Mental Health Support for Motherhood

You can love your baby and still be struggling. Both things can be true.

Pregnancy, birth, postpartum, feeding, sleep deprivation, hormones, relationships, work, and the enormous shift in identity that comes with becoming a mother can affect your mental health in ways you may not have expected.

Sometimes you know something feels wrong. Other times you just know that you don’t feel like yourself anymore.

You do not have to wait until things become unbearable to ask for help.

As a Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Perinatal Mental Health provider (PMH-C), I provide compassionate mental health support during pregnancy and postpartum with a focus on understanding the whole person—not just a screening score.

You Might Reach Out If You’re Experiencing

• Constant worry or feeling like you can’t turn your brain off

• Anxiety about your baby’s health, feeding, sleep, or safety

• Intrusive or frightening thoughts

• Feeling overwhelmed by motherhood

• Persistent sadness or crying

• Irritability, anger, or rage

• Feeling disconnected from your baby

• Feeling disconnected from yourself

• Guilt or feeling like you’re failing

• Difficulty enjoying motherhood

• Panic attacks

• Birth trauma

• Difficulty adjusting after a complicated pregnancy or delivery

• Breastfeeding or feeding struggles that are affecting your mental health

• Anxiety about returning to work

• Sleep problems beyond what you would expect with a newborn

• Feeling like everyone else is handling motherhood better than you are

Or maybe you can't quite explain it.

“I just don’t feel like myself” is enough of a reason to reach out.

What We Can Talk About

Your visit is a place to slow down and look at what is actually happening.

We may discuss:

• Your pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience

• Anxiety and depression symptoms

• Intrusive thoughts

• Sleep

• Feeding and breastfeeding challenges

• Your transition into motherhood

• Relationships and support systems

• Work and returning from maternity leave

• Previous mental health history

• Medications

• Hormonal or medical concerns that may be contributing to how you feel

• What kind of additional support might help

When appropriate, care may also include mental health screening, medication discussion or management, laboratory evaluation, follow-up care, and coordination with your OB/GYN, primary care provider, therapist, psychiatrist, or other members of your healthcare team.

I want you to feel heard, understand what is happening, and leave with an actual plan for what comes next.

You Don't Have to Be in Crisis

Mental health care is not only for someone who has reached their breaking point.

You can reach out because you're anxious.

Because you're overwhelmed.

Because you aren't enjoying this the way you thought you would.

Because feeding your baby has taken over your life.

Because you had a traumatic delivery.

Because you feel guilty.

Because you don't recognize yourself.

Or simply because motherhood feels harder than you expected and you want someone to talk to who understands perinatal mental health.

Ready to Talk?

You don't have to figure everything out before making an appointment.

Contact Me With Questions