The worry that never turns off.
Therapy for postpartum anxiety. Because you deserve to feel safe in your own mind again.
Your baby is sleeping, but you're wide awake checking the monitor, Googling symptoms, running through every worst-case scenario. You can't relax, even when everything is fine. Your body is tense, your thoughts are racing, and the smallest decisions feel impossible. You might snap at your partner over nothing, or feel a wave of panic when someone else holds your baby.
You're not crazy. You're not overreacting. You may be experiencing postpartum anxiety — a condition that affects up to 1 in 5 new mothers, and one that often goes unrecognized because it doesn't always look like "typical" anxiety.
Postpartum anxiety can show up as
Constant worry about your baby's health, safety, or development
Difficulty sleeping even when your baby is sleeping
Physical symptoms like a racing heart, chest tightness, nausea, or dizziness
Intrusive, scary thoughts about something bad happening to your baby
Needing to control everything to feel safe
Avoiding situations that trigger your anxiety (leaving the house, being alone with baby)
Many moms with postpartum anxiety appear completely fine on the outside. They're high-functioning, organized, holding it all together. But internally, they're exhausted from the constant vigilance. If this is you, please know: looking "fine" doesn't mean you don't need support.
How I help with postpartum anxiety
We'll work together to understand your anxiety — not just manage it. I use CBT to address anxious thought patterns, mindfulness and breathwork to help calm your nervous system in real time, and psychodynamic work to understand why motherhood may have activated anxiety in ways you didn't expect.
I trained at The Motherhood Center of New York, where I specialized in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. I understand the difference between normal new-parent worry and clinical anxiety that needs professional support — and I can help you figure out where you fall.
Anxiety doesn't have to run your motherhood.
I see clients virtually throughout New Jersey — including Montclair, South Orange, Maplewood, and Glen Ridge — and across 39+ states via PSYPACT.
Ready to feel like yourself again? Start with a free 15-minute consultation.