Navigating Motherhood’s Emotional Landscape
The stress surrounding the journey to, transition into, and experience of motherhood is often not spoken about and can feel overwhelming and lonely. We are taught to rely on our personal support systems, but what happens when those supports are limited or removed? Negative thoughts can creep in: hopelessness, sadness, and self-doubt cloud your vision. I offer therapy for those who are struggling to cope with the transition into motherhood, experiencing low mood, distressing thoughts, prenatal and postpartum anxiety/depression and mood disorders, infertility, pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or feeling isolated and alone.
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Potential Postpartum Difficulties
- Crying more than usual
- Feelings of inadequacy about being or becoming a mother
- Difficulty bonding with your baby
- Withdrawing from family and friends
- Feeling guilt or shame around your role as a parent
- Feelings of sadness, panic, irritability, hopelessness, and/or grief
- Experiencing identity loss and missing who you once were
- Difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions
- Increased irritability or anger
- Constant worrying about your baby
- Disconnection from your partner
- Navigating changes in body and sense of self
The Benefits of Perinatal & Postpartum Counselling
- Express and process difficult experiences and emotions
- Develop strategies to cope with the stress of a new baby
- Decrease your physical and emotional symptoms
- Incorporate self-care practices
- Experience less isolation, guilt and shame
- Nurture your self-confidence
- Improve your support systems & strengthen relationships
- Identify and explore triggers and fears
- Create a plan for postpartum support
- Learn to ground yourself and reframe negative thoughts
Key Focus Areas in Perinatal & Postpartum Therapy
- Fertility
- Pregnancy: depression and anxiety during pregnancy, fear of labour
- Postpartum and perinatal depression and low mood
- Perinatal and postpartum anxiety and excessive worry
- Management of maternal mental disorders
- Intrusive thoughts
- Sadness
- Struggling with role transition
- Preparing for parenthood
- Adjustment to parenthood
- Pregnancy loss/stillbirth
- Pregnancy after loss
- Stress management
- Sleep deprivation, insomnia
