Judith Kottick is a licensed therapist. She draws on her postgraduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, HeartMath biofeedback training, Complicated Grief and in behavioral medicine from the Mind/Body Institute at Harvard Medical School to provide a personalized approach to helping people cope with life’s challenges. Although she has a specialty in grief, loss and infertility, she sees individuals, couples and young adults with a wide range of issues, from depression and loss to parenting difficulties, anger management and relationship stress. She guides patients through stress reduction, job and career transition, postpartum depression and other life changes.

VIE HEALING was created by Mona Dan: Acupuncturist, herbalist, holistic lifestyle leader, and passionate health educator. VIE HEALING brings evidence based eastern wellness treatments, products, and practitioners together to comprise a holistic approach for the mind, body and spirit. 

Our curation gives our community a haven of relaxation to live happier, healthier, fuller lives — with pop-up and visiting partners constantly refreshing our perspective and keeping us current.

VIE HEALING represents a holistic lifestyle that goes far beyond health fads, juicing and quick fixes. It’s a healing medicine, merged together with the wisdom of the east and the knowledge of the west, offered for those seeking out wellness, healing and longevity.

People come to us to find the root of issues, gain a new perspective on health + wellness, and high-powered natural remedies.

Maya Grobel is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and psychotherapist in private practice in West Los Angeles and for Kindbody fertility clinics in California, where she specializes in supporting individuals and couples struggling to conceive or building their family in alternative ways. Maya and her TV producer husband Noah made a feature length film documenting their tumultuous journey to parenthood, which ended with the birth of their daughter via embryo donation in 2015. The film, called One More Shot, debuted on Netflix in January 2018 and is now available on Vimeo on Demand. Maya recently received a grant through U.S. Health and Human Services Department to support an organization she co-founded called EM•POWER donation, an educational company focused on empowering choice in embryo donation.

Kriszta Tiwari is a certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant, through Bauman College, Berkeley. She specializes in fertility nutrition and women’s health with a focus on preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum. Her entire career is centered around her passion and love towards food, well-being, and the eagerness to share everything she learned about ways of nourishing oneself.  Prior to her career in nutrition, Kriszta was a chef and entrepreneur. She owned a catering business as well as a food truck. Her philosophy has always been that nutritious food should be delicious. Her love for food, nature, herbs, and cooking comes from her roots in rural Transylvania (bring on the Dracula jokes!). She was raised by many generations of strong and wonderful women. She cherishes all the knowledge and passion she inherited from them, especially her grandmother who taught her to work from her heart, and with compassion.

Amy Bennett believes that it takes courage to live authentically and to live authentically is to plumb the breadth and depth of human existence with all of its inherent joy and pain. We can
acknowledge that suffering is part of the human journey and that these struggles are inevitable, but also opportunities for growth and greater wellness. To Amy, it’s a privilege to
provide compassionate companionship in times of difficulty, struggle, and suffering and in times of
growth, change, and celebration.
Amy provides integrative clinical mental health counseling for individuals, couples,
families, and small groups. Counseling is provided from an eclectic theoretical perspective with an
emphasis in existential and cognitive-behavioral theory.
She believes holistic treatment is the most efficacious mode of therapy. Thus, a client’s
wellness is addressed inclusive of biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors.

Amy Bennett, MA, LGPC, NCC is a Clinical Mental Health Therapist serving Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Her specialties include: Collaborative Problem Solving, Trauma Care, Integrative Counseling PTSD, Adoption and Attachment Related Issues, and Biofeedback.

Donor Concierge is a premium donor and surrogate consulting company that serves as a starting point for individuals and families exploring third-party fertility. The founder, Gail Sexton Anderson started Donor Concierge in 2006 with a single vision, to help alleviate the stress and complexity for those seeking third party fertility by offering a resource to help identify donors and surrogates with greater ease, higher quality matches, and the highest level of personalization available in the market. Through an extensive network of the best fertility industry connections, the Donor Concierge team of specialized fertility coaches guides clients through the matching process for egg donor, surrogate and sperm donors, tailoring each search to the needs of client families.

Hi! I’m Emily. I am a midwife and lactation consultant with 10 years of experience working with birthing and growing families. I have a background in out-of-hospital birth, clinical lactation services and years of personal breastfeeding experience. I feel honored to have worked with hundreds of families to find real solutions to their baby feeding challenges, I am passionate about meeting parents where they are, connecting them to resources, and helping to create a sustainable support plan beyond one-on-one care.

I love adventuring in the forests of Washington with my 2 little boys, horseback riding, cooking, and drinking really good black coffee.

