For the mom who is trying to logic her way out of survival mode.

Maternal Mental Health & Birth Trauma Therapy in MA, RI & OR

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When a deep-thinking mind meets motherhood.

Becoming a parent is one of the biggest transitions a person can make in life. Early motherhood might not be what you expected at all. You may feel pressure to work as if you don’t parent and parent as if you don’t work, showing up “perfectly.” The mental load is probably heavy.

You wonder, “Who am I anymore?”

Maybe you find yourself here because you—

  • Are grieving who you used to be. You love your child, but haven’t come to terms with this new version of yourself and what it all means.

  • Are trapped in the what if’s and worst-case scenarios. The thoughts don’t seem to slow down and you can’t find the off switch.

  • Struggle with the pressure to to it all. You know the bar is set too high, but honestly, it doesn’t feel like an option to lower it.

  • Are still carrying the heaviness of a birth that didn’t go as planned. Your body is still holding onto the shock, fear, or grief.

  • Recognize that childhood wounds are being stirred up. Motherhood is highlighting your own upbringing and your determined to break intergenerational cycles.

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Specialized Support for the Modern Mom:

  • Postpartum Anxiety: Navigating intrusive thoughts, dread, racing thoughts, or rage that can follow birth.

  • The Mental Load: Managing the invisible labor of a household and having “too many tabs open.”

  • “Mommy Burnout”: Address prolonged parenting stress that can result in fatigue, irritability, and/or brain fog.

  • Matrescence: Exploring the complex, emotional journey of becoming a mother.

We weren’t meant to do this work in isolation. Whether you are struggling with a difficult transition or recovering from a traumatic birth, it is possible to grow into this new version of yourself.

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Why Your Intellect Isn’t Fixing Your Exhaustion

Understanding your distress is not the same a releasing it. You may struggle to debate your way out of a trauma response. And that skill of intellectualizing? Great for other areas of life, but it comes with its limitations.

Therapeutic Approaches:

EMDR: If you’ve had traumatic experiences your brain may still view those memories as active threats. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) bypasses the logical mind. Using a structured approach, the physical charge of those memories are desensitized. This can interrupt your nervous system’s fight-or-flight response which can lead to better mental clarity, more emotional freedom, and greater capacity to act in alignment with your values.

ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can be used to better manage the internal chatter of perfectionism. Learning to view anxious thoughts objectively, rather than as absolute truths, allows you to shift your focus to what matters most.

The Process:

  1. Directly book a consultation by using the button below.

  2. We’ll check in to make sure we’re a good fit.

  3. Start virtual sessions.

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