Pregnancy

and Postpartum Therapy

Support for emotional changes,

identity shifts, and mental health during

pregnancy and early parenthood

Serving Mount Juliet and greater Nashville,
with online therapy across Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly,
but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Maya Angelou

Therapy for Pregnancy

Pregnancy can be a season of excitement, joy, and celebration. It can also include major physical changes, hormone fluctuations and big emotional rollercoasters. Parents-to-be may benefit from a supportive therapeutic environment where they can openly discuss the real-life highs and lows of pregnancy.

Therapy during pregnancy can also be especially helpful for expecting parents navigating surrogacy, adoption, pregnancy after loss, or pregnancy after infertility.

Prenatal therapy can help address a range of emotional and mental health concerns, including:

  • depression or anxiety

  • intrusive thoughts (reoccurring unwanted images)

  • concerns about childbirth

  • gender disappointment

  • upcoming adjustments to identity

  • relationship support for transition to parenthood

Pregnant person receiving emotional support during pregnancy therapy

Therapy for Postpartum

The postpartum period can bring countless new and challenging adjustments, especially during the first year of a baby’s life. This season often includes physical recovery from pregnancy and delivery, round-the-clock care for an infant, and significant hormonal and emotional shifts. Ongoing sleep deprivation and caregiving demands can place unique strain on relationships, identity, and mental health during this time.

Postpartum therapy can help address a range of emotional and mental health concerns, including:

  • postpartum depression or anxiety

  • intrusive thoughts (reoccurring unwanted images)

  • birth trauma

  • stressors associated with feeding baby

  • adjusting to caregiving role, grieving old identity

  • relationship challenges in parenthood

  • coping with intense anger and irritability

  • difficulty bonding with baby

Postpartum therapy supporting emotional wellbeing after childbirth

Perinatal Mental Health

  • A woman sitting on a black chair by a large window with sheer white curtains, wearing a white T-shirt and grey socks, looking out the window in a bright room with a white sofa nearby.

    Perinatal Depression

    Feelings of anger & irritability

    Lack of interest in the baby

    Appetite and sleep disturbance

    Crying and Sadness

    Feelings of guilt, shame, hopelessness

    Loss of interest, pleasure in the things you used to enjoy

    Possible thoughts of harming the baby or yourself

  • A woman sitting on a bed, hugging a large gray pillow close to her face with an expression of distress or sadness.

    Perinatal Anxiety

    Constant worry

    Feeling that something bad is going to happen

    Racing thoughts

    Disturbances in sleep & appetite

    Inability to sit still

    Dizziness, hot flashes, nausea, or physical tension

  • Frustrated woman holding her head with both hands, looking stressed with a foggy or smoky background.

    Perinatal OCD

    Intrusive thoughts about harm to the baby or yourself (without desire to act)

    Compulsions

    A sense of horror about the obsessions

    Fear of being left alone with infant

    Hypervigilance in protecting the infant

  • Silhouette of a woman sitting by a window with bars, looking outside, with bottles and objects on a table in the foreground.

    Postpartum Pscychosis

    A rare illness occurring in 1 out of 1,000 births. Usually begins within first 2 weeks postpartum. Psychosis includes a “break with reality”. Psychosis is a mental health emergency and requires immediate medical assistance.

    Delusions

    Hallucinations

    Paranoia

    Rapid mood swings

    Feeling very irritated

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