences and parental mental health

  • Adjustment to parenthood and life after having a baby

Grief & Loss

Grief can accompany many kinds of loss, including losses that others may not fully understand or recognize. Therapy can provide space to process your experience without having to minimize or explain it.

 

I support clients navigating:

  • Pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and stillbirth

  • Abortion, TFMR, and reproductive decision-making

  • Infertility-related grief and ambiguous loss

  • Embryo Loss

  • Loss of expected parenthood experiences or timelines

  • Identity loss and major life changes

  • Uncertainty and complicated grief

Relationships & Life Transitions

Relationships, family roles, and responsibilities change throughout life. Therapy can help you navigate those changes while staying connected to who you are.

 

Support may include:

  • Relationship changes related to parenthood and caregiving

  • Communication and relationship challenges

  • Boundaries and expectations

  • Marriage, divorce, and family structure changes

  • Adjusting to parenting at different developmental stages

  • Balancing your identity with parenting or caregiving

  • Changes in roles, responsibilities, and expectations

  • Major life transitions and adjustments

Trauma-Informed Therapy

 I offer trauma-informed, affirming care that provides space to understand how past or current experiences may be affecting your thoughts, emotions, relationships, sense of safety, and sense of self.

I support clients impacted by:

  • Medical trauma

  • Birth trauma

  • Reproductive trauma

  • Difficult or traumatic pregnancy experiences

  • Past or ongoing interpersonal trauma

  • Life experiences that continue to affect your sense of safety and wellbeing

We’ll work at your pace, creating a space where you can feel supported, understood, and empowered throughout the process.

Sexual & Intimacy Concerns

Sexual wellbeing is an important part of overall mental health and relationships. Therapy offers a nonjudgmental space to explore concerns related to intimacy, desire, and connection.

 

Support may include:

  • Changes in sexual desire, arousal, or satisfaction

  • Intimacy concerns related to stress or trauma

  • Sexual concerns during fertility treatment, pregnancy, or postpartum

  • Communication and connection within intimate relationships

  • Exploring sexual wellbeing in an affirming, judgment-free space

Inclusive & Affirming Care

You deserve therapy that respects who you are and the experiences that have shaped you. My practice is inclusive and affirming of diverse identities, backgrounds, and ways of experiencing the world.

My approach is:

  • LGBTQ+ affirming

  • Neurodiversity-affirming

  • HAES-informed

  • Culturally responsive

  • Trauma-informed

  • Respectful of different ways of thinking, learning, and processing

  • Attentive to the social and systemic factors that can affect mental health

I recognize that mental health does not exist in a vacuum. Your identity, relationships, culture, environment, and broader social context can all shape your experience. Therapy with me honors that complexity while creating space for you to feel seen, understood, and supported.

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