While you can’t fully prevent PPD or PPA, you can build protective factors.

Therapy with us during pregnancy can be a powerful way to set realistic expectations, ensure support, and gain tools for managing anxiety.

We can help you prepare emotionally for postpartum and equip you with the skills we know will support you through the challenges of the transition to motherhood.

Not necessarily, though it may mean you’re at a higher risk. The good news is that with the right support and early intervention, many women have a very different experience in subsequent pregnancies. We’d love to support you!

Pregnancy and postpartum involve massive hormonal, physical, and identity shifts. This version of your life is fundamentally different than before, in mind, body, and spirit.

This makes feeling disconnected from yourself incredibly common, and it’ssomething we can work through together by clarifying your values, stripping away the external noise, and using self-compassion to help you meet yourself where you’re at through this stage of becoming.

Fear around childbirth is more common than people talk about. In therapy, we can help you process your fears, talk through ways to feel more in control (like how to advocate for yourself, be flexible with your plan, and clarify your boundaries), and approach birth with greater confidence.

Pregnancy can bring a level of anxiety that feels surprising, even if you’ve never struggled with anxiety before.

Hormonal changes, increased responsibility, and the uncertainty of what’s ahead can all amplify worry. Many women find their minds constantly scanning for what could go wrong.

This is so common, and something therapy at Palmetto can help you better understand and manage.

When you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and carrying the mental load of caring for a baby, your nervous system can feel constantly on edge. Anger is often a signal that something deeper needs support, like unmet needs, anxiety, or burnout.

We can help you get to the root postpartum rage and irritability so it stops interfering with your decisions and relationships.

Yes. You can deeply love your baby and still feel overwhelmed, stretched thin, or even regretful. These feelings can coexist, and they don’t mean you made the wrong choice or that something is wrong with you.

Because it is different! Your identity, your routines, your relationships, your body, and your sense of time and freedom all shift in a relatively short period. Feeling disoriented or like you’re still adjusting is incredibly common during this season. We can help you accept these shifts and find realistic ways to reintegrate parts of your pre-baby life so that things starts to feel a little more familiar.

So many capable, loving mothers have this thought, especially in moments of overwhelm. It’s often a reflection of how hard this transition is, not a reflection of your ability (or desire) to be a good parent.

Motherhood often comes with intense internal pressure to “do everything right.” That can lead to constant second-guessing and guilt, even when you’re doing more than enough. Learning how to relate differently to that guilt is a big part of the work we do in therapy.

It’s completely normal to feel excited and worried, especially about how having another baby will impact your relationship with your older children.

Therapy can help you process those fears, set realistic expectations, and feel more emotionally prepared for the transition.