Pregnancy and Postpartum Support
Helping you navigate the emotional, relational, and mental health transitions that accompany pregnancy, the postpartum period, and parenthood.
There is no doubt that the journey of motherhood changes you. Some of that change is beautiful. Some of it is really, really hard. And a lot of the time, it's both at once.
Maybe you're lying awake doing mental math about your due date and feeling anxious. Maybe you're a few months postpartum and something feels off, but you can't quite name it. Maybe you're still trying to conceive, and every appointment feels like it could break you a little more. Maybe your birth didn't go the way you hoped, and you haven't told anyone how much that still sits with you.
Whatever brought you here, you're not overreacting and you're not alone. At Restorative Counseling Services, our Atlanta, Roswell, and telehealth therapists specialize in counseling women and families through infertility, pregnancy, birth, the postpartum period, and everything that comes after. Our therapists are trained in maternal mental health. This isn't general therapy applied to a hard moment. This is specialized, evidence-based care from clinicians who live and breathe maternal mental healthcare.
Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
This isn't just the Baby Blues — and it's Not Your Fault
If you've been feeling persistently sad, anxious, numb, or on edge since having your baby, you are far from alone, and these feelings are far more common than most people realize. About 1 in 7 women experience postpartum depression, and up to 1 in 5 experience postpartum anxiety. These are some of the most common complications of pregnancy and childbirth, yet they remain some of the most under supported. So many moms feel like they have to hold it together or worry that saying the truth out loud makes them a bad mother. It doesn't. It makes you human, and it means it's time for support.
You might be dealing with postpartum depression or anxiety if you're experiencing:
A sad, anxious, or "empty" feeling most days, which lasts more than two weeks
Racing thoughts, dread, or a constant sense that something bad is about to happen
Irritability, rage, or a shorter fuse than you typically had prior to childbirth
Guilt, hopelessness, or feeling like you're failing, even when you know you're doing your best
Trouble sleeping, even when the baby is finally asleep, or sleeping too much
Pulling away from your partner, friends, or family
Trouble focusing, remembering things, or making decisions
Scary, intrusive thoughts you can't shake and are afraid to say out loud
A hard time feeling bonded to your baby, or constantly doubting your ability to care for them
If any of this sounds familiar, please don't wait it out. Postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety are highly treatable, especially with support from a therapist who specializes in maternal mental health. Our perinatal counselors are trauma-informed and relationally focused. We use approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and somatic (body-based) therapy to help you feel like yourself again.
Click here or call 678.403.0112 to schedule your free consultation call with one of our perinatal mental health specialists.
If your symptoms are interfering with your ability to keep yourself or your baby safe, please reach out to a healthcare provider or crisis line immediately. You deserve support right now, right where you are.
Infertility & Pregnancy Loss
Guidance through the waiting or the grieving
The road to motherhood isn't always linear, and there are many parts of the journey that aren’t often talked about. If you're navigating infertility, IVF, recurrent loss, or the grief of a miscarriage or stillbirth, you may be carrying a kind of heartbreak that's hard for people around you to fully understand. The monthly hope and disappointment, the medical appointments that feel clinical and invasive, the isolation of grieving a baby or a future that others may not even know existed are too much to carry alone.
We provide a space to feel it all without rushing you toward "moving on" and without minimizing what this experience has cost you. Our therapists support women and couples through the emotional weight of infertility, pregnancy loss, and reproductive trauma, helping you hold onto hope while also honoring your grief.
We're here if you're facing:
The stress, grief, or identity shifts that come with infertility or fertility treatment
Miscarriage, stillbirth, or recurrent pregnancy loss
The emotional toll of IUI, IVF, or other assisted reproductive treatment
Complicated feelings around pregnancy after loss
Grief that friends, family, or even your partner may not fully understand or be able to help with
Difficult Pregnancies & Birth Trauma
When the Path to Motherhood Doesn't Go How You Planned
Not every pregnancy or birth story is the one you imagined. Some leave a mark that doesn't just fade over time. Maybe your pregnancy was high-risk, and every appointment felt like you were holding your breath the whole time. Maybe your delivery involved an emergency, a NICU stay, or moments where you felt scared, unheard, or out of control. Maybe nothing was medically "wrong," but something about the experience still doesn't sit right with you, and you don't know who you're allowed to say that to.
Birth trauma is real, it's valid, and it's more common than most people acknowledge. Our therapists, including clinicians with advanced training in somatic (body-based) trauma therapy, help you process what happened in your body and your mind, so the experience doesn't keep replaying in the background of your life.
Therapy can help if you're experiencing:
Flashbacks, intrusive memories, or anxiety related to your pregnancy or delivery
A racing heart, tension, or panic when you think about your birth experience
Fear around future pregnancies, medical appointments, or childbirth
A sense that you haven't fully processed what happened to you or your baby
Difficulty talking about your birth story without shutting down or spiraling out of control
Parenting & Family Transitions
Finding Your Footing in Motherhood and Your New Family Life
The transition into motherhood doesn't end six weeks postpartum. It keeps unfolding through sleepless newborn nights, the identity shift of becoming "mom", relationship changes with your partner, returning to work, and every new stage that follows. It's normal to grieve who you were before, even while loving who you're becoming. It's normal for your relationship to feel the strain of new roles and no sleep. It's normal to wonder who you are now.
Our counselors support women and couples through this ongoing adjustment, helping you and your family find steadier ground, reconnect with each other, and feel more like yourselves again.
We can help with:
Adjusting to your new identity and role as a parent
Relationship and marriage strain after having a baby
Returning to work and the guilt or grief that can come with it
Parenting multiple children, or the transition to baby #2 or #3
Feeling like you've lost yourself in caregiving
Meet our Perinatal Team
Victoria specializes in working with women and couples with a focus on perinatal mental health and medical trauma. She believes that the fear, grief, and intrusive thoughts that can hijack a woman's nervous system don't mean that something is deeply wrong. Rather that these experiences are common in the perinatal period and should be discussed and addressed. Victoria's advanced somatic training has equipped her to work with trauma that lives in the body, not just the mind.
Victoria C. Fahy, LCSW, SEP
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Somatic Experiencing Professional
Kat Kassman, LPC, PMH-C
Licensed Professional Counselor Perinatal Mental Health Professional
Kat specializes in working with couples and women who are in the perinatal season of life. She is extensively trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy which is the gold standard for couples' work. Kat is certified in Perinatal Mental Health through Postpartum Support International.
Kat is also a certified Gottman Bringing Baby Home (BBH) Educator. BBH is designed specifically to help couples prepare their relationship for becoming parents.
Julia Clark, LMSW Licensed Master Social Worker
Julia has advanced specialized training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), perinatal mental health, and trauma therapy. Through a mix of skills training and somatic therapy she helps new and expectant mothers address issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and the wide range of emotions that arise during the perinatal period.
If you would like to learn more about how to better navigate any aspect of your perinatal experience, please get in touch for a free consultative call with a perinatal support expert. Click below or call us at 678.403.0112.