PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY — NASHVILLE, TN
You deserve support throughout this journey — no matter how it has looked.
Whether you’re grieving a loss, navigating a difficult pregnancy, struggling after birth, or somewhere in between — what you’re feeling is real, and you deserve real support.
Perinatal mental health includes the emotional and psychological wellbeing of women from before conception through the first year after birth — a time of enormous transformation that deserves specialized, compassionate care.
This season of life can be harder than anyone tells you. Reaching out is one of the most loving things you can do — for yourself and for your family.
RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS
You may be carrying more than you realize.
Perinatal mental health challenges show up in many different ways — and they’re far more common than the world around you might suggest.
PRENATAL & POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
You Love Your Baby — But You're Not Okay
You know you love them. But you also feel numb, disconnected, or like the joy you expected just... isn't there. And then the guilt sets in. It's an exhausting cycle — and it is not your fault.
You might be feeling flat, empty, tearful, or like you're just going through the motions — even when you expected joy. This is not a character flaw. It's a medical condition, and it responds very well to treatment.
BIRTH TRAUMA
Your Birth Experience Left a Mark
Maybe things didn't go the way you hoped. Maybe you felt scared, unheard, or out of control. Now you find yourself replaying it, avoiding conversations about it, or feeling on edge in ways that are hard to explain.
If your birth experience left you shaken, scared, or changed — that matters. Birth trauma can look a lot like PTSD: flashbacks, avoidance, feeling on edge. You don't have to just "get over it."
FERTILITY CHALLENGES
You Dream of Having a Baby
The longing is constant — and so is the heartbreak. Going through treatments, waiting, another negative test, another loss… it’s a lot.
The emotional weight of infertility, IVF, and the long road to parenthood is exhausting — and often invisible to everyone around you. Whether you're in the middle of treatments or recovering from them, you deserve support too.
PRENATAL & POSTPARTUM ANXIETY
Your Brain Won't Stop Catastrophizing
You can't sleep even when the baby is sleeping. You check on them constantly. Your mind runs through terrifying worst-case scenarios you can't turn off. You are bone-tired, and the worry just won't let up.
Perinatal anxiety might look like racing thoughts, constant worry, checking on your baby over and over, or the fear that something bad is always about to happen. Anxiety before and after birth is just as real — and just as treatable — as depression.
IDENTITY SHIFT
You Miss Who You Used to Be
You love your child — and you also feel like a stranger in your own life. You don't recognize yourself. You wonder if the person you were before is just gone. You’re not. But you are changing, and that change deserves real space.
Becoming a parent reshapes everything — and that disorientation is real, even when things are "going well." Grieving who you were, questioning who you are now, and wondering where you went is a valid and common struggle.
MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS
Your Body is Going Through Something — And Nobody is Asking How You Are
Everyone wants to know how the baby is doing. Meanwhile, you're managing symptoms that make getting out of bed feel impossible — hyperemesis, a high-risk diagnosis, bedrest, complications — and quietly grieving the pregnancy you thought you'd have. That emotional toll is real, and it deserves attention too.
Conditions like hyperemesis gravidarum can leave you feeling scared, isolated, and robbed of the pregnancy you imagined. You are allowed to grieve that. And you deserve support that acknowledges everything you are carrying.
POSTPARTUM OCD
You're Haunted by Thoughts You Can't Say Out Loud
Scary and intense intrusive thoughts have crept in — and the shame that follows is crushing. You haven't told anyone because you're afraid of what it means. It doesn't mean what you think it means. These are symptoms, not truths about who you are.
Terrifying, unwanted thoughts about your baby's safety, followed by rituals, avoidance, and shame you can't shake — this is called Postpartum OCD. These intrusive thoughts are a symptom of illness, not a window into who you are as a parent. You are not a danger to your child, and with proper treatment, you will be well.
PREGNANCY & INFANT LOSS
You're Grieving a Baby
Loss at any stage deserves to be grieved. You don't have to minimize it or stay strong. You're allowed to fall apart a little. That's often what the start of healing looks like.
Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss are devastating. Your love was real, your loss is real, and you deserve a space to feel all of it without anyone rushing you toward "moving on."
RELATIONSHIP & PARTNER STRAIN
Your Relationship Feels Like a Stranger
You and your partner used to feel like a team. Now you're disconnected, resentful, or just going through the motions — and then guilty for feeling that way. The love is still there. But so is the distance, and it's okay to say so.
A new baby changes every dynamic in the house. If you're feeling disconnected from your partner, struggling to communicate, or carrying too much alone — those feelings deserve attention, not suppression.
THERE IS A WAY THROUGH
You will feel like yourself again.
The bond with your baby will grow
Struggling to feel connected isn't a measure of your love — it's a symptom. As you heal, that bond deepens naturally. I've had the privilege of watching it happen.
You will find yourself again
The person you were isn't gone — you are evolving. Many of my clients come out of this season knowing themselves more clearly and loving themselves more fully than ever before.
Joy is still ahead of you
The heavy, anxious, foggy place you're in right now does not define your whole parenting experience. There is laughter and joy still waiting for you — and we are going to work toward it together.
Reaching out is an act of love
For yourself. For your baby. For your whole family. Asking for help isn't weakness — it's one of the most courageous things you can do in this season of life.
