Maternity leave is an essential period after birth designed for rest, healing, and bonding with your new infant. For many women, it is a chance to adjust to life with a newborn, get acclimated to sleep changes and recover from pregnancy and delivery. This can be much needed and a slower-paced life after the rush of trying to get ready for the baby to be here. For many though, it is also a very isolating time.

Self-confidence can be influenced by many factors, from your own internal thoughts and beliefs about yourself, to anxiety symptoms, your social support, and your environment to name a few.

While everyone’s pregnancy journey looks a bit different, a common challenge in pregnancy is body image.

Are you struggling with the feeling that your partner is not helping you with the parenting of your child(ren) the way you would like them to? Do you feel like you’re often doing the work alone?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an evidence-based approach and framework some counselors use to guide interventions in practice. Here at Psychotherapy for Women, our providers are trained in the successful delivery of CBT.

Being pregnant can be a really exciting and happy time in our lives as women. It can also be a very isolating and lonely feeling as well.

Postpartum is an important transition for both you and baby, and it can be a stressful and enjoyable experience depending on many factors.

Anyone can quickly become overstimulated. Lights, noises, sounds, it can all create a calming, or not so calming, experience.

Many people, maybe yourself included, struggle with anxiety and consume alcohol regularly. How does this impact anxiety?

No matter what your circumstances are that have created a situation where you’re alone and wishing you weren’t, there are ways to support yourself and feel less down.

If you are feeling alone in your journey to have a baby, we see you. Read more about how to cope with the emotional process of trying to get pregnant.

Sticking to your New Year’s Resolutions may get harder day after day, but we encourage you to keep them going! Here are some how-to tips.