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Having a baby brings joy and happiness, but more than often due to hormonal changes, psychological adjustment to this significant transition, and exhaustion, new mothers experience depression & and anxiety which is called Postpartum depression. It is a fairly common but serious medical condition that affects up to one in every seven new mothers after birth. It can last up to 1-year post-childbirth and one may experience signs after a couple of months of childbirth.
When Should You Consider Therapy?
When Should You Consider Therapy?
Feeling Hopeless & Helpless: Postpartum depression can cause changes in mood levels and make one feel exhausted.
Anxiety or Negative thoughts: One can experience a racing heart, rapid breathing, and a sense of “doom” or constant feeling on the edge. Anger, irritability, and restlessness are the common signs of postpartum depression
Self-doubts, Guilt and self-harm: Entering parenthood, hence a new role, (just not for new mothers though), can bring a lot of thoughts about being able to be a good mother, wife, or competent in their life in general. They may experience guilt and self-harm thoughts
Inability to bond with child: A pressure to naturally know what's good for the child, to love and provide for them may cause excessive anxiety and guilt when they don't feel the same.
Changes in habits: One can experience changes in eating habits or sleep patterns that affect the overall mood and physical & emotional health.
How Postpartum Depression Therapy Helps:
Dealing with the “guilt” and normalizing the experience
Get emotional regulation tools to feel better
Manage depression & anxiety with CBT and narrative therapy
Navigate expectations from self & others
Therapeutic Approaches
Therapeutic Approaches
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
It aims to bring about positive change by concentrating on a particular problem. Solution-focused treatment steers clear of past issues and emphasises a mother's strengths and abilities rather than her weaknesses, in contrast to other therapies that pinpoint early events as contributing to current unhappiness.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
A CBT therapist will work with a mother to help her recognise and accept her automatic thoughts, assess them and recognise when they are unhelpful, explore and alter underlying beliefs, distinguish between actual and fictitious threats, and establish new and more beneficial viewpoints. CBT aids a mother in creating coping mechanisms so she feels more equipped to deal with stress.
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