nurture is in your nature…
The wisdom is already in you.
We nurture you and your little one, with a soulful, creative approach that helps you trust yourself and deepen your connection, backed by evidence-based practice.
Your baby is welcome here. Nurse, rock, hold. Sessions are built for the two of you, in Boulder or on screen.
steady parents
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held mamas
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connected babies
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thriving children
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steady parents 〰️ held mamas 〰️ connected babies 〰️ thriving children 〰️
soul and science…
Somewhere under the exhaustion, the advice, and the worry about getting it wrong, the wisdom is already in you. We bring the science that supports it, and the soulful, creative practice that helps you hear it again. No shame. No perfect-parenting standard. Just you and your little one, met as the wise participants you both are.
You already know how.
come in wherever you are…
Four ways in.
Every path starts from the same place: the wisdom you already carry, supported by science and soulful practice.
We support mamas with: postpartum anxiety, depression, processing pregnancy and birth, rage, adjustment to parenting, identity shifts and more.
We hold space for children and parents facing: anxiety, depression, ADHD, big emotions, adjustment to new home or school and more.
Perinatal Therapy
Support in pregnancy and postpartum for your nervous system, your birth story, and the big feelings that can come with new parenthood. Art gives the wordless parts a place to go.
Young Child-Parent Therapy
For little ones from age three to eight, with you in the room. Side-by-side play and art-making help big feelings move and help you read your child’s cues.
Mother Circles
Small groups for expecting and new mothers. Fun neuroscience, soulful practice, and mothers who get it
Nurtured Sleep
Gentle, relationship-based sleep support for families with little ones from birth to age three. Together we find rest that honors your little one’s needs, your family’s values, and your own well-being.
Families come to us at any point on the path. Pregnancy, postpartum, and the early years through age eight.
Grounded in Nurture Neuroscience®, co-regulation science, and expressive arts therapy: nature, art, movement, meditation, and play. For grown-ups and little ones alike.
Meet Lara…
Lara K. Rutledge, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, IMH-E, is a board certified art therapist and licensed counselor specializing in infant and perinatal mental health. Her work is rooted in infant mental health, centering babies and children as wise participants and supporting parents through science and soul. She is Nurture Neuroscience® trained, with advanced perinatal training through Postpartum Support International.
Held by someone steady.
MA
LPC
IMH-E®
PERINATAL SPECIALIST
ATR-BC®
What parents are saying.
My son was dealing with some big emotions, and as parents, we weren't sure of the best methods to help. Lara helped us identify and understand what was going on in their brain and explained how emotions can erupt in young children. She has always been responsive and available in the off time of our sessions. During the time we spent with her, she has helped my son learn techniques to deal with his emotions and feelings in positive ways. Through the use of art, she has helped him express himself and uncover more of who he is becoming as a person. She listens and relates to both the child and parent and our experience with her has been truly wonderful. I highly recommend Lara and cannot say enough positive words about our time together.
- ANONYMOUS CLIENT
I appreciate all of your support for my household and I'm really seeing a difference in my son. I've even had parents of his friends say they have noticed "more maturity" in the last couple of months and I believe his work with you is a huge part of it. You're giving me a set of skills to help him and I'm so grateful for it that I tear up every time I talk about it.
- ANONYMOUS CLIENT
We are really grateful that we got to work with Lara the past several months. She has been great with our son and our family helping us learn and grow. She is very patient and understanding of what we are struggling with. She is always willing to work with us to find out what works best for our needs. Our son has shown so much growth working with Lara and has been able to use his time during the sessions to create art to help him regulate his emotions and connect better with his feelings. He is able to use these tools outside of the sessions to continue to work and grow. We are all in a better place having worked with Lara. Thank you!
- ANONYMOUS CLIENT
what we practice…
Three things we hold to.
I.
Connection over perfection
What supports a child’s growth and develpoment is not a flawless parent. It is the returning again and again, to nurture and connect, and the repair made when things go sideways. We work on the relationship, not the performance.
II.
Regulation over striving
We work with the nervous system, yours and your child’s, because a settled body can do what an exhausted body cannot. Less trying harder, more about coming back to steady.
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Good enough is enough
Not a consolation prize. A clinical standard. Ordinary, imperfect, repeated care is what grows a child’s resilience and steadies a family, and it is already within your reach.
What we will never do here.
our promise…
Make judgement about feeding choices
Suggest perfect parent standards
Offer one-size-fits-all advice
Have sleep method debates
Shame about unwanted thoughts
Rush your story
a soft place to land.
A five-minute art prompt to do together.
A little gift for you…
A simple, mess-friendly way for you and your little one to slow down and come back to each other. Join the list for the prompt, plus gentle notes on nurture and upcoming circles.
You carry so muchwisdom.
Reach out and we’ll help you hear it. Consultations are free, fifteen minutes, and there is no pressure at the end of them.
Come say hello.
Hours
Tuesday-Friday, 9am-12pm, Thurs 3-7pm
Phone
(720) 491-1531
Address
3825 Iris Avenue Boulder, CO 80301 Suite 150e