Therapy for Moms & Motherhood
Are you judging the difficulties of being a mom by looking at social media?
You’ve always wanted to be a mom- maybe not always, but it’s not what you thought. Being a mom is hard. It can bring up things from your childhood you didn’t know bothered you. It can bring up characteristics in yourself that you didn’t know you had. You blame the hormones, which absolutely have something to do with it, but maybe this is actually something that has bothered you previously, and now you’re exposed to it and can’t ignore it anymore.
You can have a good support system, an amazing partner, a baby that never cries, a kid that never gets in trouble, and you could still feel like things aren’t okay.
Two things can be true at once.
You can love your child and still hate parts of motherhood.
You can be grateful and exhausted.
You can adore your baby and desperately miss your old life.
From the moment you get pregnant, someone else is on your mind at all times.
You’re making doctor’s appointments, making sure they’re wearing the right size clothes and shoes, planning birthday parties, participating in school spirit weeks, making sure holidays are magical, and then...You’re putting up the stockings that have the names on them, and someone asks, “So, which stocking should I put this in?”
Here comes the rage.
It’s not the first time that’s happened. It seems like someone always needs something from you, and you are so resentful. But if you don’t do it, who will?
You might be struggling with:
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resentment and guilt
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relationship changes
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losing yourself
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complicated feelings about your own mother
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breaking generational patterns
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perfectionism and pressure
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anxiety and overwhelm
I work with goals such as:
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Managing mental load
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Processing difficult experiences around becoming a mother
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Understanding where your thoughts and feelings are coming from
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Navigating new relationship dynamics
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Setting (and maintaining) boundaries
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Working through guilt, anger, and resentment