Find a Mental Health Professional Near Me in Parma, OH

As a birth doula in Northeast Ohio, I am passionate about providing families with compassionate, knowledgeable, and individualized support throughout pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. My goal is to empower you with the information and confidence needed to navigate your birth journey with strength and assurance. Whether you’re planning a hospital birth, home birth, or navigating a high-risk pregnancy, I am here to offer emotional, physical, and informational support tailored to your unique needs. With a calm and empathetic presence, I work alongside families to ensure they feel heard, respected, and supported in their birth choices. In addition to birth planning and labor comfort techniques, I offer comprehensive postpartum services, including support with recovery, breastfeeding, newborn care, and helping parents adjust to life with their baby. I assist with soothing techniques, feeding routines, and creating a nurturing environment for both parent and infant. It’s an honor to walk alongside parents during this transformative time, offering unwavering support and advocacy as they welcome their baby with joy, confidence, and care.

I am a social worker and therapist focusing on women’s & maternal mental health. I serving all of Ohio virtually and in person the Cleveland, Ohio area including Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, and parts of Ashtabula, Portage & Summit Counties. I also provide emotional, & informational support to mothers, their partners and their families during pregnancy and postpartum. I help prepare families for all types of births, natural or medicated, hospital or home birth. Your birth, your choice. I believe access to mental health, perinatal education, support and informed health care is a right, not a privilege. I am an advocate for mental health, education, women, babies, all families, and informed birthing. I have spent my entire career working with mothers and families as a health and sexuality educator, teen parent educator and mentor, birth doula, childbirth educator and now a therapist focusing on perinatal mental health.

Alisa is a Licensed Professional Counselor through the Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board of Ohio and a licensed School Counselor through the Ohio Department of Education. She also holds a Certificate in Parent and Family Education from The University of Akron. Prior to coming to Innovative Therapy Center, she spent her professional career working with adolescents as a School Counselor and working in the early childhood setting as a Behavior Specialist. She has additional training and counseling experience within the chemical dependency field and in college admissions.