Perinatal psychotherapy
Who is perinatal psychotherapy for?
Perinatal psychotherapy is a specialist area of psychotherapy that supports the emotional and psychological wellbeing of women, partners and couples before, during and after becoming parents. This can include the time before conception, pregnancy, birth, the postnatal period and the early years of parenting.
Who it can help
Perinatal psychotherapy can benefit women, partners and couples experiencing
- Difficulties related to fertility and assisted conception
- Unwanted pregnancy
- Unexpected maternal or foetal outcomes
- Perinatal loss
- Fear of childbirth
- Perinatal trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder
- Perinatal depression and anxiety
- Perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Adjustment following a premature or multiple birth
- Difficulties adjusting to parenthood or lack of enjoyment in parenting
- Difficulties tuning into and bonding with baby
- Gender disappointment
- The emotional impact of caring for an unwell baby
- Changes in the couple relationship or wider family dynamics
- Feelings of guilt or being overwhelmed
- Difficulties associated with single parenthood
It can also help parents understand how their own histories may be influencing the way they experience their children and themselves in their new role.
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