Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal Therapy

Perinatal mental health focuses on supporting emotional well-being during pregnancy and early parenthood—a critical period for both the parent and the child.

• Prenatal and Postpartum Depression

• Prenatal and Postpartum Anxiety

• Prenatal and Postpartum OCD

Learning of a pregnancy can mark the beginning of a significant life transition. Whether the pregnancy is planned or unplanned, complicated or problem-free, ends in a live birth or not, many people can find themselves in need of additional support. Delivery, adjustment to an infant’s demands, assumption of new roles, and impact on identity and relationships can all contribute to increased stress. Hormonal changes and sleep deprivation can further affect mental health during this time.

You may be asking yourself:

• Why do I feel so overwhelmed and irritable most days?

• Is it normal to feel this sad and anxious during my pregnancy (or after having my baby)?

• Why do I feel disconnected from my baby, my partner and even from myself?

• Why am I having disturbing thoughts that I can’t control?

• Being a new parent doesn’t seem this hard for everyone else. Is there something wrong with me?

• Why don’t I feel like myself anymore?

Perinatal challenges are more common than people realize and are treatable with the right support. We have clinicians who specialize in caring for individuals during pregnancy through three years postpartum, providing support for adjustment or relationship problems, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, traumatic experience(s), and OCD.

Our clinicians will work with you to tailor a plan based on your unique needs, using evidence-based practices. Combining clinical expertise with deep empathy, our goal is to navigate not only mental health symptoms, but the many transitions and experiences that occur during the perinatal period.