LIV Therapy & Support

LIV Therapy & Support LIV Therapy is a mental health practice & LIV Support offers IVF support for those navigating IVF.

PMH-C stands for Perinatal Mental Health Certification through Postpartum Support International. This is an advanced ce...
05/20/2026

PMH-C stands for Perinatal Mental Health Certification through Postpartum Support International.

This is an advanced certification for mental health professionals who specialize in the emotional and psychological experiences surrounding pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and early parenthood.

While many therapists may support you through these experiences, what sets apart a PMH-C provider is how we have additional advanced specialized training in maternal mental health and the unique clinical, hormonal, relational, medical, and nervous system changes that occur during the perinatal period.

A PMH-C provider understands:
🤍 the difference between “baby blues” and postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and postpartum OCD, bi-polar or psychosis
🤍 how hormone shifts during pregnancy, birth, postpartum AND weaning can impact mental health symptoms and mood changes
🤍 common timing windows for emotional symptom changes and perinatal mood disorders
🤍 medication considerations and evidence-based safety information during pregnancy, postpartum, and lactation
🤍 how to identify when symptoms may require higher levels of care or immediate intervention
🤍 crisis assessment, safety planning, and intervention for severe perinatal mental health concerns
🤍 the impact of infertility, IVF, pregnancy loss, and reproductive trauma on the nervous system and attachment
🤍 how birth trauma, NICU experiences, and medical trauma can present as PTSD
🤍 how to screen and continue screening throughout care and stay in touch with your other health providers to improve overall support

Advanced perinatal training is especially essential when seeking support for:
• infertility & loss
• pregnancy after loss
• traumatic births or NICU stays
• postpartum rage or panic attacks
• intrusive thoughts & postpartum OCD
• tokophobia (fear of childbirth)
• reproductive & medical trauma
• high-risk pregnancies
• breastfeeding struggles & guilt
• severe anxiety or depressive symptoms during pregnancy or postpartum
• identity shifts and relationship transitions into parenthood

For far too long, the umbrella term “PCOS” has inaccurately and insufficiently encompassed the deeply complex reality so...
05/13/2026

For far too long, the umbrella term “PCOS” has inaccurately and insufficiently encompassed the deeply complex reality so many women live with every day. So many have endured years of dismissal, misdiagnosis, medical trauma, shame, and feeling unseen in healthcare systems that were never built to fully understand them.

The shift to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) feels long overdue — a name that finally begins to acknowledge the full endocrine, metabolic, reproductive, and emotional impact of a condition affecting 1 in 8 women worldwide.

At LIV Therapy & Support, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing the very real grief, frustration, resilience, and exhaustion my clients carry through infertility, body changes, chronic symptoms, and years of not being believed.

I am here to support, advocate, process, and hold space through all of it while remaining hopeful for the future of women’s health research and care — because the reality is, if a condition impacting over 170 million women worldwide affected this many men, we likely would have seen urgency, answers, and investment much sooner. PERIOD. 😤

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To every mother, every grieving mother, every hopeful mother, and every person carrying the quiet ache of wanting to bec...
05/10/2026

To every mother, every grieving mother, every hopeful mother, and every person carrying the quiet ache of wanting to become one. This day can hold so many emotions all at once.

At LIV Therapy & Support, I have the privilege of sitting alongside women through postpartum seasons, infertility, loss, IVF, chronic illness, identity shifts, and the complex realities of motherhood that so often go unseen. I know Mother’s Day is not one-size-fits-all. For some, it is joyful. For others, it can feel heavy, tender, complicated, lonely, or deeply triggering. And many hold all of those feelings at the same time.

To the freshly postpartum moms learning themselves all over again, the toddler moms carrying the endless mental and physical load, the moms navigating the emotional complexity of raising teenagers, and the mothers whose children have left the nest after years of giving so much of themselves away — I see you.

Motherhood asks for a depth of selflessness and a love so all-encompassing that at times it can ache. A love so deep it reshapes who you are.

And to those longing to become mothers, grieving pregnancies, grieving children, or carrying the silent heartbreak of infertility, I see you too.

Wherever this day finds you, I am holding space for you.

Happy Mother’s Day to every version of motherhood and every heart still hoping to hold it. 🤍

Welcome to LIV Therapy & Support. I purposefully chose blossom for my logo because it represents the women who inspired ...
05/08/2026

Welcome to LIV Therapy & Support.

I purposefully chose blossom for my logo because it represents the women who inspired this space. Women who have walked through infertility, postpartum struggles, chronic health conditions like Endometriosis, eating disorders, anxiety, grief, and immense uncertainty — and still kept going.

I have watched my clients face the things they were most terrified of. I have seen them show up to appointments they dreaded, sit with heavy emotions they wanted to run from, and continue moving forward even when they felt exhausted, overwhelmed, or alone. Through resilience, vulnerability, and hope, they didn’t just survive, they began to heal, grow, and ultimately thrive.

LIV Therapy was created to hold space for that healing.

LIV Support was created separately for those navigating IVF and infertility — for the women who feel isolated in a journey they never imagined would become part of their story. A space where you do not have to over-explain your pain, your treatments, your fears, or your grief to someone who simply cannot understand it firsthand.

This practice was built for the women who continue to rise, even in the hardest seasons of their lives. My hope is to walk beside you, support you, and help you feel seen, understood, and held when you need it most.

05/06/2026

Welcome to LIV. 🌸

LIV is made up of two separate spaces created to support women through some of life’s most emotionally complex experiences.

LIV Therapy provides professional mental health counseling for those navigating infertility, motherhood, chronic health issues, eating disorders, anxiety, and life transitions.

LIV Support is separate from therapy and offers lived experience based peer support for those navigating IVF treatment. This space was created so you do not have to constantly explain the emotional and physical realities of the journey to someone who has never lived it.

Whether you are looking for therapy, support, or simply a space where you feel understood, you are welcome here.

Address

2422 Burton Street
Grand Rapids, MI
49546

Website

http://www.psychologytoday.com/oliviabrenninkmeijer

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