Counseling

Erica is currently accepting new clients.

Counseling sessions are provided through a HIPAA-compliant telehealth portal.

Contact Erica to schedule an appointment.

Erica provides general counseling services for a wide range of issues including trauma, depression, and anxiety, and specializes in prenatal and postpartum concerns. 

When considering pregnancy, many parents experience a diversity of emotions from joy and excitement to ambivalence or fear depending on their own personal associations with pregnancy, birth, and parenting.

This time often inspires parents to reflect on relationships, identity, life goals, and create a new vision for the future.   

Session fees are $105 per 45-50 minute session.

Sliding scale options options may be available. These are time-limited and may be full.

Erica is out of network for insurance, but depending on your plan, you can submit a superbill for partial reimbursement.

Counseling Specialties

Preconception Counseling

  • Resolve past traumatic birth experience

  • Resolve previous experiences of abortion

  • Address past sexual abuse or trauma

  • Explore fears, life transitions, and ambivalence about becoming a parent, being pregnant, or giving birth.

  • Explore birthing options and weigh pros and cons of models of care

Infertility

Pregnancy, Birth, and Infant Loss

Counseling for Pregnancy and Childbirth:

  • Explore birthing options

  • resolve past birthing trauma or losses

  • Develop and clarify a vision for your birth

  • Learn to advocate for yourself

  • Prenatal depression, anxiety or OCD

  • Reduce anxiety or feelings of ambivalence or fear

  • Increase body awareness

  • Develop and recognize your inner resources for birthing

  • Learn coping strategies for childbirth

  • Address past sexual abuse or trauma and learn to recognize and cope with triggers during pregnancy and birth.

  • Screening, support and treatment for depression, anxiety, OCD or other mental health concerns.

Couples Counseling:

  • Ambivalence about becoming parents

  • Prepare for adjustments and changes in your relationship

  • Support for prenatal and postpartum depression, psychosis, OCD or anxiety

Postpartum Counseling:

Many individuals experience conflicting emotions after having a baby.  Or, you may be experiencing scary thoughts that worry you. Addressing these issues early can prevent further escalation and severity.

  • Explore birth experience, from the most difficult to the most joyful.

  • Lack of support from partner, friends and/or family.

  • Treatment and screening for postpartum depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder.

  • Address difficulties adjusting to parenting and lifestyle change.

  • Conflict with partner

  • Early parenting

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Contact Erica.

Erica Kroll, LPC

nonabirth@gmail.com

Columbia, Mo.