Parenting Stress
Parenting is likely the most important job you will ever have. It is also challenging, at times overwhelming, can produce anxiety and worry, and cause feelings of inadequacy and/or guilt. No matter what phase of life your child or children are in, parenting can be extremely overwhelming and stressful. Luckily, there is help.
As a mother myself, I get it. There’s an endless number of tasks, responsibilites, to-dos, and activities that demand your time, patience, and energy when you are a mother. It is a 24/7 job that goes 365 days a year. It’s no wonder that a demanding job like that creates stress, worry, anxiety, frustration, and overwhelm.
If you are struggling to cope with the demands placed on you as a parent, you are not alone. Due to the role parents play in being responsible for their children’s health, mental well-being, social connectedness, education, and happiness, the stress level amongst parents is often higher than those that do not have children.
Are you wondering if you could benefit from support surrounding parenting stressors? Consider the following questions below:
- Do you feel that it is hard to manage the responsibilites of being a parent?
- Do you have a desire to feel happier in motherhood but don’t know how?
- Do you struggle with taking time for yourself because you spend all your time working and/or being a parent?
- Do you often feel overwhelmed, overstimulated, or burnt out in motherhood?
- Do you wish that it was easier to navigate parenting and the stress that comes with it?
If you answered “yes” to any of the following questions, therapy with Psychotherapy for Women can help you better manage parenting stressors and get more enjoyment out of motherhood.
Causing of parenting stress, specifically amongst women, can include:
- Limited support and social connectedness
- Financial strain and worry about making ends meet
- Working one or more jobs to provide for your children
- Being a stay at home mom
- Having a child with special needs, developmental delays, medical diagnoses, and/or mental health symptoms
- Having multiple children, biological or fostering
- Worrying about the health and safety of your child
- Difficulty asking your partner/spouse/family for help when needed
- Being a single parent
- Having a newborn and/or toddler who depends on you for most day-to-day tasks
- Lack of self-care time and personal hobbies
- The parents own health and mental health symptoms and diagnoses
- Having to rely on daycare, educational institutions, and after-school programs
- Lack of access to parenting resources/support for you and your child(ren)
- The parents lack of attachment to their own parent or caregiver(s)
- Living away from friends or supportive family to help you
- Feeling a lack of confidence in yourself as a mother
By seeking therapy through Psychotherapy for Women, you will receive compassionate support to help you: learn new coping strategies, take more time for yourself, enhance your support network, improve your communication, address your own health needs, learn ways to reduce feelings of overwhelm and overstimulation, improve your confidence as a mother, and so more. As a mother myself, I believe a healthy and happier Mom is the essential ingredient that makes a healthy family.
Is there help if I don’t have the time for therapy but still need support?
If you are unsure if therapy is a good fit for you right now, but still want to learn how to take control of your motherhood experience, improve your coping tools, and feel better equipped to manage parenting stress, consider my e-Book, “Becoming the Mama You Want to Be”. A comprehensive self-help guide packed with reflective questions, self-guided learning, educational tools, coping skills, and more, all designed to help you feel less anxious, improve your ability to cope with parenting stress, and find more enjoyment in motherhood. Click here to learn more about this incredible resource designed just for you, either instead of, in addition to, or before or after professional support such as therapy.
Emphasis on helping women take better care of themselves
By seeking therapy through Psychotherapy for Women, you will receive compassionate support to help you learn new coping strategies, take more time for yourself, enhance your support network, improve your communication, address your own health needs, and more. We believe a healthy mom makes a healthy family, and we are ready and waiting to support you on that journey and find more enjoyment in your child(ren).