Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Other Services
White Orchid Therapy and Wellness specializes in treating:
- Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, and Mood Issues
- Birth Trauma
- Pregnancy Loss
- Pregnancy Complications
- Marital Strain
- Changing Roles and Dynamics with Family/Relatives
- Work/Life Balance Pressures
- Parenting Challenges
- Unexpected Medical Outcomes and NICU stays
- Infertility
- Adoption Issues
Prenatal and Postpartum Journey Support (PJs) offers flexible options to meet you where you are:
- In-Person Individual Counseling, conveniently located in Newtown Square, PA
- Telehealth Visits, for convenient Individual Counseling that fits into your busy schedule
- PJs Support Group, for those looking to connect with other moms to explore the struggles of being a new mother with the goal of problem-solving, learning new strategies, and healing.
The focus of PJs is to:
- learn simple and effective coping tools and strategies for managing and alleviating your symptoms
- build a sense of community to reduce isolation, loneliness, and withdraw
- have authentic, open, honest, non-judgmental conversations to reduce feelings of shame and guilt.
- build resiliency and confidence for managing future stressors and hardships that may arise.
PJs Support Group
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Are you worried about the way you feel?
- Are you having upsetting thoughts that you can’t get out of your mind?
- Are you feeling sad or depressed?
- Do you feel anxious or panicky?
- Do you have extreme worry or fear about the health and safety of your baby?
- Do you feel irritable or angry with those around you?
- No one understands how you feel, not even you?
- Do you find that you are isolating yourself and avoiding those around you?
- Are you having problems with eating or sleeping?
- Feeling trapped by the needs and schedules of those who depend on you, leaving little to no time left for yourself?
- Don’t recognize yourself?
- Do you feel as if you are “out of control” or “going crazy?”
- Are you questioning if you should have ever become a parent?
- Do you experience flashbacks or feel frightened or triggered by past traumatic events?
- Are you having thoughts that those around you would be better off without you?
Any of these symptoms, and many more, could indicate that you have a form of perinatal mood or anxiety disorder. White Orchid Therapy and Wellness is here to help. You came to the right place. Your symptoms are treatable and you can feel better.
White Orchid Therapy and Wellness has extensive training and experience in treating perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. 1 in 7 Moms and 1 in 10 Dads suffer from postpartum depression. You are not alone. With that being said, your journey is unique and your story matters. What is most important and most effective, starts with getting to know you and your specific story, struggles, needs, and wants. Being a new mom is hard. But it doesn’t have to feel that way all the time.
Modeling a commitment to your own self-care and wellness is one of the greatest gifts you can give not only to yourself, but to your loved ones.