New mothers and stay at home moms benefit from counseling with a specialist. Not all therapists understand the intense responsibilities that stay at home moms experience. There’s also a major loss of identity that we will cover in this article. Therapy for new mothers and stay at home moms is available at Wisdom Within Counseling in Connecticut.
Therapy for new mothers and stay at home moms can help with loss of friends
For one, having a baby can mean that your friends who are single or who don’t have children don’t want to hang out with you. As well, you might feel a sense of rejection. You might feel like you are missing out on the fun. Your friends might be inviting you to go to bars, and that is just not your scene anymore. A part of you wants to socialize with other mothers. Single friends may be in a different phase of life. It might feel like that your baby doesn’t have anyone to grow up with. All of your friends are out partying or drinking and you are stuck at home breast-feeding.
As well, you are feeling exhausted because now your baby is your priority. As beautiful as it is to be a new mother and be parenting, you feel like you’ve lost out on friendships. You know that your friends should be there for you, but you also don’t know how to ask for help. When your friends do come over, it seems like they forget to bring a meal and don’t ask you what they can do to help. They don’t understand how overwhelmed you feel or exhausted you are. Therapy for new moms and stay at home moms can be a safe space to vent and unload. At Wisdom Within Counseling, You can take part in creative therapies that help restore your sense of identity. Art therapy, yoga therapy, music therapy, and nature therapies support confidence and relaxation. If you feel overwhelmed, overly responsible, overstimulated, and needing a place all of your own, our team would love to help.
You can have someone to listen to you and finally nurture you again.
Also, you can also learn how to create positive social connections with other mothers who are going through something similar in therapy. More so, motherhood can be a beautiful journey. However, it can be very isolating if you don’t have friends who are going through something similar to you.
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Also, therapy for new mothers and stay at home moms can support self-confidence
Often times, new mothers and stay at home moms may feel body shame. Our culture tells us that we have to look a certain way or fit into a certain size jeans. Body shame creates low self-worth and even eating disorders in women. From holistic therapy you can develop self-confidence and self acceptance. Furthermore, holistic therapy can be a place to overcome cultural shame, food guilt, and truly learn to love and embrace your body. Your body is changing your whole life. And, it will never go back to the way it was, and it doesn’t need to. Your holistic therapist can help you remember you are beautiful just the way you are and practice positive self talk. You might be your own worst critic and talk negatively about yourself to yourself. Overall, Wisdom Within Counseling can help you realize that your body is feeding a child and is amazing.
Also, in a very positive way, you can learn to look at yourself with pride and with love.
You can let go of certain sizes or shapes you feel like you should have to be. Social media tells moms they have to look a certain way. So, let go of that pressure and you can start to change negative beliefs about your body into positive ones.
Therapy for new mothers and stay at home moms incorporates yoga, meditation and relaxation
New moms and stay at home moms may be dealing with anger, irritability, crankiness, and exhaustion. You might feel overwhelmed doing all of the household responsibilities like doing laundry or washing the floors. As well, it might feel like there’s no one else to socialize with or talk to during your day except for your newborn. Many times, new mothers feel a sense of anxiety that something bad will happen to their baby.
Postpartum depression is very real.
New mothers may experience depression where they don’t feel connected to their baby. Or, they feel angry at their baby for taking their time and body. There might be a variety of intense, frustrating, irritable emotions you experience as a new mother because of this major adjustment to life. The time you want to have for yourself at night is now time for feeding your baby. Also, the sound night sleep you used to get through is now broken due to feedings. Your body may physically be in pain from the experience of giving birth. More so, if you had a traumatic birth experience, you may have posttraumatic stress disorder from the process of giving birth. Relaxation skills through yoga therapy, mindfulness, and meditation can help new mothers and stay at home moms develop calmness. Furthermore, inner peace and relaxation skills are possible through working with a holistic therapist. Also, you can end your counseling session with mindfulness meditation to gain grounding and self-care skills. This way, you can lower your anxiety, develop more confidence, and relax your mind.
Therapy for new mothers and stay at home moms supports self-care
Right now, you feel a lot of overwhelm and responsibility. Your newborn relies on you. As well, if you don’t take care of your home, nothing will get done. And, you might feel completely overwhelmed in this new role of mother. Additionally, postpartum depression, anxiety, and the loss of identity can lead to mental health issues. It might feel like you don’t recognize yourself. Then, the clothes you want to wear don’t fit your body anymore. As well, it might feel like your partner comes home from their day at work and just wants to kick back and relax. It feels like your partner doesn’t understand that you need a break. And, you wish they helped more with chores.
Your friends and family don’t seem to understand that you are working a full-time job being a stay at home mother.
Also, the cooking, cleaning, meal prep, laundry, and household chores all fall on your shoulders. Sometimes, you wonder if you will ever get a break.
There’s no relief, you can clock out, go off shift, and there is no one to relieve you. As well, your days feel repetitive and boring. At the end of the day, you never feel appreciated by your loved ones. Therapy for new mothers and stay at home moms helps with feelings of depression and isolation.
How counseling in Connecticut can help?
In general, counseling can help you unload in a healthy way. Instead of numbing out behaviors or feeling depressed or frustrated, you can have healthy outlets for big emotions. What you’re going through is very normal. Working with a therapist can give you a self-care toolbox and positive ways to cope. You can get through this with confidence and clarity with the help of a therapist who specializes with new mothers. In time, you can feel self acceptance, gain inner peace, and simply feel listened to and heard. You can meet on video if that is more convenient or in person in southeastern Connecticut!
