Handouts your clients will actually read.
Warm, ready-to-print worksheets for perinatal clients and anxious high-achievers, so you can spend less time making materials and more time in the room.
For therapists whose clients are always "fine."
You know the ones. Capable, thoughtful, holding it together for everyone else, and quietly running on empty. These tools were written with them in mind.
Perinatal clinicians
Your clients are tired, overwhelmed, and short on time. These pages are short, gentle, and easy to come back to after a 3am feed.
Therapists who see high-achievers
For the client who is great at their job and hard on themselves. Tools for perfectionism, people-pleasing, burnout, and the inner critic.
Clinicians building a resource library
Theory-informed handouts you can trust, without spending your evenings and weekends designing them yourself.
Probably not the right fit if you're looking for scored assessments or diagnostic screeners. These are reflective, client-facing tools meant to support the work you're already doing.
Everything you need, nothing you'll skip.
Written in plain, warm language you can use as-is or adapt to your own voice. The approach blends CBT, attachment-based, narrative, and parts-informed IFS work. No IFS training needed.
Perinatal Anxiety Clinician Toolkit
Session guides and client handouts for supporting pregnant and postpartum clients with anxiety. Run the six modules as a series or use any one on its own. You don't need a perinatal specialty to use it.
Session guides
Goals, a 50-minute session flow, check-in questions, talking points, an in-session practice, homework, and signs to slow down or refer.
- Understanding Perinatal Anxiety
- Your Nervous System Isn't Broken
- The Weight of Being a "Good Parent"
- When You're Spiraling at 3 A.M.
- Rewriting the Story Anxiety Is Telling You
- You Weren't Meant to Carry This Alone
Fillable client handouts
One for each module. Clients can print them or type right into them on a phone or tablet.
- Name the Alarm
- Build Your Reset Menu
- Ask the Frightened Part
- My Nighttime Card
- Catch. Check. Choose.
- My Support Circle
Clinician quick reference
Everything you want within reach before the first session.
- Which module fits which client
- Perinatal intake questions
- A when-to-refer table
- Crisis lines and referral resources (US)
Partner session kit
For clients who feel unsupported or are carrying most of the mental load.
- A guide for one joint session with your client and her partner
- "Our Support Plan," a handout they fill in together
Holding It Together
Worksheets and handouts for the clients who always do.
Ready-to-use worksheets and plain-language handouts for anxious high-achievers, people-pleasers, and new parents. Every client page is fillable and printable, and each one comes with its own session guide or clinician notes.
Client worksheets
Step-by-step pages clients can use in session or as homework.
- Saying No Without the Guilt Hangover
- Getting to Know Your Inner Critic
- The Good Enough Check-In
- Thought Record for the 2am Spiral
- Rewriting the Story You Tell About Yourself
- Who I Was, Who I'm Becoming
- Asking for Help Without Apologizing
- The Mental Load Inventory
Psychoeducation handouts
Short, warm explanations that help clients feel understood.
- Postpartum Anxiety, in Plain Language
- Why Rest Feels So Hard Right Now
- Burnout or Depression? How They Overlap
- Matrescence: The Identity Shift No One Mentions
- Parts Work for People Who've Never Heard of It
Session guides and clinician notes
One for every worksheet and handout, so you know exactly how to use it.
- Best fit and the clinical lens behind each page (CBT, attachment, narrative, IFS-informed)
- How to introduce each page, with ideas for in-session use and homework
- Follow-up questions and adaptations for each worksheet (perinatal, telehealth, shorter versions)
- Clear notes on when to slow down, consult, or refer
More worksheets are on the way.
Pick what fits your caseload.
Every option is an instant PDF download with a license for one clinician.
Perinatal Anxiety Clinician Toolkit
$39
6 session guides, 6 fillable handouts, a clinician quick reference, and a partner session kit.
Get the perinatal toolkitHolding It Together
$27
8 worksheets, 5 psychoeducation handouts, and a guide for every page.
Get Holding It TogetherPsychoeducation Handouts
$12
The 5 plain-language handouts from Holding It Together, each with clinician notes.
Get the handout packFlexible enough for the way you already work.
Print a page, pull it up on screen, or send it through your client portal. Use it once or come back to it for months.
Give the conversation a shape
Work through a page together when a client is stuck or spiraling. The perinatal toolkit gives you a full 50-minute session flow, and each Holding It Together worksheet comes with its own guide for introducing it and following up.
Try it with a client who keeps saying "I don't know why I'm like this."
Keep the work going between sessions
Short enough to finish in a few minutes, so tired clients actually do them. They bring it back, and you have a natural starting point next week.
Try it with a new parent who has ten minutes during nap time, if that.
Help clients feel understood
The psychoeducation handouts and perinatal intake questions help clients name what's happening and see that it makes sense. That early relief builds trust fast.
Try asking "How are you, not the baby?" and see what opens up.
Hi, I'm Michelle.
I'm a perinatal therapist in the New York City area. I work with anxious, high-functioning people who are very good at taking care of everyone except themselves: new parents, young professionals, and recovering people-pleasers.
My work blends attachment-based therapy, CBT, narrative, and IFS-informed approaches. I made this toolkit because I kept rewriting the same handouts between sessions. I wanted materials that sound like a person talking, not a textbook, and that a sleep-deprived parent could get through in five minutes. As a mom myself, I've tested that part personally.
I hope these save you some time and give your clients something kind to hold onto.
Michelle
- LCSW
- PMH-C, Perinatal Mental Health Certified
- Private practice, NYC area
Good to know before you buy
What format are the files in?
Everything comes as PDFs sized for US Letter paper. Client pages are fillable: clients can type into them using Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) or their phone's Files app, or you can print them. They also work well shared on screen during telehealth.
How do I get the files after I buy?
You'll get a download link right away, so you can save the PDFs and start using them today.
Can I use these with my clients?
Yes, that's what they're for. Your purchase includes a license for one clinician to print, share, and send the materials to your own clients, as many times as you like. That includes in-person sessions, telehealth, and secure client portals.
Can I share them with colleagues or my group practice?
The individual license covers one clinician, so please don't forward the files or post them to shared drives, websites, or social media. A Group Practice License is available for the Perinatal Anxiety Clinician Toolkit. For Holding It Together, email me about group pricing.
Can I edit or rebrand the handouts?
You're welcome to write on them, highlight, and adapt how you use them in session. Please keep my name on the pages and don't resell or repackage them as your own.
Do I need perinatal training to use this?
No. I wrote it for skilled, caring therapists who haven't had perinatal training and aren't sure where to start. You do need to know your local referral options, and the quick reference will help you get those in place.
Are these a substitute for clinical judgment?
No. They're meant to support your work, not replace it. You know your clients best, so use what fits and skip what doesn't. They aren't designed for crisis situations or as diagnostic tools.
What's your refund policy?
Because this is a digital download, all sales are final. If a file won't open or something is missing, email me and I'll make it right quickly.
Less time making handouts. More time for the work only you can do.
Ready-to-use tools for the clients who need gentleness the most.
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