Are you concerned about how you’re feeling and wondering if you might be struggling with postpartum depression or anxiety?
You want nothing more than to bond with your new baby. This should be a happy time. Yet, sometimes it feels more like a dark period in your life. You are filled with anxiety or sadness that you can’t fully explain. It can feel lonely.
The good news is that therapy can help.
Through counseling, you can process your emotions, develop new coping strategies, and begin to connect with your baby. I specialize in working working with moms who feel overwhelmed by the transition to parenthood. I understand the unique stressors that come during the postpartum period, and I know how to help you feel well.
Feeling sad, depressed, and/or crying a lot
Loss of interest in usual activities
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness or incompetence
Fatigue, irritability, sleep disturbance
Change in appetite
Poor concentration
Feeling inadequate to cope with the new infant
Suicidal thoughts
Prior history of depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder
Sensitivity to hormonal changes (history of PMS)
Cumulative sleep deprivation
Conception following infertility treatments
Difficult pregnancy or traumatic birth
Breastfeeding difficulties
Lack of support
Relationship problems
Other life stressors
Intense anxiety; rumination, obsessions
Panic attacks
Desire for perfectionism
Excessive worry about baby’s health
Repeated thoughts or images of frightening things happening to the baby