Group Therapy

Birth Planning

A free counselling and planning session, delivered in February and October.

If you’re expecting a baby through pregnancy or surrogacy in the next 35 weeks, sign up for this workshop to support the psychological, relational, and emotional aspects of the birth.

This session may be helpful if you’re birthing for the first time, have experienced birth trauma, or who want to develop coping strategies for labour. We don’t include medical information to help you make birthing decisions.

To register please contact Amy Spencer at anchorandoakcounselling@gmail.com.

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Developing Your Post-Partum Care Plan

​Welcoming a new baby or babies into the home through pregnancy or surrogacy can be the “perfect storm” bringing changes in all areas of our lives: biological, neurological, hormonal, identity and role, relationships, routines, grief and loss, trauma, while managing our expectations of ourselves and others.

Planning ahead by developing a postpartum care plan can:

• Identify personal and family needs
• Reduce stress
• Improve communication
• Manage expectations of self and others
• Increase confidence

Developing a postpartum care plan to include information about perinatal mood and anxiety symptoms, identifying supports, understanding emotional triggers, and response strategies can help to ease the transition and increase confidence and self-efficacy.

This session may be helpful for those who have a preexisting mental health challenge or who have experienced a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder during previous pregnancies and postpartum periods.

Service Details: Sessions are 90 minutes and can be booked individually or as a couple. Services are covered under most insurance plans under social work or psychotherapy.

To register please contact Amy Spencer at anchorandoakcounselling@gmail.com or book a free consultation.

Postpartum Support Group (Winter/Spring 2026)

January 8, 22
February 5, 19
March 5, 19
April 2, 16, 30
May 14, 28

Open group format, meaning participants can join at any time.

​Bi-weekly postpartum support group creates a non-judgmental safe and supportive space to connect with others and provides information, helpful tools, and resources.

Groups offer the opportunity for support and connection for parents of newborns up to 18 months during their transition and adjustment to parenting.

​Sessions include topics such as identity and role transitions, relationships, anxiety and scary thoughts, postpartum anger, self-care, self-compassion, birthing experiences, managing unsolicited advice and feelings of inadequacy and comparison.  

​​​Please reach out for more information and to register: anchorandoakcounselling@gmail.com

Postpartum Support Group
(Summer 2026)

June 4, 11, 18, 25, 23, 30
July 2, 9, 16
August 6, 13, 20, 27

Open group format, meaning participants can join at any time.

​This weekly virtual postpartum support group creates a non-judgmental safe and supportive space to connect with others and provides information, helpful tools, and resources.

Groups offer the opportunity for support and connection for parents of newborns up to 18 months during their transition and adjustment to parenting.

​Sessions include topics such as identity and role transitions, relationships, anxiety and scary thoughts, postpartum anger, self-care, self-compassion, birthing experiences, managing unsolicited advice and feelings of inadequacy and comparison.  

​​​Please reach out for more information and to register: stephanieb@anchorandoakcounselling.com

5th Trimester Session

​This session is scheduled for Wednesday March 4th from 5:30-7:30pm, in-person for $115 per person. Covered by most insurance plans under registered social worker.

We also generally offer September start dates.

​This therapeutic group is designed to support individuals in the transition to paid work after a maternity or parental leave. The group aims to build skills and strategies to navigate this transition and increase self-efficacy and self-compassion. 

This session utilizes CBT and DBT approaches to build self-care tools, increase self-compassion, identity carving, problem-solving, reframe unhelpful thoughts, enhance coping skills, and build emotional regulation practices.

​​​Please reach out for more information and to register: amys@anchorandoakcounselling.com or call 705-499-2810.