Dr. Lindsey Buckman is a licensed psychologist in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Buckman has an inclusive
and collaborative style, which allows patients to feel affirmed and empowered as they work
through their treatment goals. Dr. Buckman has specialties in the areas of anxiety, chronic
medical conditions, depression, fertility, LGBTQIA+ issues and weight management. In addition
to her practice, she is a faculty member in Counseling and Counseling Psychology at Arizona
State University and she is active in the American Psychological Association. She is an avid
traveler and endurance athlete.

Dr. Buckman is licensed to see patients in the following locations:

 AL, AZ, CO, DE, DC, GA, IL, KY, MD, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NC, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV

After more than a decade as a yoga teacher and studio owner and almost as long as a structural yoga therapist – Nicole’s own journey of trying to become pregnant, pregnancy, loss, rainbow pregnancy, home birth and getting back into her body after baby showed her just how little we support our women through fertility and made her decide to devote herself to pre and postnatal care and empowerment.

She profoundly shares the philosophy that pregnancy, birth and labor are spiritual and strength based actions and if we prepare for the marathon of motherhood we get to be present to it and enjoy it so much more!

Currently Nicole works with a small group of private clients working through all different aspects of the fertility and motherhood journey. When working with clients Nicole works to create customized whole life strength based practices tailored to the yogi/yogini she is working with. Nicole is also leading mom’s groups for Union Square Play, is their in-house expert on all things mama wellness and is in the process of planning the first Informed and Empowered Birth conference coming in the spring of 2022.

Bonnie is a holistic functional nutritionist who specializes in women’s health. She addresses the root cause of troubling symptoms through diet and lifestyle modifications. Her private clients and program participants describe finding new awareness and tools to optimally fuel full-body wellness. Bonnie lives in Berkeley, CA where she serves an international client base through a 100% virtual consultancy.

Tonya Wood is a licensed psychologist who has over 20 years of clinical and teaching experience. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Virginia and currently serves as the Director of Clinical Training in the Psy.D. program at Pepperdine University. She has a private practice in the greater Los Angeles area, with an emphasis on relationships, women’s health and infertility.

Throughout her career Dr. Wood has worked in a variety of academic and community settings with a particular focus on providing quality services to marginalized populations. She has extensive supervision and teaching experience and has provided numerous public presentations on various subjects such as cultural diversity, clinical supervision, community violence; adaptations of evidence based practices for community mental health, self-care and professional development. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and was 2020 President of the California Psychological Association.

Alissa Alissa (she/her) is a Women’s Health Expert & Motherhood Advocate, author of Unstuck: From Understudy To The Study Of Your Undercarriage, and host of the podcast Myth of Motherhood who is all about cracking open the taboo topics of pregnancy and motherhood. A former Broadway performer and certified Pilates instructor specializing in pelvic health, she uses movement, mindfulness, and good ol’ education to help you stop suffering in silence so that your journey to and through motherhood can be healing and empowering stages of life. By sharing women’s stories, she believes we can initiate change toward better reproductive care. Alissa is a very excited mom and loves practicing cartwheels and handstands with her son.

Natasha is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with families and individuals (adults and children). Her areas of clinical interest include working with adoption (fostering, kinship, and international), attachment, anxiety, and women’s health. Natasha is trained in Prepare/Enrich for premarital counseling and psychological first aid. When working with Natasha you can expect a provider who is compassionate, genuine, and nurturing. Natasha’s therapeutic style is focused on holistic, solutions-oriented care that allows you to address what feels more important to you.

Natasha has worked in a variety of settings, such as domestic violence shelters, schools, community-based, in-home, group home, and outpatient care since 2012. Her approach is influenced by attachment theory, experiential therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and systems theory.

Deborah is a licensed Clinical Social worker,  licensed in NY and NJ. She works with women in all and any part of their fertility journey- From the beginning when learning about challenges and options, those going through treatments, those recovering from loss and more. Fertility struggles can cause a range of negative emotions and issues such as anxiety, anger, grief, guilt, blame and uncertainty. Your mind has such a great impact on your body and your fertility. She loves providing support and emotional tools for women going through their journey to motherhood.

Deborah is knowledgeable about fertility, the choices that need to be made and the range of emotions that accompanies this process. She works with women towards being on a healthy path towards emotional well-being and feeling more in control and less isolated.

Amber Lopez Molnar is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and psychotherapist for Kindbody Fertility Clinics in California.  She specializes in Infertility, LGBT Issues/Family Building and Perinatal Mental Health.  Amber and her wife Lindsay have a personal connection with infertility as they conceived their twin boys after undergoing years of infertility treatments using donor sperm.  After going through this process herself, Amber realized how crucial it is to have support for mental health during this time.  Additionally, she holds a Perinatal Mental Health Certificate from Postpartum Support International and has completed training at Postpartum Action Institute.  Amber is passionate and committed to helping individuals and families from conception through Postpartum.