Aubrey Bodt, LCPC, LCPAT, ATR-BC
Art Therapist for Women & Mothers in Maryland
You deserve care that sees the whole person, not just the part of you that’s struggling.
Many enter motherhood after a lifetime of praise for handling it all, only to realize they've learned to dismiss their own distress.
Over time, you’ve become so accustomed to putting your needs aside and pushing through that struggling has started to feel normal. Meanwhile, you’re exhausted, your patience is wearing thin, and you’re responding to things in ways that don’t feel like you. Yet instead of questioning how much has been expected of you, you’ve started wondering why you can’t seem to handle it anymore.
Understanding why something makes sense doesn't mean you have to stay stuck in it.
I believe people have an incredible capacity to understand, care for, and heal themselves. But we don’t always give ourselves the time, space, or trust to do it. That’s what I want therapy to offer you, with someone who’s genuinely invested in helping you find your own way.
Your time matters, and I’m deeply intentional about how we spend it.
I might challenge an expectation you’d never place on someone you love, help you recognize where an old belief took hold, or give something difficult the space it deserves.
Our work isn’t limited to conversation. Art can bring an internal experience into view, where we can explore it and experiment with changing it. Paying attention to your body offers another way to notice and experience something different.
You don’t have to show up prepared. I just ask that you show up real. Bring your honesty and a willingness to explore what’s uncomfortable. I’ll bring my full attention, curiosity, and care. Together, we’ll make sense of what’s happening, reconsider what you’ve been taught to expect of yourself, and find ways forward that feel more like your own.
There's room for the person you were and the mother you're becoming.
Let's start with what's true for you.
My work is grounded in a feminist perspective, which means looking beyond what’s happening within you to consider the relationships, experiences, and expectations shaping your life. Depending on what feels useful, our work may involve the following:
Talk Therapy
Art Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Talk Therapy
Through honest conversation, we’ll explore your experiences, relationships, and patterns that may no longer serve you. Together, we’ll make sense of what’s happening and consider different ways of responding to yourself and others.
Art Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Postpartum & Early Motherhood
Mom Rage & Burnout
Birth & Medical Trauma
I knew a lot about mental health, and I still wasn't prepared for postpartum.
I became a first-time mother during the pandemic while working as a medical art therapist. By then, I’d spent years helping people navigate illness, trauma, and grief. Yet when I found myself anxious, isolated, irritable to the point of rage, and questioning whether I was cut out for motherhood, I struggled to recognize what was happening to me.
The providers who supported me offered more than ways to cope. They helped me feel seen, extend some grace to myself, and reconnect with parts of who I was that I’d neglected long before becoming a mother. Healing wasn’t just about feeling better as a mom. It was about caring for the whole person I was, too.
That experience shaped the direction of my work. Building on more than a decade of clinical experience, I pursued advanced training in perinatal mental health and now focus my practice on postpartum and early motherhood, mom rage and burnout, and birth and medical trauma.
My experience doesn’t mean I know what yours feels like, but it does shape how I listen, what I question, and the care I bring to our work.
Education and Experience
Master of Science in Art Therapy & Counseling
Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapist (LCPAT)
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
Board Certified Art Therapist ATR-BC®
Over a decade of experience providing art therapy in medical and psychiatric settings
Advanced Training
Advanced Training in Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care (Postpartum Support International)
Advanced Training in Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy (Postpartum Support International)
Intensive Anger Management Certification Training (Psychotherapy Networker)
Instinctual Trauma Response® (training in progress through ITR Training Institute)
Education & Experience
Master of Science in Art Therapy & Counseling
Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapist (LCPAT)
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
Board Certified Art Therapist ATR-BC®
Over a decade of experience providing art therapy in medical and psychiatric settings
Advanced Training
Advanced Training in Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care (Postpartum Support International)
Advanced Training in Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy (Postpartum Support International)
Intensive Anger Management Certification Training (Psychotherapy Networker)
Instinctual Trauma Response® (training in progress through ITR Training Institute)
You don’t have to have yourself completely figured out before we start.
Bring the parts you understand, the parts you don’t, and the parts you’re not sure you’re ready to say out loud yet.