Postpartum Depression therapists in Lancaster, Ohio OH
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Postpartum Depression
Trauma Therapy Company Ohio
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Monica Bartley - Being a parent is already hard enough and doesn’t come with an instruction manual. We often learn that we parent and teach our children the way we were brought up. We take a step back and look and sometimes say, well we didn’t turn out so bad even though we had trauma. But in reality, we are fighting against ourselves to break habits and change but find ourselves sometimes stuck in old ways.
I am by no means the perfect parent and I have had to relearn how to parent my three children. I always feel extreme guilt because my oldest son who is now six had to endure the me that was struggling with trauma and I parented him that way. I often yelled and didn’t know how to handle meltdowns of his because I was never taught to regulate my emotions. His screaming made me spiral and it was like I just saw a black screen in my brain and everything went downhill with it. I used techniques I thought made sense that my mother used on me, but looking back they were awful and not at all affectionate, loving or beneficial for my son. I had to accept that I messed up but have made up for it by learning myself and getting in tune with my son. I changed the way I speak, or handle situations with my daughters and I feel parenthood has been easier (for what it can be with three wild children). I also had a mother who had total influence over my life and would interfere with how I would parent. For that reason and some others, I decided to cut ties with the relationship. Was it the hardest thing I had to do, yes… but by doing this my children are flourishing and this mama is free and can make her own decisions and feel good about them.
You may have parents who are still in your life and have influence on how you raise your children. You could be turning to social media with unrealistic expectations which causes you to feel bad about yourself and ways of parenting. Or you may just be stuck in your ways and you want to change but you don’t know how.
Trauma can be an all-encompassing construct that includes a spectrum of different experiences, we define trauma as abuse endured during childhood in terms of physical neglect or abuse, emotional neglect or abuse, and sexual abuse.
4 Years Experience
In-Person Near Lancaster, OH
Online in Lancaster, Ohio
Postpartum Depression
Dr. Ann Becker-Schutte; Healthy Balanced Life Psychology, LLC
Psychologist, Ph.D.
New mothers expect to have a wonderful experience when they bring their babies home. If you are living with postpartum depression, that wonderful experience can feel like a nightmare. In therapy, I work to help new mothers find their way through postpartum depression back to healthy, connected coping.
21 Years Experience
Online in Lancaster, Ohio
Postpartum Depression
B Well Counseling Center
Psychologist, PhD, LPC, LMFT-A, LPC-A, LCSW-S
Some of our counselors specialize in postpartum depression. We offer an ongoing group for Moms as well. Parent coaching is a way to empower you as a parent to show up for your child, no matter the age, in the healthiest way possible. Please see our group offerings here: https://www.bwellcounselingcenter.com/groups
28 Years Experience
Online in Lancaster, Ohio
Postpartum Depression
Irene Kraegel
Psychologist, PsyD, LP
Children bring joy, but it's no secret that parenting comes with significant stress, and those initial days, weeks, and months after birth are especially tough on new moms. If you're feeling overwhelmed, inadequate, disconnected from your child, and hopeless, I would love to walk this journey with you. It will get better!
21 Years Experience
Online in Lancaster, Ohio
Postpartum Depression
Dr. Adam Shafer (Chicago, IL)
Psychologist, Psy. D., M.A.
Giving birth and raising a child is one of the most significant adjustments any parent must make that requires us to accommodate ourselves to the presence of an infant/young child who is dependent on us. This can (and almost certainly does at times) feel desperate to the point that we don't know what to do. It is vital that we allow ourselves some degree of self-compassion to know and accept these overwhelming circumstance in order to reach out to others for support and guidance to help us through.
15 Years Experience
Online in Lancaster, Ohio