Therapy for Moms and Birthing People in Buffalo, New York, and Pennsylvania
Does this sound familiar?
Have you been struggling with intrusive thoughts, anxiety, or depression during or after a pregnancy?
Are you sick of bearing the mental load of motherhood on your own?
Do you feel completely overwhelmed and underwater but don’t know who to talk to?
Are you struggling in your relationship after having children and wondering if you and your spouse will ever connect again?
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” – Linda Wooten
How Our Practice Can help
At Aligned Connections LCSW, PLLC, we have multiple clinicians with advanced training in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) and who are certified in Perinatal Mental Health through Postpartum Support International. Our couples therapists are also experienced in working with couples through the issues that are common to new parenthood. We are ready to walk with you throughout whatever stage of parenthood you’re in.
Therapy for perinatal mental health can help you…
Regulate your emotions better, helping you to feel less overwhelmed and more in control
Improve your self-esteem and self-worth while building resilience
Reduce (or even eliminate) symptoms such as anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts and images, rage, and more.
Work through complicated feelings relating to birth trauma, perinatal loss and grief, and matrescence (the experience of becoming a mother/parent).
Approaches
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Schema Therapy
Learn how your early childhood experiences affect the way you parent your children.
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EMDR
Process birth trauma, perinatal loss, trauma from infertility, and more using “the gold standard” for relief from trauma symptoms.
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Couples Therapy
Learn strategies to communicate more effectively with your partner and share the mental load.
You don’t have to do this alone.
FAQs about Perinatal Mental Health Therapy
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PMAD stands for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, and can include postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, postpartum OCD, and postpartum rage.
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Perinatal is defined as the period of time between conception and 1 year after giving birth.
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Yes, our clinicians have experience and specialized training in working with folks who are experiencing miscarriages, pregnancy loss, TFMR, and other forms of perinatal loss and grief.
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Yes, we have multiple clinicians that are both trauma therapists and perinatal specialists. We would be honored to work with you through all the complicated emotions of birth trauma.
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The rates for trauma therapy vary by clinician and by session length. Please see the “Fees” page for a breakdown of costs per clinician.
