Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

Is your pregnancy making you anxious?

Pregnancy-related anxiety, known as antenatal anxiety, is a common but complex condition that affects many pregnant women.

Whether you’ve always been a little anxious or consider yourself mostly anxiety-free, these feelings of fear and dread can ruin what is supposed to be a joyous time.

Working with a therapist can help you implement some coping skills so that you can enjoy your pregnancy as much as possible.

Baby Blues are lasting longer than everyone said they would.

It’s common to feel a bit anxious or sad until your post-pregnancy hormones get back to normal. But when your mood is worsening and negatively impacting your experience as a mom, it’s time to get some outside support.

It can be hard to admit to yourself that you are not happy or comfortable as a new mom. Lack of sleep, physical and emotional recovery from your birth experience, parents and in-laws having a high degree of involvement (or not enough involvement) in your life, and disagreements about parenting with your partner – these things can create the perfect storm.

Taking time to work with a therapist and address all the feelings and issues you’re struggling with can make all the difference in the early stages of motherhood.

Postpartum depression/anxiety can last long after giving birth.

Parenting a young child can be more overwhelming than you ever imagined.

Sleep training, toilet training, helicopter parenting, positive parenting, attachment parenting, slow parenting, french parenting, and tiger parenting are challenging.

How do you know which style is best for your child and most authentic to your goals as a parent?

Why does the parenting that worked for one of your kids not work for the other?

These questions are great, and you need some answers as a mom.

Therapy can help you find the answers.

If your child struggles with any developmental milestones or their behaviors are challenging for you to handle effectively – this is a great time to work with a therapist.

Parenting therapy will give you a judgment-free neutral zone where you can dive deeply into your authentic parenting style and beliefs and how to adapt these to suit your child best.

Together, we can find solutions that will help you overcome your postpartum depression and anxiety.

For more information on how I can help, please get in touch with me today by calling or texting me at (714) 321-1521, and let’s discuss your particular situation.