Support for Every Stage of Motherhood
Compassionate virtual therapy, perinatal and maternal mental health support for women navigating infertility, pregnancy, postpartum challenges, grief, and the emotional complexities of motherhood.
Licensed Psychologist
Virtual Therapy Across the U.S.
Specialize Maternal Mental Health Care
Individual & Group Support Services
Licensed throughout the United States. Based in Wisconsin.
You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone
Motherhood can bring joy, love, and excitement, but it can also bring anxiety, grief, overwhelm, isolation, and emotional exhaustion.
At Momma’s Pedestal, we provide therapy and support for women during the pre-conception, pregnancy, postpartum, and early motherhood stages of life. Whether you are struggling to conceive, grieving a miscarriage, coping with postpartum anxiety or depression, or simply trying to adjust to the emotional weight of motherhood, you deserve compassionate support.
Through individual and group virtual therapy services, our goal is to create a safe, validating space where women feel seen, heard, and supported.
Specialized Maternal & Postpartum Support for Women
Individual Virtual Therapy
Personalized one-on-one support tailored to your unique experiences, emotions, and mental health needs during every stage of motherhood.
Group Therapy & Support Classes
Connect with other women in a supportive environment focused on healing, education, and community.
Perinatal Mental Health Support
Specialized care for women experiencing emotional challenges during pregnancy and postpartum.
Infertility & Pregnancy Loss Support
Compassionate therapy for women navigating infertility struggles, miscarriage grief, and reproductive trauma.
Meet Nicole
Nicole Smith, PsyD, LP, PMH-C
Momma’s Pedestal was founded to create the kind of support many women wish they had during the most emotionally vulnerable seasons of motherhood.
With specialized training in perinatal mental health, Dr. Nicole is passionate about helping women feel understood, empowered, and emotionally supported throughout their motherhood journey.
Whether you are preparing for motherhood, grieving a loss, or adjusting to life postpartum, you do not have to carry it alone.
Common Challenges We Support
You deserve support, healing, and compassionate care.
Postpartum Anxiety
Persistent worry, racing thoughts, irritability, sleep difficulties, and feelings of constant fear after childbirth.
Postpartum Depression
Feelings of sadness, numbness, hopelessness, guilt, or difficulty bonding with your baby.
Postpartum OCD
Intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, or overwhelming fears that can feel frightening and isolating.
Birth Trauma
Emotional distress connected to difficult pregnancy, labor, delivery, or postpartum experiences.
Infertility & Trying to Conceive
The emotional toll of fertility struggles, uncertainty, disappointment, and repeated loss.
Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss Grief
Support for processing grief, trauma, anger, guilt, and emotional healing after loss.
Healing Starts with Support
Momma’s Pedestal offers accessible virtual therapy services designed to meet women wherever they are in their motherhood journey.