Amber Sperling
MSW, RSW, PMH-C, MMHPC, EMDR Certified, Owner and Founder of MARSHA Care
Perinatal Mental Health Therapist
Specialized support for motherhood, trauma, loss, and life transitions.
The Care That Makes Amber Stand Out
Most therapy asks how well you're coping. Amber asks what's actually stuck.
Her approach goes beyond symptom management — into birth trauma, anxiety, grief, reproductive loss, and the emotional weight of motherhood that so often goes unnamed. She brings advanced training in EMDR, perinatal mental health, birth trauma, and reproductive trauma, alongside a lived understanding of how deeply motherhood can shift identity, relationships, confidence, and the nervous system.
Sessions are compassionate, direct, and deeply grounded. Amber blends evidence-based therapy with warmth, honesty, and a firm belief that healing happens when you feel genuinely seen rather than judged.
What Your Sessions With Amber Will Feel Like
Sessions with Amber feel like having space to finally exhale.
You don't need to arrive with the perfect words, a clear plan, or a polished version of what you're experiencing. Together, you can slow things down, understand what's happening in your mind and body, and begin making sense of the patterns that have left you feeling overwhelmed, reactive, numb, or disconnected.
Some sessions focus on practical coping strategies. Others explore trauma, grief, identity shifts, or experiences that still shape you today.
Warm, honest, collaborative. The goal isn't simply to help you cope — it's to help you reconnect with yourself and move forward with greater confidence and self-understanding.
Does This Sound Like What You're Going Through?
You may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, resentful, disconnected, or unlike yourself.
Perhaps pregnancy, birth, postpartum, loss, feeding challenges, NICU experiences, or parenting unfolded differently than you expected. Maybe you're carrying grief, shame, fear, anger, or exhaustion while trying to hold everything together.
You are not broken. This chapter may feel heavy, but it is not the whole story.
Amber Might Be the Support You've Been Looking For
Amber may be a good fit if you're looking for therapy that's compassionate, specialized, and willing to go deeper than surface-level coping strategies.
She supports clients navigating birth trauma, reproductive trauma, pregnancy loss, infant loss, motherhood identity changes, women's mental health concerns, anxiety and emotional overwhelm, and major life transitions. She also provides pregnancy loss counselling for those grieving after miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, or reproductive loss.
Whatever brought you here, Amber offers care that honours your full story.
Good to Know Before You Book
MSW, RSW, PMH-C, MMHPC, EMDR Certified
Advanced training in EMDR, perinatal mental health, birth trauma, and reproductive trauma
Accepting new clients
Virtual appointments across Ontario
In-person appointments in Barrie and Orillia
Passionate about supporting: birth trauma, reproductive trauma, pregnancy loss and infant loss, motherhood identity, women's mental health, anxiety and emotional overwhelm, and major life transitions — using EMDR and evidence-based, trauma-informed care.
Book With Amber
Your story is still yours. This chapter is not the whole book — and you don't have to write the next one alone.
Amber is accepting new clients for virtual sessions across Ontario. Meet the rest of the MARSHA Care team or take the first step below.
A note from Amber:
If you have found your way here, I want you to know this first: you are not alone.
Many people arrive in therapy feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, disconnected, grieving, or unsure of how they got here. They often believe they should be coping better than they are. You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out for support.
Motherhood can hold many emotions at once. You can feel grateful and exhausted. You can love your child and miss who you were before. You can know something is over while your nervous system still feels stuck in it.
Part of our work together is helping you find language for your experiences and creating space to process them without judgment.
My hope is that therapy helps you feel more connected to yourself, more confident in your voice, and more present in the life you are living now.
Your story is still yours. This chapter is not the whole book.
