Nurturing connection, together.
Compassionate support for the beautiful, messy, deeply human work of becoming a parent and raising babies and young children.
Becoming a family is tender. Many parents face sleepless nights, big transitions, and moments of not knowing. Little ones can carry big feelings they can't always put into words. And sometimes the connection between you gets tangled. That's not failure. It's part of growing together.
We offer a steady, judgment-free place for all of it: perinatal support for mamas, play and art-based therapy for young children, and relationship-focused care for you both. You don't have to have it figured out to reach out.
We are here for your family.
Boulder, CO + virtual.
trust your instincts ✳ slow down ☾ come back to each other ✳ you already know how ☾ nurture is natural ✳ rest here ☾
trust your instincts ✳ slow down ☾ come back to each other ✳ you already know how ☾ nurture is natural ✳ rest here ☾
there is no wrong time to begin…
Come in wherever you are on the path.
Pregnancy, birth, the fourth trimester, the first words, the first day of school. Each phase asks something different of you, and there is no wrong moment to reach out. Some families come during pregnancy, some when a four-year-old's big feelings seem to take over the house, some years after a birth that still sits heavy. Wherever you are on the path, that is where we begin.
How we work together
choose a path that sounds like you…
Perinatal Therapy
One-on-one trauma-informed support through pregnancy, postpartum and the transformation of becoming a mother. Through talk and expressive arts, we tend your nervous system, process your birth experience, and meet anxiety or depression with care, building a steadiness you can carry home to your little one.
Young Child-Parent Therapy
Expressive arts therapy for little ones, three through eight, and their caregivers. Play, art, movement, and imagination, because some children speak in these languages long before words. Therapy works to strengthen the connection between you two.
Mother Circles
Small welcoming gatherings where science meets the soul of motherhood. Learn, make and be truly held alongside other mamas, because the village was never optional. Little ones are always welcome.
Create · Regulate · Connect
Where words can't reach, art can.
Some things can't be said, only shown. Paint, clay, movement, sound, and play reach the body first, where stress is held, helping the nervous system settle before words have to find their way. Informed by trauma-informed expressive arts therapy, we work with mothers, parents, babies and children to use the arts to soothe, to process, and to strengthen the bond between you.
The research supports it. Across twenty-one studies of more than 2,800 pregnant and postpartum women, art-based therapy meaningfully reduced anxiety and depression. For children, art and play are one way they may already communicate, so we try to meet them there.
No art experience needed.
what we practice…
Three things we hold to.
I.
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
Connection over perfection
We start 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.
III.
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
Rush your story
Shame about unwanted thoughts
a soft place to land.
Fall gatherings.
In-person in Boulder, CO
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Come learn about perinatal mental health, how nurture shapes your little one’s brain and how to build a parenting approach that feels regulating and nurturing.
at Radiant Roots Collective, Boulder, CO
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This is a nurturing support circle for mamas navigating breastfeeding and feeding journeys beyond the first year.
This gathering is a space for connection, education, encouragement, and community. All feeding journeys are welcome.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcblh7XuEI_hZc2l9mgI_Af66ieHC7cTLiqNMKErLBP6dh7g/formResponse?pli=1
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Come learn about perinatal mental health, how nurture shapes your little one’s brain and how to build a parenting approach that feels regulating and nurturing for you.
Location TBD.
Hi, I’m Lara…
A therapist, artist and a mama in your corner.
I help parents remember what culture made them forget: how to nurture without shame and without perfection. I center babies and children as wise participants in the family system. My work weaves expressive arts therapy, nervous system suppert and Nurture Neuroscience® into support that meets your family where you are at.
MA
LPC
IMH-E®
RYT
PERINATAL SPECIALIST
ATR-BC®
Come say hello.
Hours
Tuesday-Friday, 9am-12pm, Thurs 3-7pm
Phone
(720) 491-1531
Address
3825 Iris Avenue Boulder, CO 80301 Suite 150e