Postpartum anxiety is a common mental health concern that can occur after having a baby. It often involves excessive worry, racing thoughts, difficulty relaxing, feeling constantly on edge, or a persistent fear that something bad might happen. While some level of worry is normal as a new parent, postpartum anxiety can begin to interfere with daily life, sleep, relationships, and your ability to enjoy time with your baby.

While postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression can occur together, they often present differently.

Postpartum anxiety is typically characterized by excessive worry, intrusive thoughts, fear, restlessness, and a constant sense of being on high alert.

Postpartum depression often involves persistent sadness, hopelessness, numbness, low energy, guilt, loss of interest in activities, and difficulty experiencing joy or connection.

Both are common, treatable, and deserving of support.

Many new parents experience intrusive thoughts after having a baby. These thoughts are often unwanted, distressing, and may involve imagining worst-case scenarios or fears about harm coming to your baby.

Having intrusive thoughts does not mean you want them to happen or that you are a bad parent. In many cases, they are associated with postpartum anxiety and a nervous system that is working overtime to keep your baby safe.

If intrusive thoughts are causing significant distress, anxiety, or impacting your daily life, therapy can help.

Yes. Mom burnout is more than simply feeling tired. It can involve emotional exhaustion, overwhelm, irritability, chronic stress, resentment, difficulty meeting your own needs, and feeling like you are constantly giving without having the opportunity to recharge.

Therapy can help you understand the factors contributing to burnout, strengthen boundaries, improve emotional regulation, develop coping strategies, and reconnect with yourself beyond the demands of motherhood.

Nervous system regulation refers to your ability to respond to stress and challenges without becoming overwhelmed or stuck in survival mode.

When your nervous system is dysregulated, you may experience anxiety, emotional overwhelm, irritability, difficulty relaxing, chronic stress, or feeling constantly on edge.

Therapy can help you develop nervous system regulation skills that support emotional wellbeing, resilience, and a greater sense of calm and balance in daily life.

Yes. Pregnancy loss can bring grief, sadness, anger, guilt, anxiety, confusion, and many other complex emotions. Every person's experience is unique, and there is no right way to grieve.

Therapy provides a compassionate space to process your loss, honour your experience, navigate the emotional impact, and find support as you move through your healing journey.

Yes. Fertility challenges can affect emotional wellbeing, relationships, self-esteem, and mental health. The uncertainty, disappointment, grief, and stress that often accompany fertility journeys can feel overwhelming and isolating.

Fertility counselling provides a supportive space to process these experiences, develop coping strategies, navigate difficult emotions, and receive support throughout your journey.

Yes. I offer online counselling for women, mothers, parents, and families throughout British Columbia, as well as in-person counselling in Pitt Meadows.

Virtual therapy provides a flexible and accessible option for those who may prefer to receive support from the comfort of their own home.

You do not need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy.

If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally exhausted, disconnected from yourself, struggling with intrusive thoughts, navigating a major life transition, experiencing chronic stress, or simply feeling unlike yourself, therapy can provide support.

Many people reach out because they want a safe space to better understand themselves, strengthen coping skills, improve emotional wellbeing, and feel more supported through life's challenges.