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5 Tips to Advocating for Your Own Mental Health
We’ve all been there… You’re at your doctor’s appointment when the physician asks: “Do you have anything specific you’d like to discuss today?” You don’t know what it is exactly, [...]
Worried About Sending Your Baby to Daycare? These 5 Tips Can Help
To all the parents out there preparing to send your baby to daycare for the first time, I see you. Whether you're "ready" or not, taking that leap and trusting [...]
Parenting Solo: How to Best Prepare for When Your Partner Has to Travel
Let’s face it, having a spouse who travels for work isn’t always easy. Aside from the feelings of longing and loneliness, you have to tackle all the day-to-day responsibilities alone [...]
Supporting Parents After Infant Loss & Miscarriage
The holidays are one of the happiest times of the year. But for parents grieving an infant loss or miscarriage, it can also be incredibly painful. From holiday music on [...]
5 Tips for the Introverted Mom
It's a statement I hear from almost all of my patients: "I love my child, but the non-stop togetherness isn't easy." The on-demand nature of having a new baby can [...]
When Dad is Depressed: The Facts About Paternal Depression
Whether you’ve experienced it firsthand or not, most of us are familiar with the reality of postpartum depression. In the United States alone, roughly 70% to 80% of women will [...]
No One is Okay — and That’s Okay. But Then What?
Some days are rough. Sometimes it’s a whole week or month. And, if you’ve lived through 2020 and the first part of 2021, you know hard times can last for [...]
Lack of Intimacy After Baby — and How to Handle It
Let's face it — a baby changes everything. (And I do mean everything.) From the raging hormones to how your body feels and looks to the seismic life shift that [...]
Pelvic Floor Therapy: Expert Q & A with Katie Bayer
As a perinatal therapist, I often hear about how physical body changes related to pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period impact emotional well-being. My patients regularly talk about self-esteem, [...]
Feeling Overwhelmed by Motherhood? Try This Strategy
Before we get into the bulk of this blog, I want to start with two simple statements that are indisputably true. Fact #1: Every new mother, no matter the circumstances, [...]
Parenting Mistakes Aren’t Only Inevitable, They’re Important
Do a quick hashtag search for #momfails or #dadfails, and you’ll see it for yourself… Thousands upon thousands of posts dedicated to the most embarrassing, surprising, and downright epic parenting [...]
Mom Guilt is Real. Here’s How to Understand & Overcome It.
Motherhood. It’s an experience with extreme highs and super-low lows. In other words, a relentless roller coaster of emotions. These peaks and valleys can make motherhood simultaneously feel like the [...]
TogetherWell is thrilled to announce a new team member!
TogetherWell is thrilled to announce that Sabrina Gibb has joined our clinical team! Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Sabrina is a licensed graduate professional counselor (LGPC) who is passionate about [...]
Coping Tools for Fertility, Prenatal & Postpartum Anxiety
As a psychotherapist specializing in perinatal and maternal mental health, one of the most common reasons women come to me is for help managing anxiety around uncertainty. Sometimes it's [...]
Considering Mental Health Medication Use During Your Perinatal Journey
The perinatal period is often a time when women feel more acutely aware of how the health of their body impacts the health of their baby. This can mean [...]
Welcome to TogetherWell
It is with so much joy and excitement that I can welcome you to TogetherWell! Periods of life transition and adjustment are often made worse by the loneliness that we [...]
Preparing for Seasonal Depression in the Time of COVID
As the summer winds down to an end and school & work resume, many of us are struggling with the chronic fatigue and stress that operating in a COVID-19 world [...]
Tips for Hiring In-Person Childcare During the COVID Pandemic
Whether you have an infant, toddler or a school aged child(ren), the thought of heading into the fall can be daunting. Managing the stress of working, virtual school, and infant [...]
Coping With Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
After the birth of their babies, at least 1 in 7 women (likely even a larger number than that, because it often goes unrecognized and unreported) experience postpartum depression and/or [...]
Tips for New Mothers During COVID-19 Pandemic
The experience of pregnancy and the postpartum period can feel overwhelming and isolating, even in the best circumstances. Pregnant and postpartum moms are now even more likely to experience mental [...]
Maternal Mental Health and Managing Unsolicited Advice
Regardless of where you are in your reproductive journey, you have likely already experienced unsolicited, and sometimes intrusive, advice and questions. Sometimes these are from well-meaning family members or friends, [...]
Balancing the Holidays & Infertility
The holidays can be an extremely difficult time for those experiencing infertility. Holiday gatherings can cause anxiety, sadness, and even jealousy–it’s hard to see women who are pregnant or a [...]
Good Grief: Coping with Loss During the Holiday Season
The past or anticipated death of someone we love can be especially difficult during the holiday season, a time when many people around us are celebrating with close family and [...]
Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders: What to Look for and What You Can Do
Given all the changes that come with pregnancy and parenthood, you might be wondering if the emotional and physical differences you are feeling are cause for concern. While adjustments, including [...]