by Erin Wyatt | Sep 29, 2025 | All Posts, Anxiety & Depression, Erin Wyatt, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood, Psychiatry
As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, I’ve seen how powerfully hormones influence mental health. Shifts during puberty, the menstrual cycle, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause, gender-affirming care, or medical treatment can affect mood,...
by Lauren Pinneo | May 2, 2024 | EMDR and Trauma Recovery, Lauren Jobe, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
The process of giving birth is a life-altering experience that can be both emotionally and physically challenging for many people. While it can be a source of immense joy and empowerment, it can also be a time of fear, pain, grief, and confusion. Unfortunately, some...
by AJ Grovert | May 1, 2024 | AJ Grovert, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
Welcoming a new baby into a family is a momentous occasion. Joy, love, excitement, stress, overwhelm, and exhaustion exist. For some new parents, the postpartum period can be clouded with feelings of sadness and anxiety. Postpartum depression (PPD) affects...
by AJ Grovert | Feb 21, 2023 | AJ Grovert, All Posts, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
A new baby completely changes the dynamic of a family. If there are already children in the family, that can mean a promotion from only child to big brother or sister, and managing feelings around that is at least as important as investing in a double stroller or...
by AJ Grovert | Dec 29, 2022 | AJ Grovert, All Posts, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
The early days with a new child are a whirlwind. Positive, negative, or neutral, birth is always an experience. Then there’s sleep – will I ever do it again? (Yes. I promise). There are changes in a partnership that come with adding a new child to the home,...
by Libby Korell | Sep 27, 2022 | All Posts, Demystifying Therapy, Libby Korell, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
Play is a child’s work, and this is not a trivial pursuit. ~ Alfred Adler Frequently parents wonder what is really going on in a session when their child enthusiastically exclaims after a session, “we just played; the toys were awesome.” But what the child isn’t able...
