Seattle Reproductive Psychotherapy Therapists
Emma Summer, LMHC, MAT, PMH-C
Clinical director, therapist, supervisor
Emma is a licensed therapist specializing in reproductive mental health and is Perinatal Mental Health certified (PMH-C) by Postpartum Support International. Emma is certified in both individual and couples Emotion Focused Therapy (EFIT, EFCT) and is also an Art of Holding provider, a Circle of Security facilitator, a facilitated attunement (FAN) provider and a certified grief care professional. Emma is also the only Washington state provider on the Donor Conceived Competency registry.
Emma’s style is warm, conversational and collaborative. She is attachment oriented and implements interventions from several relational theories (Emotion Focused, Interpersonal Neurobiology) and also integrates evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies and IFS (Internal Family Systems or “parts work”). Emma focuses on mindful self-compassion as the organizing structure for emerging motherhood.
Emma spent over 15 years working as a birth and postpartum doula with advanced training in lactation and early parent-infant relationships. This is the foundation on which she practices today. Emma’s work is grounded in clinical expertise and a deep, lived understanding of the physical, emotional and relational realities of this season of life.
Emma’s areas of specialization include:
infertility, fertility treatment, donor conception and reproductive decision making
pregnancy and postpartum anxiety (PMADs)
grief and loss
From Emma: “I focus on strengths and resilience and see therapy not just as a tool to solve life’s problems but as a foundation for growth that provides an opportunity for wholeness and self-discovery.”
Sara Kenny, LICSW, PMH-C
Therapist, EMDR provider
Sara is a Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) specialist supporting individuals through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
Before joining Seattle Reproductive Psychotherapy, Sara worked in the hospital system where she developed expertise with a wide range of clients navigating the perinatal period. This training informs her ability to quickly understand client’s emotional experience in a broader medical context to offer care that is grounded, effective and trauma informed.
Clients often come to Sara when worry or repetitive thoughts are making them feel stuck. She is particularly skilled at helping clients step out of patterns that are no longer working for them to build a new relationship to their thoughts and themselves that is more manageable and aligned with their values and goals.
Sara works with:
Pregnancy and postpartum anxiety and depression
Intrusive thoughts and OCD
Birth trauma and medical trauma
Adjustment to parenthood and identity shifts
Sara utilizes evidence-based approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Exposure Response Prevention. Sara is also trained in EMDR and can support clients in processing birth trauma and other experiences that continue to feel unresolved.
Sara is steady, non-judgmental and client-focused and balances support with appropriate challenge to bring meaningful progress to the therapeutic alliance.
From Sara: “This stage of life can feel heavier or more uncertain than you expected. My role is to help you make sense of what’s happening and find a way through that feels more like you.”