Perinatal Mental Health
What is Perinatal Mental Health?
Pregnancy and the period following childbirth can bring significant physical, emotional, and life changes. While these experiences can be meaningful, they can also bring stress, anxiety, sadness, overwhelm, or other emotional challenges.
Perinatal mental health concerns can affect anyone during pregnancy or after giving birth. Experiencing emotional difficulties does not mean you are failing as a parent.
Therapy can provide a supportive, confidential space to process these changes and address concerns that may be affecting your well-being.
How Can Therapy Help?
Therapy can help you understand and manage the emotional challenges that may arise during pregnancy and after childbirth.
Depending on your needs, therapy may help you:
- Manage anxiety, sadness, or stress
- Adjust to changes associated with pregnancy and parenthood
- Cope with feelings of overwhelm
- Process difficult or unexpected experiences related to pregnancy or childbirth
- Navigate changes in identity and relationships
- Address changes in family roles and responsibilities
- Develop healthy coping strategies
- Strengthen communication and support systems
- Make space for your own emotional needs while caring for your baby
Treatment is individualized and based on your experiences, concerns, and goals.
Who Can Benefit From Perinatal Therapy?
Therapy may be helpful during pregnancy or after childbirth if you are experiencing emotional or psychological challenges.
You may benefit from support if you are:
- Experiencing persistent anxiety or sadness
- Feeling overwhelmed or emotionally exhausted
- Having difficulty adjusting to becoming a parent
- Struggling with changes in identity or relationships
- Experiencing stress related to pregnancy or childbirth
- Having difficulty managing new responsibilities
- Finding it difficult to connect with your support system
- Wanting a safe place to process your experiences
Safety note: If you are experiencing thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, feeling unable to stay safe, or experiencing a mental health emergency, seek immediate help by calling 911 or going to the nearest emergency department. You can also call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
What Can We Help With?
Therapy may provide support for:
- Pregnancy-related stress
- Post-partum anxiety
- Post-partum depression
- Adjustment to parenthood
- Changes in identity and relationships
- Parenting-related stress
- Family and relationship concerns
- Emotional regulation
- Grief and loss
- Difficult pregnancy or birth experiences
Perinatal Support at Modern Me Psychology
At Modern Me Psychology, we understand that pregnancy and becoming a parent can bring complex emotions and significant adjustments.
Therapy provides a judgment-free space to talk about your experiences, develop coping strategies, and address concerns that may be difficult to manage alone.
If you are experiencing significant or persistent emotional symptoms during pregnancy or after childbirth, seeking professional support can be an important step toward taking care of yourself.
Our Clinician Who Works With Perinatal Concerns
Related Approaches
Depending on your needs and treatment goals, approaches that may be incorporated into treatment include:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Strengths-Based Therapy
Explore our Anxiety, Depression, and Parenting pages for additional information.
Ready to Get Started?
Your emotional well-being matters during pregnancy, after childbirth, and throughout the transition into parenthood. Therapy can provide a supportive place to work through what you’re experiencing.
Services are available in person at our Roselle, Illinois office and through telehealth for clients located in Illinois.
We accept several insurance plans, and coverage varies by plan and clinician. Contact us to confirm your benefits and whether your preferred provider and service are covered.
