Are you an AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) mom or mom-to-be, in the early stages of motherhood? Are you looking to create community with other AAPI moms In a safe, supportive space to explore motherhood together?
Join the AAPI Mothers Virtual Support Group
BIPOC Mothers offers support and solidarity within a society that is inherently racist and patriarchal.
Do you identify as BIPOC* (Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Color/non-white) in the early stages of motherhood?
Have you struggled to find a moms group that centers YOUR experiences?
We welcome BIPOC mothers of all genders, those who are pregnant or have a pregnant partner, trying to conceive, adopting, postpartum, and up to their child’s first year of life. Note: AAPI- identified moms are welcome here too!
I am a licensed clinical social worker with over 7 years of experience providing psychotherapy to adults, teens, and youth. Before starting my private practice, I worked as a clinician and clinical manager at a community-based mental health program in Oakland serving APIs (Asian Pacific Islanders) and immigrants and refugees from various parts of the world. In this setting, not only was I able to develop a high standard of clinical rigor in my work, but I found and grew a passion for mental health advocacy, outreach, and preventive education. I worked on several projects aimed at reducing mental health stigma among high-risk populations including Asian seniors, adults with severe mental illnesses, and my personal favorite, high school and college students.
I became interested in ethnic studies and the social work/mental health professions as a Sociology undergraduate student at the University of San Francisco, particularly after doing my senior field work placement at a residential substance abuse recovery program serving the API community. I went on to attain masters degrees in Asian American Studies and Social Welfare at UCLA. These two disciplines are grounded deeply in the pursuit of equality and social justice, and they continue to inform how I see the world and try to empower others to change and grow. While at UCLA, I researched the experiences of Filipinx Americans and wrote my master’s thesis on racial microaggressions experienced by Filipinx American youth in Hawaii, where I grew up. Simultaneously, I studied social work and did field placements at a program serving the homeless community in Los Angeles (my first year) and in the Los Angeles Unified School District’s School Mental Health Program (my second year). Additionally, I attained the Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) which allows me to practice social work in California’s K-12 public schools.
I provide online video-based therapy for adults who are seeking a respectful, collaborative space to explore their inner experiences. My strengths lie in my attentive witnessing to emotion and body as pathways to unlocking each person’s innate ability to heal themselves, access authenticity, and achieve goals to build towards their vision of a meaningful life. The language of depression, anxiety, trauma, OCD, neurodiversity and more may be helpful in addressing day to day challenges or symptoms, though I also see each person as a complex whole of self, relationships, and culture. Whatever brings you to therapy, you are welcome.
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I am Margaret, I help pregnant moms map out what they want for their home birth so that they are confident and have sovereignty in their bodies and space.
I provider one on one support along with a group program to support pregnant moms along their transformative journey of pregnancy and birth. I also will be providing post partum Ayurvedic doula services which include a 42 day sacred window of rest and bonding for mom and baby.
Benefits of working with me.
Other Services
Hatha Yoga teacher 500hours
Prenatal and Postpartum yoga teacher
Birth Café with Margaret- A month virtual birth café. To discuss issues and hear home birth stories.
I am a healer with 30 + years of psychotherapist and teaching experience. I use Internal Family Systems Self Leadership, Mindfulness, Yoga Nidra, Enneagram, Non Violent Communication, Hand in Hand parenting frameworks to support individual and couple’s wellness goals living their lives with less suffering and more satisfaction. I specialize in trauma resolution which releases energy to be used in more constructive ways with less effort. I see people for traditional 50 minute sessions and other configurations as desired and needed. Please see my website and online presence for details regarding therapy, consults, groups, classes and workshops. Warmly, Regina Segura (certified IFS therapist).
