Compassionate Therapist for Postpartum, Infertility, and Pregnancy in Miami, FL
MEET DR. LIZ CULNAN, PHD
Dr. Liz Culnan is a licensed clinical health psychologist and part of the Natal Counseling team, a practice specializing exclusively in reproductive and perinatal mental health. She provides compassionate, evidence-based therapy for women navigating postpartum, infertility, miscarriage, and pregnancy-related transitions, with advanced training in behavioral sleep medicine.
Her work is especially supportive for women who feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or unlike themselves during the postpartum period or while navigating the emotional complexity of family building.
Why Choose a Reproductive Psychologist for Your Family-Building Journey
You’ve been getting through the days. Functioning. Managing. Holding it all together. But inside, you know this isn’t how you want to live. You’re ready for more than survival mode. You’re ready to feel like yourself again.
That’s what Natal Counseling was built for. We specialize exclusively in the emotional realities of family building, so you can stop explaining your experiences and start receiving support that actually fits your life. Every therapist on our team is a reproductive psychologist, which means we understand the complexities of infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood on both a psychological and physiological level.
This means you’re working with experts who:
Understand the complex interplay between your body, hormones, and nervous system during family building.
Recognize how grief, loss, and the uncertainty of infertility or high-risk pregnancy affect mood, decision-making, and daily life.
Offer targeted interventions that help you regulate your nervous system, manage stress, and rebuild trust in yourself.
When you choose Natal Counseling, you’re choosing more than a therapist—you’re choosing a team that truly gets it from the inside out.
About Dr. Liz Culnan
Dr. Culnan’s mission is to help you find meaning, stability, and relief during some of life’s most demanding transitions. She supports clients in moving through emotional overwhelm, processing difficult experiences, and building the skills needed to feel more present and connected in their daily lives.
Her work focuses on helping you not just get through this season—but feel more like yourself within it.
Dr. Culnan’s own path to parenthood included a pregnancy complication requiring frequent monitoring while working full-time, giving birth during the height of the pandemic, and navigating earlier weaning than expected during the nationwide formula shortage. Balancing these challenges while caring for a newborn and continuing to work gave her a deep understanding of how overwhelming and unsupported this stage of life can feel.
This lived experience informs her work, allowing her to support clients with both clinical expertise and genuine empathy.
Approach
Dr. Culnan’s approach to therapy is warm, supportive, and collaborative. She integrates evidence-based therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Interpersonal Psychotherapy to tailor her approach to each client.
During the first few therapy sessions, she works with clients to explore their background and experiences and to set therapy goals that are meaningful to them. Their work together may include:
Learning to mindfully process and gain distance from challenging emotions and thoughts
Increasing self-compassion
Improving sleep and reducing the “wired but exhausted” feeling
Processing traumatic experiences
Re-engaging with life in a meaningful way
Therapy is tailored to your unique experience—whether you are adjusting to postpartum life, coping with infertility, or processing miscarriage—so you can feel more grounded, supported, and steady.
Areas of Expertise
Postpartum Therapy
The transition to parenthood can feel overwhelming, even when it’s something you deeply wanted. Dr. Culnan supports clients experiencing postpartum anxiety, depression, identity shifts, and emotional overwhelm, helping them feel more like themselves again while navigating early parenthood with greater confidence and clarity.
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Sleep challenges are incredibly common during postpartum and reproductive transitions. Dr. Culnan has advanced training in behavioral sleep medicine and helps clients with insomnia, disrupted sleep, nightmares, and the “wired but exhausted” feeling, using evidence-based tools to restore rest and improve overall well-being.
Infertility and Reproductive Mental Health
Trying to conceive and going through fertility treatments can be emotionally exhausting. Dr. Culnan supports individuals navigating infertility, IVF, pregnancy loss, and reproductive health conditions, helping them manage stress, uncertainty, and complex emotions.
Relationship Stress
Family building and parenting can shift even strong relationships. Dr. Culnan helps clients navigate communication challenges, role changes, and emotional stressors, supporting healthier, more connected relationships.
Education & Professional Background
I have been deeply passionate about women’s mental health and reproductive mental health ever since her days in graduate school. There is something incredibly meaningful about walking alongside people during some of the most vulnerable and transformative chapters of their lives—including the complexities of fertility and family building and postpartum. Whether you're looking for tools, support, or simply someone who understands, it’s truly an honor to be part of your journey.
Dr. Liz Culnan earned a PhD in clinical health psychology from Drexel University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Reproductive Health Psychology and Behavioral Sleep Medicine at Rush University Medical Center and worked there as an Assistant Professor with the Reproductive Health Psychology Clinic within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and served as the Associate Director of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Services at Rush University Medical Center’s Department of Internal Medicine. She is a Diplomate of Behavioral Sleep Medicine and has the highest level of training when it comes to helping people sleep well.
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Infertility, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Therapy Services in Miami, FL
Infertility Therapy in Miami, FL
Trying to build a family can be exhausting. IVF, waiting for results, and the uncertainty of fertility treatment leaves you overwhelmed, worried it will never happen, on edge, and alone. In our infertility therapy sessions in Miami, we help you cope with stress, make confident decisions, and feel more grounded every step of your fertility journey.
Grief, guilt, and uncertainty are deeply personal after miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Well-meaning friends or past therapists don’t fully get it. In our miscarriage and pregnancy loss therapy sessions in Miami, we help you process emotions, rebuild hope, and develop self-care and resilience strategies to reconnect with your body, your life, and your family-building desires.
Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss Therapy in Miami
Postpartum Therapy in Miami, FL
The transition to parenthood is overwhelming, even when everyone says “you should be happy.” In our postpartum therapy sessions in Miami, we help you process postpartum anxiety or depression or childbirth trauma while reclaiming yourself. You will gain tools to connect with yourself (and your baby and partner) and manage parenting pressure with confidence.
You don’t have to keep navigating this alone. Specialized support that gets family building is available.
Start Your Postpartum, Infertility, or Pregnancy Therapy Journey in Miami, FL
You don’t have to navigate infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy anxiety, or postpartum challenges alone. Our reproductive psychologists specialize in infertility and postpartum therapy in Miami, helping you cope, process, and feel supported at every stage of your family-building journey.
We carefully review all consult requests and aim to respond the same day, so you can start getting the support you deserve without delay.
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You deserve a therapist who truly understands postpartum, infertility, miscarriage, and pregnancy. Reach out today to begin therapy in Miami and receive the support, clarity, and care you’ve been needing during this chapter of your life.