Counseling for Perinatal Mental Health

Are you feeling sad or depressed? Do you feel anxious or panicky?

Are you experiencing overwhelming feelings of guilt, hopelessness, or difficulty concentrating?

Are you having difficulty sleeping or eating? Do you feel like you are having a hard time bonding with your baby?

Have you experienced a reproductive loss? Are your emotional experiences interfering with your ability to manage daily tasks or care for yourself and your family?

Are you struggling to adjust to the demands of parenting?

Perinatal Support

There are many changes that accompany pregnancy and becoming a new parent. It is normal to experience a range of feelings from happiness and excitement to exhaustion and stress. Hormone changes can intensify these feelings. Perinatal anxiety and depression can be dismissed as many of these symptoms can be seen as part of the normal process of adjusting to bodily changes and parenting a new baby. Sometimes these symptoms can interfere with a mother’s daily functioning and ability to bond with her baby. Symptoms such as intense sadness, irritability, sudden mood shifts, and obsessive or frightening thoughts may indicate a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder.

Infertility and Loss

Miscarriages so often feel like invisible losses to the rest of the world. Remember that grieving is a natural process that everyone experiences in their own way. No matter what your personal experience has been, there is no right or wrong way to grieve. Many women experiencing fertility problems feel disconnected from their body and reproductive health. You may worry about how this may impact your relationship with your partner. With the support of therapy, in time you will be able to integrate this loss into your life story and work towards healing and growth.

Counseling is a supportive and helpful way to get things back on track and feeling like yourself again.