Learn how you can start to enjoy parenthood.
Postpartum Depression Treatment In Duluth, GA
In-person in Duluth, GA & online throughout the US
Have you been feeling depressed or anxious since the birth of your child?
Maybe you can’t sleep, or perhaps you’ve been fighting more with your partner. You may be having a hard time keeping up with everything you have to do, or you find yourself constantly worrying.
Are you starting to feel the impact of depression or anxiety on your everyday life?
You feel like you can’t enjoy parenthood, or at least you’re not enjoying it as much as everyone else seems to
Your relationship with your partner is suffering.
You feel guilty for not ‘enjoying every moment’ with your child, and you’re super hard on yourself any time you feel like you’re not succeeding at parenting.
It can be hard to drag yourself out of bed in the morning, and there’s no way you’re going to get everything done that’s on your never ending to do list.
It may feel impossible, but you can feel better. You can get to a place where parenthood feels easier and more joyful.
Symptoms of Postpartum Depression
-Depressed or irritable mood
-Lack of interest of pleasure in things you used to enjoy
-Problems sleeping or eating
-Difficulties concentrating or making decisions
-Problems bonding with the baby
-Fatigue/Exhaustion, even when you have slept enough
-Problems taking care of personal hygiene
-Suicidal ideation/thoughts of death
Symptoms of Postpartum Anxiety
-Frequent worrying about many different things (i.e., the baby’s health, whether you are a good parent, whether you have purchased the best baby supplies, if you are feeding the baby enough of the right kind of food)
-Panic attacks
-Insomnia, even when the baby is able to sleep
-Obsessive thoughts about something happening to the baby, or about you doing something awful to the baby even though this is not something you would ever want to do
-Muscle tension
-Fatigue
-Difficulties concentrating
-Irritability/Anger/Rage
Treatment For Postpartum Depression & Anxiety Can Help You
As a therapist certified in perinatal mental health, I have years of experience helping pregnant women and new parents cope with symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety. As someone who struggled with postpartum depression and anxiety myself, I know how overwhelming those symptoms can be, and how hard it can be to reach out for help. I also know that therapy can be tremendously useful in treating those symptoms and in being able to get to a place where you can enjoy parenthood.
WHAT WE’LL DO TOGETHER
As a skilled postpartum depression and anxiety therapist in Duluth, GA, I can help you:
Explore the root of your problems
Before solving a problem, it is important to understand where it started and how it developed. When it comes to therapy for postpartum depression and anxiety, this often involves looking at what factors contributed to the development of your symptoms and ways they are being maintained.
Decrease your symptoms
You are probably most interested in figuring out how you can start to feel better. We will spend a lot of our time talking about things that you can do to decrease your feelings of anxiety and depression and ways that you can start to feel happy and more at home in your role as a parent.
Improve your relationships
It is common to have relationship difficulties when you become a new parent and when you are struggling with anxiety or depression. Therefore, therapy will also focus on how you can deal with these struggles and improve the communication in your relationship so that you can get the support you need.
Common questions about postpartum depression and anxiety treatment
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For therapy sessions we will either meet online or in my office in Duluth, GA. In general, during therapy sessions we will talk about the issues that you are struggling with and focus on understanding both where these issues come from and ways that you can cope with your situation. We will discuss what you can do to decrease your symptoms and how you can improve your relationships. I take an active role in therapy sessions, meaning that I talk frequently and often provide feedback.
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It’s common for people who are experiencing postpartum depression or anxiety to feel isolated and alone in their experience and to believe that no other parents are feeling this way. However, it’s much more common than you might think. Believe it or not, one in seven women and one in ten men experience postpartum depression. Also, one in ten women experience postpartum anxiety. You are not alone in what you are experiencing, and there are effective treatments available to help you feel better.
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Yes, you can still be experiencing postpartum depression or anxiety even if your child is almost one year old. If you do not receive treatment for your symptoms of postpartum depression or anxiety it is possible that these symptoms will continue throughout your child’s first year of life. This is why early detection of your symptoms and being able to receive effective treatment are so important.
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Therapy is an investment, not only of money, but also of time and energy. My guess is that you’ve tried other things to improve your situation, but that these things haven’t helped. Often people have been struggling for a long time, and have lost months or years of their life to their symptoms. It is often worth it to meet with a postpartum depression and anxiety therapist who has been helping people for many years to see how much you may be able to improve with treatment.
Begin therapy for postpartum depression or therapy for postpartum anxiety in Duluth, GA
You don’t have to keep dealing with your symptoms on your own. Therapy can provide you with support and coping skills to deal with your feelings of depression or anxiety. As a therapist certified in perinatal mental health, I specialize in helping individuals work through the feelings that come up as they adjust to their new role as a parent. To start your therapy journey, follow these simple steps:
Click the Schedule Free Consultation button below.
Book a free, 15 minute phone consultation with me to talk more about what you are looking for from therapy and to ask me any questions you have for me about the process.
Schedule your first therapy session to start learning how you can reduce your symptoms and begin to enjoy parenthood.
Other services available from Ginny Kington, Psy.D.
Treatment for postpartum depression and anxiety isn’t the only mental health service I provide. Oftentimes, if you are struggling with symptoms of postpartum depression or anxiety, you may have been through a traumatic birth experience, or you may be experiencing a chronic illness. Therapeutic services are available in all of these areas. I am able to provide these services in my office in Duluth, Georgia or online in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington DC, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
