PERINATAL COUNSELING

 Are you currently pregnant or recently gave birth and are experiencing feelings of sadness, or depression?  You are NOT alone. Having a sense of hopelessness, feeling drained and physically exhausted, lack of energy-even feeling disconnected to your baby or partner is very common for both women and men. 

We want you to know that this is not only common, but treatable, and in some cases preventable.   

These symptoms are more constant and overwhelming, like a constant drizzly, grey day -but there is help.  Often recognizing that there are contributing factors to developing perinatal depression. These factors may include a personal or family history of depression, perhaps an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy, domestic violence, or history of physical/sexual abuse. Sometimes simply our stressful life events, lack of social or financial support can contribute. And for those that are younger or adolescent maternal age may face a life change that brings about many challenges.