Stephanie Boudreaux, LPC, NCC, PMH-C

06/20/2025

Congrats to my colleague Heather Olivier and fellow UNO alum! Amazing work she’s putting out into the world of counseling and perinatal mental health.

We are incredibly proud to share that Dr. Heather Olivier (2023 PhD graduate) was selected for the 2025 Dissertation Excellence Award - Qualitative Category by the National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and Affiliates - NBCC and The Professional Counselor Journal. Through her dissertation, Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Perinatal Loss Clients: A Grounded Theory Study (linked below), she co-constructed a therapeutic model to utilize when working with clients who have experienced perinatal loss, which includes miscarriage, stillbirth, termination, and infant death.

This marks the SECOND national dissertation award for Dr. Olivier, as she received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. She is the first person in the field to receive both national dissertation awards. She was also awarded the 2023 Louisiana Counseling Association Research Award.

Dr. Olivier currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Southeastern Graduate Program in Counseling and manages a successful private practice, Olivier Counseling & Consulting, LLC.

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4362&context=td

University of New Orleans
University of New Orleans Graduate School
School of Education, University of New Orleans
UNO College of Liberal Arts, Education and Human Development
UNO Alumni Association
UNO Office of Research

06/13/2025

REAL TALK 🗣️

This is what I hear on the daily as a perinatal therapist.

This is what a mom goes through.

This is why she can barely function.

This is why she is crying and not sleeping.

It doesn’t mean she doesn’t want to be a mom.

In fact, she shows up and cares for her child regardless.

This is the voice of postpartum depression and anxiety.

Does this sound like you? Please reach out to me. There’s hope for you.🩷🩵

03/06/2024

03/05/2024

Understanding what you’re experiencing is insightful and lends to better coping and managing of symptoms. It’s okay to not be okay. Talking about it helps and provides connection and support, especially necessary in the early stages of motherhood.

03/02/2024

Hi there, I’m currently accepting new clients for women looking for support, validation, and healing related to motherhood, either pregnancy or postpartum and beyond. It takes speaking to someone to feel like you can manage your stressors and find the mother you are meant to be. Contact me if you are looking for that support.