Support for the transition into parenthood

Pregnancy & Postpartum

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Pregnancy and becoming a parent can bring profound changes—emotionally, physically, and relationally. Therapy can offer a space to slow down, process what you're experiencing, and find your footing through this transition.

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Becoming a parent can be more complicated than you expected

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Pregnancy and early parenthood can bring joy and connection, but they can also bring uncertainty, anxiety, grief, and a sense of losing your footing. You may be adjusting to changes in your identity, relationship, body, or expectations while learning how to care for a new baby.

You don't have to wait until you're struggling to ask for support. Therapy can provide a space to process your experience, make sense of what has changed, and reconnect with yourself as you navigate this new chapter.

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Support for

You don’t have to have it all figured out.

Every family’s journey into parenthood looks different. Whether you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or just not like yourself, you don’t have to navigate it alone. Therapy can help you feel more steady, supported, and understood.

Postpartum Anxiety & Depression

Support when worry, sadness, irritability, overwhelm, or disconnection make it difficult to feel like yourself.

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Birth Experiences & Trauma

Processing a birth that felt frightening, unexpected, or different from what you had hoped for.

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Pregnancy & the transition to parenthood

Adjusting to the emotional, physical, and relational changes that come with becoming a parent.

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NICU & Medical experiences

Making space for the stress, uncertainty, and emotions that can come with a NICU stay or caring for a baby with medical needs.

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Identity & Relationships

Navigating changes in your sense of self, your partnership, and your relationships as you enter parenthood.

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Bonding & attachment

Exploring feelings of connection, disconnection, or uncertainty in your relationship with your baby.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Some things you may be wondering..

  • No. You don't need a diagnosis or a specific problem to benefit from therapy. Pregnancy and becoming a parent can bring major changes in your identity, relationships, expectations, and sense of self. Therapy can be a space to process those changes and receive support, even when you're not sure exactly what you need.

  • Absolutely. Therapy during pregnancy can provide support as you prepare for parenthood, work through anxiety or uncertainty, process a previous pregnancy or birth experience, or navigate changes in your relationships and identity.

  • It is completely okay to need space to process an experience that was difficult, frightening, or simply different from what you imagined. Therapy can help you make sense of your experience and work through feelings of grief, fear, disappointment, or loss of control.

  • Yes. Perinatal and postpartum experiences aren't limited to the person who gave birth. Dads, partners, adoptive parents, non gestational parents, and other caregivers can also experience anxiety, depression, grief, identity changes, relationship stress, and the challenges of adjusting to parenthood. You don't have to have given birth to deserve support during this transition.

  • Yes. Depending on your goals, therapy can focus on your individual experience or include your partner when that would be helpful. We can talk together about what kind of support makes the most sense for you.

Finding your footing in a new season.

Becoming a parent can change your sense of self, your relationships, and your understanding of what you need. Therapy can offer a space to slow down, process the transition, and reconnect with yourself along the way.

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