Meet Doula Brie

Doula Counseling™ & Wellness Watsonville, CA

Pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the emotional transition into motherhood — supported with warmth, advocacy, and nervous system-aware care.

Birth is not just physical.

It’s emotional.
Relational.
Psychological.
Identity-shifting.
And for many people, deeply vulnerable.

As both a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in perinatal mental health and a birth doula, I approach this season through both lenses: emotional wellbeing and hands-on support through pregnancy, labor, postpartum, and matrescence.

Whether you’re preparing for your first baby, navigating anxiety around birth, hoping for more grounded support during labor, or wanting someone who understands the emotional complexity of becoming a parent — you deserve care that sees the whole picture.

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My Approach:

My doula care blends:

  • emotional support and nervous system regulation

  • evidence-based education

  • advocacy and informed decision-making

  • trauma-informed and culturally sensitive care

  • grounding and coping tools for labor

  • postpartum emotional support

  • gentle preparation for the identity shift into parenthood

I believe birth support should help you feel:

  • informed, not overwhelmed

  • supported, not alone

  • empowered, not pressured

  • emotionally safe, not dismissed

There is no “perfect” birth experience. My role is not to push an agenda — it’s to support you in feeling cared for, respected, and connected to yourself throughout the process.

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Support May Include:

  • Prenatal sessions

  • Birth preparation and education

  • Labor support

  • Comfort measures and coping tools

  • Partner support

  • Birth preferences planning

  • Postpartum support

  • Emotional processing after birth

  • Support around anxiety, overwhelm, identity shifts, and matrescence

For Clients Wanting Both Therapy + Doula Support

Some families are looking for both emotional/mental health support and birth support during this season.

While therapy and doula care are separate services with different roles and boundaries, my background in perinatal mental health allows me to bring an especially grounded, compassionate, and emotionally attuned approach to doula work.

You Deserve Support, Too

So much attention goes to preparing for the baby.
Far less attention goes to preparing for you.

Your nervous system matters.
Your emotional experience matters.
Your transition into parenthood matters.

You do not have to hold all of this alone.