Postpartum Mental Health: Understanding and Healing After Birth
The time after giving birth can feel overwhelming, even when you expected joy. Many new parents experience intense emotions, physical changes, and shifts in identity that can feel confusing or frightening. Postpartum mental health struggles are incredibly common, but our culture often tells parents they should “handle it” or that asking for help is a failure. This is not true. You are not weak. You are adjusting to one of life’s most intense transitions, and support is allowed.
Postpartum Diagnoses and How I Support Them
Postpartum OCD
Postpartum Anxiety
Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Bipolar
Postpartum PTSD
Postpartum Psychosis
My work focuses on helping parents recognize and understand their patterns without judgment. Together we slow things down, honor the intensity of this life transition, and explore the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are trying to keep you safe. We focus on practical tools to manage symptoms, process overwhelming emotions, and rebuild confidence in your role as a parent.
Postpartum mental health support is not about being “fixed.” It is about creating enough safety and compassion so your body and mind can process this transition and you can connect with your baby, your partner, and yourself in a healthy, balanced way.