Women’s Health is Mental Health

I am Arla is a women's mental health platform dedicated to providing targeted psychotherapy, coaching, and mentoring across all stages of life. Our curated team of experts specializes in women's mental health, ensuring professional support for our users. Initially, we're focusing on the intersection of mental health and sexual, physical, and emotional trauma. However, our vision extends to addressing other pivotal phases such as adolescence, pregnancy, infertility, miscarriage, loss, perimenopause, and aging in the future.

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Practitioner Directory

Coming Early 2024.

At I am Arla we understand the devastating impact gender-based trauma has on a woman’s mental, physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing. Both Lydia, as a psychotherapist and Devika, as a survivor have seen how overlooked, misunderstood and simplified trauma can be and the further re-traumatisation that can occur when women try to reach out for support.

To stop that happening (because it’s not good enough) we are creating a directory specifically focused at gender based trauma.

A safe space where women can get the support they need at every point in their journey.

At I am Arla we know how important it is to help women become the best versions of themselves after surviving trauma.

Interested in joining us as one of our first practitioners?

About us

Meet the women behind I am Arla.

With a mission to create a space for trauma survivors, I am Arla was curated by Devika Wood, a trauma survivor and Lydia McCartney, a somatic psychotherapist. Between our passion for women’s health, healing and empowering women’s voices, this is a space where we share it all. We’re here to help you shape your story.

We truly believe organisations have the power to change lives through conversations and creating safe spaces for women.