Our Story
Why "Lotus Rose"?
Two symbols of strength, resilience, and the ability to bloom after adversity.
Joy's Story
"I Know What It's Like to Need Help in That Period of Time"
Joy Bouchard founded Lotus Rose Counseling because she's lived the struggle herself. As a mother of three, she has her own journey with birth trauma, postpartum depression, and postpartum anxiety — with each child bringing a different experience.
She knows what it's like to be looking for someone you can talk to, someone who can give you guidance on how to navigate the hardest chapters of motherhood. She wanted to create a place that wasn't just specialized in women's mental health, but that felt safe — especially for women who've experienced traumatic events.
Two things Joy is most passionate about treating: infant loss, and helping women who experienced childhood abuse and are now watching it resurface as they become mothers themselves. In her clinical work, she's found these two areas deeply overlap — women come in for postpartum depression and discover there's unprocessed childhood trauma underneath.
What Makes Us Different
We Don't Just Say We Specialize in Women. It's All We Do.
A lot of practices say they see women for postpartum or perinatal issues — but they also see everyone else for everything else. At Lotus Rose, women's mental health is the specialty. Not women's issues plus a wide variety of other things.
Every therapist is trained in trauma treatment. Every continuing education course is chosen specifically to get better at treating women's issues. The space itself was designed to feel like a safe haven — warm, welcoming, and nothing like a clinical office.
What We Believe
- The therapeutic relationship is the foundation — you need to feel safe before you can heal
- Therapy isn't just talking — there's training, technique, and expertise behind it
- Healing takes time — most clients work with us for 6-12 months, and that's normal
- There's room for humor in hard work — the space needs to feel human
- You should never feel locked in — no contracts, no pressure, find the right fit
Who We Work With
Women Navigating Life's Hardest Chapters
Our practice serves women dealing with perinatal mental health disorders — postpartum depression, birth trauma, infant loss, and the full spectrum of postpartum mood and anxiety. We also specialize in childhood abuse recovery, especially when it resurfaces during motherhood.
Beyond that, we help women navigating difficult relationships, physical and sexual abuse, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, and the identity shifts that come with major life transitions. For teens and children, we treat behavioral challenges, anxiety, trauma, and self-esteem struggles.
Whether you're a new mom with intrusive thoughts, a woman processing decades-old trauma, or a teenager navigating hard changes — there's a therapist at Lotus Rose who has specific training for your experience.
Our Space
A Place That Feels Like Home
Our office is located in a cozy basement space under Forever by Ash in Orem. We intentionally designed every room to feel warm, inviting, and nothing like a clinical setting. Comfortable couches, soft lighting, and thoughtful touches — because the environment matters when you're doing vulnerable work.
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