Cecilia Segura-Paz (she/her)

Pregnancy comes with a wave of emotions and physical changes. Here you will find support regardless of your place in your journey. Support I can provide includes preparation for parenting, managing anxiety, and support for perinatal mood changes. For those who have experienced a miscarriage you will find grief support. For those who have experienced an abortion or are experiencing an unwanted pregnancy, you will find a judgement free space to manage difficult emotions and responses from others.

Pregnancy comes with a wave of emotions and physical changes. Here you will find support regardless of your place in your journey. Support for pregnancy includes preparation for parenting, managing anxiety, and support for perinatal mood changes. For those who have experienced a miscarriage you will find grief support. For those who have experienced an abortion or are experiencing an unwanted pregnancy, you will find a judgement free space to manage difficult emotions and responses from others.

Anxiety can come in a variety of presentations. It can feel uncontrollable and overwhelming. Panic attacks can be debilitating and make it hard to participate in social settings or complete daily responsibilities. Using a combination of CBT, grounding techniques, and psychoeducation I can help you learn your anxiety triggers and how to manage them.

I am a certified trauma counselor with years of experience working with survivors of sexual assault and sexual abuse. You will find a compassionate space to process through your experience without fear of judgement or shaming. I will work alongside you to manage difficult emotions and intrusive memories that come up when working through your experience. The goal of trauma focused counseling is to help identify and desensitize the triggers that bring memories back unexpectedly.

Trauma Focused - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) - Certified 01/2016 - I am able to work with you to identify, understand, and desensitize to trauma reminders Trauma and Grief Component Therapy (TGCT) - Rostered 05/2022 - I am able to help process traumatic death losses including sudden deaths, violent deaths, or suicide deaths

Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization (EMDR) - Trained 01/2021 - EMDR's goal is to help you heal from trauma/distressing experiences. This method involves stimulating your brain (bilateral stimulation) while you process traumatic memories. There are options for how bilateral stimulation is achieved including eye movements, tapping, or listening to tones. - EMDR is especially helpful when speaking about the event is difficult, but it is not for everyone. We can discuss this in a consult

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of treatment that focuses on learning the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The underlying belief is that our perception of the events we experience determine how we react to them. When we can recognize our unhelpful thinking styles we can learn to change them and respond to distressing events in a more productive and balanced way.

I specialize in working with concerns related to womanhood including: unhealthy or unfulfilling relationships, reproductive choice, perinatal mood changes, motherhood guilt or burnout, infant/child loss, or recovery after sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse