Whitney Handrich (she/her)

I am a Certified Postpartum Doula and Licensed Massage Therapist with a focus on supporting growing families. Growing up as a Korean adoptee and later reuniting with my birth family inspired me to work with families - holding positive healing spaces and building supportive community bonds among parents and children. 

With decades of experience in childcare and as a professional nanny, I taught kids and family yoga and eventually trained as a Prenatal Yoga teacher. I came to realize that support was lacking for parents during the postpartum period, and becoming a doula was a natural progression. 

As a doula, I meet families where they are with empathetic and non-judging support, while building confidence as parents and connecting with resources and community. With a background in yoga and bodywork, I can offer parents additional suggestions to help take care of themselves, as well as supportive bodywork for infants and older siblings. I believe in the power of nurturing presence and hope to help families thrive in the 4th trimester and beyond.

 About Whitney

• I spent 7 years living abroad in South America, Europe, and Asia

• In my past life chapters, I worked in the music industry and taught English as a Second Language

• I speak Spanish and volunteer with the Immigrant Mutual Aid Coalition (www.imacpdx.org)

• I enjoy hiking, biking, traveling, cooking, and doing jigsaw puzzles

• I’ve fostered over 20 cats and kittens!

Whitney’s Qualifications

• Postpartum Doula Certification  |  Cornerstone Doula Trainings

• Full Spectrum Doula  |  Birthing Advocacy Doula Training

• Nurturing the Mother Prenatal & Postpartum Massage  |  Claire Marie Miller

• Infant Craniosacral Therapy  |  Carol Gray

• Craniosacral Therapy for Pregnancy, Birth, & Postpartum  |  Carol Gray

• Babywearing for Perinatal Professionals  |  Adjoyn

• Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss  |  Amy Glenn Wright

• Trauma Informed Care   |  Portland New Family Fund

• The Pelvic Floor: A Workshop for Doulas  |  Sonia Reiter

• Milk Magic Educator  |  Nurturely

• Preparing for Birth: Baby Position & Body Awareness  |  Next Wave Birth

• Diastasis Recti, Effective Core Strategy & Pelvic Floor Health in Pregnancy & Postpartum  |  Next Wave Birth

• Fourth Trimester: Healing After Birth with Rest, Movement & Reconnection  |  Next Wave Birth

• 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga Alliance Certified  |  Rishikul Yogshala, Rishikesh, India

• 800-hour Massage Therapist program  |  East West College of Healing Arts

• Beginner and Advanced Thai Massage Training  |  Sunshine School, Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Bachelor of Science in Music Industry  |  Northeastern University

• Prenatal & Postpartum Yoga Teacher Training  |  The Bhaktishop

• Level 1 Korean  |  Kyunghee University, Seoul, South Korea

• Upper Intermediate Spanish  |  Escuela Oficial de Idiomas

• First Aid/CPR Certified

• Current Food Handlers Card

• Fully Vaccinated