Perinatal Therapy for Your Journey
Becoming a parent is a life-changing experience, filled with moments of joy and wonder—but it can also bring challenges that feel overwhelming. Are you:
- Struggling with feelings of inadequacy or pressure to meet expectations?
- Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of caring for a newborn?
- Constantly worrying about your baby’s health and safety?
- Experiencing frequent crying spells or emotional highs and lows?
- Coping with grief or loss related to pregnancy or parenthood?
These feelings are common, and you don’t have to face them alone. Perinatal therapy provides support for individuals and couples navigating the emotional and psychological challenges of pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenthood.
What is Perinatal Therapy?
Perinatal therapy focuses on helping you address the mind-body connection during and after pregnancy, offering tools to manage emotions, build resilience, and foster self-compassion. Through mindfulness, self-care strategies, and distress tolerance techniques, you’ll gain the support you need to navigate this transformative time.
Strengthening communication and problem-solving for parenting challenges
Developing strategies to meet caregiving demands
Navigating the transition to parenthood and adjusting to new roles
Managing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
Building secure parent-child bonds
Providing grief and loss support for miscarriage, stillbirth, or other pregnancy-related losses
Recognizing Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Up to 20% of parents experience perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, which can affect anyone regardless of background. Understanding these conditions is key to recovery.
If left untreated, these conditions can impact parent-child attachment, strain relationships, and affect your overall well-being.
Baby Blues
Affects up to 80% of new mothers, causing temporary weepiness, anxiety, and mood swings that resolve within two weeks.
Postpartum Depression
Prolonged sadness, mood changes, or difficulty bonding with your baby that require professional care.
Postpartum Anxiety
Excessive worry, fear, or hypervigilance, often accompanied by obsessive thoughts about your baby’s safety.
Paternal Postnatal Depression (PPND)
Affects 4–25% of fathers, highlighting the importance of support for all parents.
Why Seeking Support Matters
You don’t have to face these challenges alone. Therapy offers a safe, non-judgmental space to process your feelings, alongside practical tools to:
- Manage anxiety and intrusive thoughts
- Strengthen parent-child bonds
- Navigate relationship changes and caregiving challenges
- Find healing after loss
Your Next Steps
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, persistently sad, or struggling to connect with your baby, reaching out for help is a powerful first step. With the right support, recovery is possible, and you can find joy and confidence in your parenting journey.
