Heal. Lead. Connect.
Run the maternal mental health group your community needs.
Most therapists who want to start a group never do — not for lack of skill, but for lack of a path.
This page is the path: a free launch guide, a complete 8-week curriculum, and the clinical support to facilitate with confidence.
Start Free: The Playbook
The Calm Mama Playbook A therapist's guide to launching an intentional maternal mental health group. Free.
Inside: the philosophy behind the approach (understanding before intervention, every time), the five principles I return to in every group I facilitate, participant selection guidance, and the five most common group challenges — with the exact language to navigate them.
The success of your group will depend far less on your curriculum than on the culture you create. This guide shows you how to build both.
The Full Program
The Calm Mama Program
An 8-week, evidence-informed group curriculum for maternal mental health.
Turnkey implementation — no curriculum development required. Grounded in CBT, mindfulness, psychoeducation, and values-based interventions. Flexible enough for private practice, groups, hospital systems, and pediatric practices.
What's included:
The Calm Mama Workbook — structured participant materials for each mother
The Calm Mama Clinical Companion — session objectives, discussion prompts, clinical pearls, and individual-therapy adaptations
The Calm Mama Playbook — launch and facilitation guidance
Each week builds on the last: thoughts → emotions → values → communication → balanced relationships → intentional living → identity & matrescence → integration.
The goal isn't symptom reduction alone. It's helping mothers understand themselves deeply enough to make intentional choices — long after the group ends.
Learn More About The Calm Mama Program
On Feeling Intentional
I feel a lot better about the choices I'm making now because they're coming from a foundation of being aligned with my values. [The program] gave me the framework to really define the lifestyle that I wanted, rather than just feeling some dissonance between what I want and how it actually felt in the moment.”
— P.M. (Calm Mama Program)
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[The program] has given me the ability to think more open-mindedly about how I approach different aspects and challenges of motherhood. It's helped me reframe my beliefs, allowing me to step back and critically assess whether those beliefs are helping me and if they're realistic.”
— C.M. (Calm Mama Program)
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On Finding Balance
Coaching has given me the framework and the permission to really prioritize my own well-being. It makes me a better mom because I feel more cared for myself. That balance is so important for my relationship with myself and my partner.”
— P.M. (Calm Mama Program)
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[The program] has helped me to overcome strong feelings about the way I think motherhood should look. Now, I'm more open to considering alternatives, rather than holding myself to rigid standards or beliefs.”
— C.M. (Calm Mama Program)
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On Decision-Making Confidence
This makes me feel like I'm a good mom, a good parent, and that I'm doing the best I can. I don't think I felt as confident in decision-making for parenting before the program. It's really helped.”
— P.M. (Calm Mama Program)
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This process has given me some relief. It makes me feel freer—like more options are available to me. I feel more accepting of myself and my comfort levels, which helps me to feel more relaxed and at ease.”
— C.M. (Calm Mama Program)
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On Creating Calm
I'm finding myself using the things that we talk about in the sessions in my day-to-day. It's really helping me...learning different systems and tools for de-stressing that I'm turning to while I feel stressed in the moment.”
— P.M. (Calm Mama Program)
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