Today we’d like to introduce you to Cassie Anderson.
Hi Cassie, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
My path into perinatal mental health was shaped by becoming a parent myself. Parenthood cracked me open in ways I didn’t expect—bringing profound love, but also anxiety, grief, and a deep reckoning with my own history. I found myself struggling and realizing that the support I needed was hard to find, especially support that truly understood the emotional complexity of the perinatal season. Also, in eldest daughter fashion, the perfectionism gene ran DEEP and enflamed the shame, making asking for help extremely hard.
Once the fog lifted I decided to choose myself. I committed to doing the healing work. I returned to school with the constant reminder that the time passes either way. I finished my training, focusing as much info the perinatal population I could. All this work was not just for me, but for my family, and for other parents who felt unseen, overwhelmed, or ashamed for not loving every moment. I knew I wanted to be the therapist I had once needed.
Today, I specialize in perinatal mental health and birth trauma in parenthood, and mother-wound healing. My work is rooted in the belief that parents deserve compassionate, nonjudgmental care and that healing parents has a ripple effect on families for generations to come.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Not. At. All. It’s been meaningful, but far from smooth! Building a career while parenting young children meant learning how to hold exhaustion, self-doubt, and responsibility all at once. There were seasons where I was juggling school, family life, work, and my own mental health. I was frequently questioning whether I was capable of doing it all.
I also had to unlearn the idea that struggle meant failure (thanks, perfectionism). Becoming a therapist required me to face my own wounds, including my own birth trauma, my own anxiety, and the generational patterns that were affecting my parenting and self-esteem. Doing that while learning how to sit compassionately with others in their journeys made my determination that much stronger.
Full transparency, choosing myself didn’t come without guilt. But it did come with clarity. Every challenge along the way reinforced why this work matters to our community and deepened the empathy I bring into the therapy room today.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
The heart of my work is held in two deeply aligned spaces: The Holding Space KC and The Tea House Perinatal Therapy & Wellness Collective. While they are distinct in structure, they share a singular mission. We want to support families with compassionate, specialized care and to strengthen the community around them. That’s where the ripple effect comes in.
The Holding Space KC is my clinical home and reflects my personal approach to therapy. I specialize in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, birth and reproductive trauma in parenthood, and mother-wound healing.
My work is trauma-informed, attachment-based, and deeply relational. I am trained in and offer Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR).
I am known for creating a space where parents can be honest about the parts of parenthood that are rarely spoken aloud. In my office, this is done without fear of judgment or minimization. As a collective, we focus not just on symptom relief, but on helping parents feel safe in their bodies, connected to themselves, and grounded in their roles within their families.
The Tea House Perinatal Therapy & Wellness Collective expands that vision into community. The Tea House brings together specialized providers who support families across the full spectrum of the perinatal experience, including infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, postpartum adjustment, early parenthood, doula services, maternity and family photography, and a wonderful infant Physical Therapist.
What sets this collective apart is the intentional collaboration. It’s important to us that clients aren’t navigating fragmented care, but are held within a warm, coordinated network that understands the emotional complexity of this season of life.
Our spaces at The Tea House are intentionally designed to make clients feel safe, welcoming, and real. Our goal is not perfection or productivity, but presence and healing. Together, The Holding Space KC and The Tea House exist to remind parents and families that they don’t have to do this alone. And that when parents are supported, entire families and communities are strengthened.
Before we let you go, we’ve got to ask if you have any advice for those who are just starting out?
Do the thing! If it feels uncomfortable, it’s because you’re doing something new. The time passes, you mine as well make the most of it.
And for fellow interns and clinicians still under supervision – you’re right where you need to be! Schedule the coffee meet and greets with fellow providers. Make time for the networking events. Ask questions in consultation groups.
Pass out those business cards!
And above all else – use the student discounts and apply for all of the scholarships for the trainings you’re interested in. But ONLY the ones that will truly enhance your work.
Pricing:
- Limited Sliding Scale Spots are available for $75
- $125 a session
Contact Info:
- Website: Theteahousels.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theholdingspacekc?igsh=MWpzdHlrZGI2bm4ycQ==
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ANf7yLL3k/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Other: Theholdingspacekc.com
