POSTPARTUM & PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH

You're Not Alone in This Journey

We provide specialized, compassionate care for perinatal mental health, helping you navigate this transition and feel like yourself again.

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AT START, WE MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE

 We understand the unique challenges of the perinatal period.

The transition to parenthood is supposed to be joyful, but for many people, it's also one of the hardest times of their lives.

Perinatal mental health challenges can occur during pregnancy or up to a year (or more) after birth, and they affect up to 1 in 5 new parents.

You might be experiencing postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD from birth trauma, or difficulty bonding with your baby. You might feel overwhelmed, terrified, guilty, or nothing at all. You might have intrusive thoughts that scare you. You might be grieving the birth experience you didn't have, struggling with the identity shift, or feeling isolated and alone.

Here's what you need to hear: this is not your fault. You are not a bad parent. Perinatal mental health challenges are real medical conditions, not character flaws. And with the right support, you can feel better.

Perinatal mental health challenges can look like:

  • Persistent sadness, emptiness, or crying

  • Severe anxiety or panic attacks

  • Intrusive, scary thoughts about harm coming to your baby

  • Difficulty bonding or feeling connected to your baby

  • Intense irritability or rage

  • Overwhelming guilt or feelings of inadequacy

  • Changes in sleep (beyond normal newborn sleep deprivation) or appetite

  • Feeling like you've made a terrible mistake or wanting to escape

  • Thoughts of harming yourself

If you're having thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, please reach out immediately to 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), your OB/midwife, or go to the nearest emergency room. These thoughts are symptoms of illness, and immediate help is available.

OUR APPROACH TO POSTPARTUM & PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH

We provide specialized, evidence-based care that addresses your mental health while supporting you through this major life transition.

We create a judgment-free space where you can be honest about how you're really feeling. Our approach includes:

Specialized Perinatal Mental Health Care

Our therapists are trained in perinatal mental health and understand the unique factors that contribute to struggles during this time, including hormonal changes, birth trauma, sleep deprivation, identity shifts, and the pressure of societal expectations.

Evidence-Based Therapeutic Approaches

We utilize proven techniques, including:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) adapted for perinatal mental health

  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to address relationship changes and role transitions

  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for perinatal OCD and intrusive thoughts

  • Trauma-Focused Therapy for birth trauma or PTSD

Addressing All Types of Perinatal Struggles

We support people through postpartum depression and anxiety, perinatal OCD, birth trauma and PTSD, pregnancy and postpartum loss, infertility grief, and the transition to parenthood in all its complicated forms.

Practical Support

We help you develop coping strategies that work within the realities of new parenthood, including sleep deprivation, limited time, and the demands of caring for an infant.

Creative Expression for Complex Emotions

The perinatal period brings feelings that are hard to name. Creative arts offer pathways to process:

  • Art Therapy to explore identity shifts and process birth experiences

  • Music Therapy to connect with your baby and regulate your nervous system

  • Writing Therapy to process your birth story and navigate ambivalent feelings

  • Dance Movement Therapy to reconnect with your postpartum body

Support for Bonding & Attachment

If you're struggling to connect with your baby, we can help. Difficulty bonding is a common symptom of perinatal mental health challenges, and it can improve with treatment.

Partner & Family Support

Partners also experience perinatal mental health challenges. We can work with you individually or provide support for navigating this transition together.

Parenthood Shouldn't Mean Losing Yourself

Let's work together to help you feel like you again.

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Signs You Might Benefit from Therapy for Postpartum & Perinatal Mental Health

You might benefit from working with one of our postpartum and perinatal specialists if you're experiencing:

→ If any of these resonate with you, reaching out for support is a sign of strength, not weakness. Therapy can provide the tools, insight, and compassionate space you need to heal.

Regret about becoming a parent or wanting to escape

Difficulty bonding with or feeling connected to your baby

Intrusive thoughts about harm coming to your baby

Persistent sadness, anxiety, or feeling overwhelmed

Intense worry that something is wrong or will go wrong

Rage or irritability that scares you

Feeling disconnected from yourself or your life

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Common Questions About Postpartum & Perinatal Mental Health

  • Baby blues affect up to 80% of new parents and typically resolve within two weeks. Symptoms include mood swings, crying, anxiety, and trouble sleeping. Postpartum depression is more severe, lasts longer, and interferes with your ability to function. If you're still struggling after two weeks, or if symptoms are severe, reach out for help.

  • Yes. Perinatal depression can occur during pregnancy or after birth. If you're struggling during pregnancy, you don't have to wait until after delivery to get help.

  • Intrusive thoughts about harm coming to your baby are extremely common and are often a symptom of postpartum anxiety. Having these thoughts doesn't mean you'll act on them or that you're a danger to your baby. These thoughts are treatable, and therapy can help.

  • Absolutely. Therapy is completely safe during breastfeeding. If you're considering medication, we can work collaboratively with your provider to find options that are compatible with breastfeeding.

  • Difficulty bonding is more common than people talk about, and it's often a symptom of perinatal mental health challenges. This doesn't make you a bad parent. With treatment, bonding typically improves.

  • Without treatment, postpartum depression can last for months or even years. With appropriate treatment, most people see significant improvement within weeks to months.

  • Yes. Partners, adoptive parents, and non-birthing parents can all experience perinatal mental health challenges. The transition to parenthood is significant regardless of how the baby joined your family.

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