Maternal Mental Health and Supports for New Families

The early stages of parenthood often bring intense changes, both emotionally and physically. Maternal mental health support provides a space where you can speak honestly about your experience without pressure to appear fine or grateful. Whether you’re feeling anxious, sad, disconnected, or unsure of yourself, therapy can help you make sense of these feelings and receive support without judgment. This care is available before and after birth, and includes support around fertility struggles, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, postpartum adjustment, and early parenting stress. You do not need to have a diagnosis or be in crisis to reach out. If you’re feeling impacted, you’re allowed to seek help.

Ways Counselling Can Support You

Support That Adapts to You

New parenthood can be both meaningful and disorienting. It is common to feel joy and grief at the same time, or to question whether you are doing enough. For many people, early caregiving comes with sleep deprivation, hormonal changes, identity shifts, and the loss of routines that once felt grounding. These experiences are often dismissed or minimized by others, which can leave parents feeling isolated. Therapy offers a place where all of it is welcome, even the thoughts or emotions you are not sure you should say out loud. A trained therapist can help you slow down, notice what is coming up for you, and offer care that is specific to your needs, not just your role as a parent. Support is available for a wide range of concerns, including fertility challenges, birth trauma, NICU stays, feeding struggles, changing relationships, and difficult transitions into parenthood. It can also support your emotional wellbeing if you are adjusting to caregiving in a nontraditional family structure, recovering from loss, or feeling unseen in your current role. Sessions are shaped by your pace and your goals. Whether you come for a few sessions or want longer-term support, this space can help you feel less alone and more emotionally resourced. You do not need to be falling apart to deserve support, you only need to be feeling impacted.

Counsellors who work with Families

Blooming Brains

Therapeutic Technologies

Vanessa Silva

MA, RCC

Priya DeSilva

MSW, RSW, RCC

Tasneem Kassam

MA, RCC

Rob Broughton

MC, RCC

Martha Isabel

MACP, RCC, RPC, EMDR

Keara Gillis

RSW, MSW

Elizabeth Partridge

RPN, BNSc, MN, RCC

Cecilia Yeung

MACP, RCC