Dr. Ceres Rutan, Psy.D

Ceres Rutan, Psy.D is a Clinical Psychologist specializing in individual and couples psychotherapy for postpartum adjustment. She is currently the leader of Mamas Resource Network. In individual psychotherapy, Dr. Rutan often works initially to relieve symptoms such as anxiety attacks, acute depression, obsessive / compulsive fears, and insomnia, and then works with more in-depth issues as a new mother’s functioning improves. As a couples’ therapist, Dr. Rutan assists new parents in adjusting to becoming a family and addressing any underlying problems in the relationship that surface in the extremely stressful first year of parenting.

Ceres Rutan, Psy.D has had a private practice focusing on perinatal adjustment since 2004. For many years she has facilitated mother's support groups and studied postpartum depression, becoming known for her accessible and effective treatment of perinatal moods disorders and postpartum adjustment. Her office is on Sutter at Divisadero in San Francisco.