Therapy for Overwhelmed Moms — The Inside Scoop on How Therapy Helps

Finding Calm and Confidence After Baby

Becoming a mom can be one of the most pivotal moments in life. It can be both parts beautiful and exciting as well as overwhelming and isolating. Between sleepless nights, round the clock feedings, identity shifts, and the mental load of motherhood, it is not uncommon to feel like you’re running on empty. If you’ve wondered whether what you are feeling is “normal”, you’ve probably thought about therapy and whether or not it can be helpful for you. Many find that therapy for overwhelmed moms offers support, relief, validation, and a pathway to finding who they are in this new chapter of life.

The Reality of Postpartum Overwhelm

After giving birth, your life changes in a single moment. Your body goes from being pregnant to being postpartum, you go from being an individual to becoming a mother. Your body works on healing, your hormones are shifting, and you’re trying to figure out what life looks like with this new tiny human. Many mothers experience:

• Persistent worry or anxiety

• Feelings of guilt or feeling inadequate

• Difficulty sleeping (even if the baby is sleeping!)

• Mood swings or tearfulness

• A sense of isolation or loss of identity

While these feelings are common and understandable, that does not mean they are a “normal” part of the postpartum experience.

The Facts of Mental Health Postpartum:

• 80% of birthing individuals report their birth as traumatic

• 1 in 5 to 7 women will experience a postpartum mental health concern

• 1 in 10 partners will experience a postpartum mental health concern

• Postpartum mental health concerns do not discriminate and impact every race, socioeconomic status, and culture equally

• Postpartum mental health concerns are entirely treatable

How Therapy for Overwhelmed Moms Can Help

Therapy provides a safe, nonjudgmental space to slow down, process, and find your new center. A therapist trained in perinatal mental health can support with:

• Understanding your emotions. Often we can be unaware of exactly how we are feeling or even that these emotions are valid.
  

• Reduce anxiety an intrusive thoughts. Therapy can focus on teaching coping skills, rewiring systems in our brains, and supporting with processing feelings of anxiety and overwhelm.
  

• Rebuild confident and self-compassion. Therapy for overwhelmed moms can support with redefining your sense of self, building your self-compassion, and finding who you are within this new identity.
  

• Strengthen relationships. Most relationships will quiver postpartum due to the immense amount of changes. Therapy can support with overall communication, understanding, and connection.
  

• Address birth trauma. 80% of birthing individuals report their birth as traumatic. Therapy, especially modalities like EMDR, can support with desensitizing and processing the trauma from birth, pregnancy, and/or postpartum.

You Deserve Support, Too.

As a mom, it is easy to put everyone else’s needs before your own. In fact, this is often ingrained as a part of pregnancy. We go to baby showers and shower the baby, not the mom. We ask how baby is growing and changing in pregnancy, not the mom. Not to mention the lack of support and checking in on partners! But, you matter, too! Reaching out for help does not mean that you are feeling, but instead means that you are wanting to better yourself not only for you but also for your baby.

Therapy for overwhelmed moms isn’t about “fixing” you, but rather about supporting you in feeling grounded and empowered in this next season of life.

Therapy for Overwhelmed Moms — How to Get Started

If you are ready to explore therapy, or even just see if it would be a right fit for your situation, you can reach out for a complimentary 15-minute consultation. During these, we talk more about your specific situation, can share about our background and expertise, and can offer support or guidance on things that may be helpful going forward.

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