Prenatal & Postpartum Therapy
You’re becoming a mother. And you’re also still becoming yourself.
Pregnancy and the postpartum period ask so much of you, more than anyone really tells you beforehand. Your body is changing. Your relationships are shifting. The way you see yourself is evolving and being rewritten in ways you didn’t get to prepare for.
- And beneath the love, excitement, and gratitude you experience, there’s often more. There are parts of you that feel anxious, holding grief and experiencing old triggers that suddenly bubble to the surface.
- You’re growing a life inside you, and at the same time shifting in a new version of yourself and parts of yourself you didn’t anticipate missing.
- Anxiety creeps in about your baby, your body, about getting this right.
- Old patterns in your relationship and with yourself are showing up in new ways, and you’re left feeling confused, distant, and alone.
- You wonder if what you’re feeling is normal, but you’re too afraid or ashamed to talk about it.
Significant transitions tend to invite many new feelings and activate old feelings that may not yet have had a chance to be held.
Just because you’re struggling doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. It means you’re in it.
I work with women during pregnancy and the postpartum period using IFS, somatic approaches, and an attachment-based lens. Our work together moves through three natural phases:
Our work together moves through a three-step flow:
Track, notice, and identify
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We slow down and get curious about what’s showing up: in your body, your emotions, your patterns, and the parts of you that feel activated or overwhelmed.
Hold, care for, and attune
2
We turn toward the parts of you that are struggling — the scared ones, the depleted ones, the ones carrying old wounds — with compassion rather than judgment.
Strengthen and realign
3
We build internal resources, emotional regulation, and self-grace, so you can move through this season from a steadier, more grounded place.
You want to feel like yourself again, or find out who you’re becoming. You want the anxiety to quiet enough that you can actually be present. You want to stop feeling guilty for struggling and start feeling supported and held in it.
- To move through pregnancy or the postpartum period without drowning in worry.
- To grieve what’s changed all while also experiencing what’s meaningful.
- To feel at home in your body again, even as it keeps changing.
- To know that what you’re feeling makes sense. And that you’re not alone in carrying it all.
Scheduling a consultation is your first step toward giving yourself that space.
You are your baby’s life force; nourishing and taking care of you is, by extension, caring for your baby and your family.
I offer a free consultation, a quiet space to talk about where you are, what you’re carrying, and whether working together feels right.
In-person sessions available in Brooklyn, NY. Telehealth available across New York State.
Absolutely. Pregnancy and postpartum bring enormous emotional, physical, and relational changes. Many parents experience anxiety, sadness, overwhelm, identity shifts, or feelings they weren’t expecting.
While emotional ups and downs can be common, persistent feelings of anxiety, sadness, hopelessness, guilt, or difficulty functioning may be signs that additional support could be helpful.
Yes. Postpartum anxiety is very common and often goes unrecognized. Therapy can help you understand what’s happening, develop coping tools, and feel more supported during this season of life.
Yes. Therapy can provide space to process the changes that come with parenthood, including shifts in identity, relationships, responsibilities, and expectations.
Many parents attend virtual sessions from home, making therapy more accessible during pregnancy and the postpartum period.