Therapy for Prenatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Texas, Illinois, DC, Washington, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida & More (PSYPACT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps you identify and challenge distorted thinking patterns and beliefs, and replace them with more realistic and functional thoughts. It focuses on the interaction between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, aiming to change negative thought patterns and maladaptive behaviors to improve emotional regulation and develop healthier coping strategies.

What does CBT help with?

  • Prenatal/Postpartum Depression: Helps you identify and change harmful thought patterns linked to depression, such as feeling disconnected from your baby, losing interest in developmental milestones, feeling like a failure as a parent, and more.

  • Prenatal/Postpartum Anxiety: Helps with anxiety, such as about your baby’s health, fear of miscarriage, anxiety about birth defects, hyper-vigilance to fetal movements, fear about being a good parent, and more.

  • Prenatal/Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Helps you face obsessional thoughts and lessen compulsive behaviors, such as thoughts of harming your baby, doing something to cause a miscarriage or permanently damage your baby, re-checking test results, overly monitoring your baby, and more.

  • Prenatal/Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Helps you deal with thoughts and emotions from trauma while lessening avoidance, including trauma such as miscarriage, stillbirth, traumatic birth, reactivated sexual trauma during medical procedures, and more.

  • General stress about early pregnancy, parenthood, life transitions, relationship conflict.