Therapy for New Parents

As a parent, your world has flipped upside down over night.

Being a parent is the hardest job in the world. It takes significant intention and effort to develop a child’s well-being. Although you love your children more than anything, it is normal to feel stressed, overwhelmed, or guilt at wishing for your old life back, or making it until bedtime.

Putting your oxygen mask on

Research shows that 1 in 14 children have a caregiver who struggles with their mental health. Although never intentional, this can have an impact on a family and child’s functioning.

When experiencing a sudden loss of air pressure on an airplane, you are asked to secure your own mask before securing your child’s mask. This is necessary. You cannot help your child if you also do not have access to air. Your mental health is the same.

I work with parents of toddlers and young children who are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and burnt out.

If you are struggling with

  • Being a working parent

  • Being a stay-at-home parent

  • Conflict within your partnership or marriage

  • Managing the daily tasks and schedules

  • Guilt over missing your previous life or feeling negative feelings toward your child

  • Behaviorally or medically-complex children

  • Constant fatigue

  • Reliving difficult aspects of your childhood

There is hope and relief. Together we can develop a plan that increases your contentment in your life and relationships.

FAQs

  • I take an integrative approach using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).

    Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a treatment that identifies difficulties with how we think about things and how that may affect our behavior (what we do) and emotions (how we feel).

    Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a treatment that fosters acceptance of our innermost thoughts and feelings and a commitment to moving in a direction of our values. It emphasizes acknowledging our difficult thoughts and feelings, rather than trying to deny them, and changing our reaction to those thoughts.

    Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a treatment that emphasizes mindfulness and distress tolerance for our intense and, at times, overwhelming emotions.

  • I am based in Dayton, Ohio, but I am also able to see clients in other states that are part of PsyPact:

    Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

  • I primarily offer telehealth therapy, but I also have limited availability for in-person therapy (depending on scheduling). Please give me a call or send me a message through this website and we can discuss scheduling.

  • I take Aetna insurance.

    If you do not have Aetna, you can use your out-of-network insurance benefits. I can provide a superbill that you can submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement.

  • Individual therapy session (50 minutes) $175

    Initial intake session (75 minutes) $200

  • I accept all credit cards and health savings account (HSAs).