Therapy for Moms & Parents
Unbiased support for the most challenging years of early childhood
What you might be experiencing:
Wanting to parent differently from the way you were raised
A lack of support from extended family or a “village” to encourage you and support your parenting choices
The hardest years with babies and toddlers- finding yourself counting down the hours until bedtime, experiencing stressful tension with your partner or feeling like you’ve lost yourself in your role as a parent or mother
Frustrated by tantrums and difficult behavior, but unsure how to respond
Doubting your parenting choices
Not being able to relax because your brain will not shut off
Mom rage- feeling short-tempered or angry with your family, coworkers, or friends
Feelings of failure as a mother, parent, employee, or partner
Loneliness
New or familiar depression or anxiety symptoms
Unresolved trauma from your own childhood that has resurfaced in the perinatal stage of life
If any of these experiences resonate, read on to see if my perinatal therapy services would be helpful to you.
You deserve a space to be real
Parenting is not all sunshine and roses, and parents are often shamed if they aren’t “loving every moment.” These tough moments can trigger unnecessary guilt, which makes life with young kids more difficult than it already is. Maybe you’ve tried waiting out these feelings to see if they would improve on their own, or just figured that it’s normal to suffer through this phase of early childhood. You may have tried seek support from friends or family, but it feels like their advice is all wrong. You may not have a supportive family of origin you can trust when you need empathy and understanding.
You need a space where all parts of you are welcome, not just your roles as mother, parent, partner, daughter, or employee. Parenthood can bring up so many patterns and triggers from our past that we are often strongly motivated to heal. We want to be better for ourselves and so we can have the healthy families that often we didn’t grow up in. Therapy with a focus on parental mental health can be a refuge to hold you in the pain and even provide a healing “reparenting” experience.
No matter what your motivations and desires are, they are important and deserve space to breathe.
You can find meaning in the struggles.
I believe these struggles, while not pleasant, are often the portal to our healing and joy on the other side. Finding the meaning in your journey can make the pain worth it. I hold space for all of your thoughts and feelings about parenthood. When you clarify and connect to your own values, you can trust yourself, experience less stress, and feel greater satisfaction along your parenting journey.