Tag Archive for: emotional well-being

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Evanston Therapy – Healing from Miscarriage, Yes it’s Possible. Helpful Advice from a Therapist to Heal Your Anxiety

The days in Evanston could fly by in a blur if you are suffering from a miscarriage. In our North Chicago-Evanston therapy practice, we walk alongside women who have seen their hopes of motherhood dashed. We grieve with you and hold space for you. When you are ready, we will be here to help you heal.

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Evanston therapy – Infertility: Coping with anxiety when you feel everyone is pregnant but you

You know you were made for motherhood, but it seems that your body doesn’t agree. You and your partner have done all of the things trying to conceive…having sex more often, especially near ovulation, maintaining a healthy weight, cutting out caffeine, alcohol, and cigarettes. Our Evanston therapists grieve with you and hold space for the hole in your heart. We want to help you cope with the anxiety on your infertility journey.



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Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression? I’m not sure. How do I know?

Life has just hired you to do the hardest, most stressful job that you have ever had. You feel constantly overwhelmed and underprepared. Never has a job required so much of all of who you are; never have you felt the least in a position to give it.

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Loneliness, no joy, severe anxiety after giving birth: Is it postpartum depression?

Isn’t it odd how we can feel so lonely like we are the only one experiencing something? Our “mom anxiety” kicks in, and we have imagined the most horrible circumstances that no one else has ever lived. Add in the fatigue and sleep deprivation of caring for a newborn, and the perfect storm swirls around us, threatening to sink our ship.

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Pregnancy Depression? How to Know and What to Do for you and baby

You might be like many other pregnant women. Somewhere in the course of your pregnancy, you no longer feel like getting out of bed. Nothing seems to console you and you can’t stop crying. You spend your days going from your bed to your couch. The television blares constantly and barely dampens the sadness you feel. You have had a few suicidal thoughts, but you feel like you would never act on them. You’ve been thinking maybe you should see someone who does counseling for moms.