Specialized Therapy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
Perinatal Mental Health Therapy | In-Person in Millcreek, UT & Virtual Throughout Utah
Maybe it started with a thought you couldn't stop having. A feeling you couldn't name. A version of yourself you barely recognized.
You've been told to push through. That this is just part of it. That you should be grateful.
But something inside you knows this is more than an adjustment.
You’re in the right place. You can bond. You will function. You’ll be present.
Perinatal Wellness offers specialized therapy for individuals navigating the emotional complexity of the reproductive and parenting journey — from trying to conceive through pregnancy, birth, and well beyond.
Does any of this feel familiar?
Distress or discomfort doesn’t mean something is dangerous.
You don't have to check every box. If one of these stops you in your tracks — that's enough.
Intrusive, unwanted scary thoughts you can't talk about out loud. Could your baby fall down the stairs? What if you drop them?
A loop you can't turn off: the "what ifs," the replaying, the searching for reassurance that never actually helps
Grief, shock, or guilt from a pregnancy loss, a traumatic birth, or an experience that went nothing like you planned
Anxiety or depression that started in pregnancy, not just postpartum
Feeling disconnected, numb, irritable, or unlike yourself — even when everything "looks fine" from the outside
A deep fear of doing something wrong, combined with exhaustion from trying to do everything right
Struggles with infertility, pregnancy after loss, or the emotional weight of trying to conceive
A sense that suffering has just become... normal. And you're not sure it has to be.
These experiences are real. They're treatable. You don't have to white-knuckle your way through them. You can do hard things.
Perinatal Mental Health is More Than "Postpartum"
Care for Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Perinatal mental health encompasses the full spectrum of reproductive experiences. It affects more people than most realize.
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders are the #1 obstetric complication in childbirth
Approximately 1 in 10 partners also experiences perinatal mental health challenges
These challenges can surface at any point and can persist long after one year if left untreated
People of all genders, sexual orientations, and family structures can be impacted. This includes adoptive parents, intended parents, surrogates, and others navigating the parenting journey
If you've felt dismissed, minimized, or told that what you're experiencing is "just part of it", you deserve care that sees the full picture.
Perinatal Wellness was built to provide exactly that.
Services for Every Stage
Meet Betty Flores
Specialized care from someone who gets it — from the inside out
I'm Betty Flores, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Therapist (PMH-C) with over 10 years of experience — including my own.
I experienced postpartum OCD and depression firsthand. I reached out for help and was still minimized. And I know what it's like to have the training, the language, and the awareness — and still miss it in myself.
That experience is why I'm here. I want this to be different for you.
How We Work Together
Perinatal Wellness offers individual therapy using evidence-based approaches — specifically ERP and EMDR — designed to create real, lasting change.
Therapy is available in-person in Millcreek, Utah and virtually throughout the state of Utah.
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ERP is the evidence-based gold standard for OCD. It works by actually breaking the cycle, not just talking about it.
Rather than avoiding the thoughts/images that scare you, we gradually approach them in a structured, supported way. We do so while actively resisting the compulsions that keep feeding them.
Over time, the thoughts/images lose their power. You gain the ability to function without them running the show.
Over time, the thoughts, images, and urges may lose some of their intensity, but the goal of ERP isn’t necessarily to make them disappear.
The goal is learning that you can tolerate uncertainty and distress without compulsions running the show. Compulsions often take away time, presence, connection, flexibility, and trust in yourself. Through ERP, you begin building trust in your ability to function, make choices, and live according to your values — even with anxiety, discomfort, and uncertainty present.
ERP Intensive Options (for those who want to move faster):
Gold Standard ERP Intensive:
2x/week, 90-minute sessions for 4–8 weeks
Deeper, more structured treatment
Faster and more meaningful progress
Accelerated ERP Intensive:
3x/week, 90–120-minute sessions for 3–6 weeks
For those who need to move quickly or who prefer intensive formats
90-minute ERP sessions: $350 | Weekly investment (gold standard): ~$700
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EMDR is a structured, evidence-based approach to trauma processing.
It works by helping the brain complete the processing it couldn't do at the time of a traumatic or overwhelming experience.
With EMDR, the memory no longer activates the same distress response.
EMDR doesn't require you to talk through every detail of what happened.
It's focused, efficient, and designed to create lasting change.
EMDR Intensive Options:
60-minute session: $220
75-minute session: $275
90-minute session: $350
120-minute session: $475
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Intrusive thoughts (What if my baby gets stuck in the washing machine?), compulsive loops (repeatedly checking to see if baby is breathing or harmed), and relentless "what ifs" — treated with ERP, the evidence-based gold standard for OCD.
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Processing what happened to your body, your birth, or your baby — so you can move forward without the past staying on repeat.
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Grief, guilt, anger, and the complicated emotions of loss — held without judgment, at your pace.
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The emotional weight of a journey that's taken more than you expected.
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What postpartum depression actually looks like — including the version that shows up as irritability, not just sadness.
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Learning to stop holding everything at the cost of yourself.
Kind Words
"Betty is a great listener who really remembers the things you say. She is kind and validating but also willing to challenge an unhelpful pattern. She has been immensely helpful to me in my struggles with postpartum depression, miscarriage, and all the OCD and anxious thoughts relating to trying to conceive. She's a wonderful therapist and is also just super cool." – Therapy Client
"If you're BIPOC and going through pregnancy, postpartum, or pregnancy loss and feeling like no one really gets your experience... Betty does. She doesn't separate your mental health from your identity. She gets how culture, community, and lived experience all shape what this time can feel like." – Therapy Client