Parenting and Postpartum Therapy in San Francisco
Evidence-Based Strategies for Parent Counseling
If you are a parent, and especially a first-time parent, it’s common to experience periods of stress, overwhelm, and even depression. Navigating the uncertainties of parenthood while balancing other life stressors is often an ongoing journey. At mindfulSF, we use practical evidence-based treatment strategies to support parents with navigating the daily challenges of parenthood.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the responsibilities of navigating your own life and also supporting your child’s wellbeing? Are you unsure of how to respond to your child’s behavioral issues or anxiety? Are you a new parent struggling with postpartum anxiety, OCD, or depression? If so, we are here to help!
We provide support for co-parenting, postpartum depression and more:
Supporting your child with worry/anxiety/OCD.
Managing difficult child behaviors.
Postpartum depression for moms.
Male postpartum depression.
Postpartum OCD.
Postpartum anxiety.
OCD related to your child.
Child parent psychotherapy
Collaboration and communication issues between parenting partners.
You are the expert of your own parenting journey. We are here to offer skills that can complement what you are already doing. All of the therapy we offer is collaborative and uniquely tailored to support you with living the way you want to as both a parent and an individual.
“Approximately 70% to 80% of women will experience, at a minimum, the ‘baby blues’. Many of these women will experience the more severe condition of postpartum depression or a related condition.”
Treatment Options for Parenting Therapy in the Bay Area
For Postpartum depression, anxiety, and OCD we use a combination of evidence-based treatment methods that include CBT, ACT, and Mindfulness and Self-Compassion.
For parents interested in support for navigating struggles their children are experiencing, we teach practical strategies for behavioral management, emotion regulation, relational mindfulness, and self-compassion skills. These strategies can enhance feelings of calm and connectedness, and can assist with creating more space for you to support your child with what they are needing.
Want Parenting Therapy or Postpartum Support in the Bay Area?
Both individual therapy And/or mindfulSF wellness classes can be beneficial.
mindfulSF offers parenting therapy for postpartum depression — including male postpartum depression — co-parenting counseling, child parent psychotherapy and more in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area. Online services also offered across California.