Emotional Support From Pregnancy to After Birth
Parenting Counselling supports you emotionally with parenting advice your can trust - from pregnancy to after birth and beyond, so you can begin parenting with confidence. Some stress during pregnancy is very normal as your body goes through a myriad of changes and you come to terms with your new life as a parent. However, excess stress has been shown to be detrimental to your health, impacts your quality of sleep and can be harmful to your developing baby.
Experiencing high levels and long periods of stress has been shown to impact the growth and length of pregnancies and can increase the risks of health problems in your child later on in life. So, it's not something that should be ignored.
In addition to seeking the support of a medical doctor, midwife and/or birth doula, it's important to also have the support of a trained parenting counsellor to provided you with the emotional support you need as you transition from pregnancy to motherhood.
Parenting counselling after birth and beyond, is a proven way of receiving personalised support to deal with parenting stress, anxiety, overwhelm, exhaustion and so much more. The difference with Help For Mums parenting counselling is that we come from a parenting perspective. We have counselling professional women, mothers and couples for over 15 years. We know the challenges parents face in trying to maintain a healthy, happy and fulfilling life, whilst trying to raise healthy/happy children.
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Pregnancy and parenthood are very exciting but are often very daunting for new parents. If you're feeling worried, overwhelmed or just want someone to hold your hand along the way, Help For Mums is here to provide you with the parenting advice and support you need. Parenting stress often leads to parental burnout and sometimes to Depleted Mother Syndrome, which left untreated can cause depression, severe anxiety and illness. If you're unsure of whether you might need parenting counselling, have a look at the symptoms below to see if they resonate with you.
It's common to find yourself worrying about your pregnancy and getting overwhelmed by conflicting parenting advice about what you should and shouldn't do to grow a healthy baby. It's also very common to fear you're not doing enough or you're doing something wrong when your newborn arrives. As a parent, you may find yourself feeling overwhelmed by the never ending tasks, mess in the home, or competing work/life/parenting demands. Pushing yourself through exhaustion and stress often leaves you feeling highly worried, anxious or sad.
New mothers often report feeling alone and isolated after becoming parents. It's common for new mothers to lose themselves in parenting, feel anxious about leaving the house alone in case the baby needs a feed, nappy change or won't stop crying in public. This fear can cause mothers to isolate themselves alone to avoid being judged or criticised by others, or to have to listen to another piece of unwanted parenting advice. Unfortunately, these feelings of isolation can increase in parenthood with mothers having to juggle work demands whilst taking on most of the home and childrearing responsibilities. This leave little time for your own self care, to have fun with your children and/or partner, and to be social.
Being a new mum is very exciting and babies are wonderful, but they are also very vulnerable and a huge responsibility. New mothers often feel unprepared for the exhaustion, relentlessness and monotony of motherhood and are often not fully equipped with effective coping strategies to deal with the emotional rollercoaster of motherhood. This is where parenting counselling can really help to create more achievable family goals and create strategies to create more balance and harmony in the home. This is especially important for all overwhelmed parents, as parenting tasks keep mounting when children begin school, have increasing social events to attend, and begin to participate and compete in outside school activities and sports.
New parents often don't take the time to discuss their family values and the expectations of extended family members - prior to bringing a new baby into the home. This can cause couples to fight amongst themselves, or with family members who have competing values and beliefs about how a child should be raised and how often family members should look after children. Parenting counselling can support you to navigate these issues so they don't become major causes of parenting stress now, or down the track.
As a parent, you're likely to want everything to be perfect for your child. However, it's important to set aside time to manage your finances and to agree on when you return to work and in what capacity - prior to becoming parents. This will ensure you're on the same page with your partner and can enjoy your parental leave without having to stress about financial issues in the background. Parenting counselling can support you and your partner to discuss and manage financial issues prior to, or after having your child. At Help For Mums we also work closely with mothers in the workforce via career coaching. These sessions help mothers who are looking for a better work/life balance, those who want to start their own business, those who feel lost and want to find a new purpose, or need support to cope with the emotional, physical and financial issues that come with being a stay at home parent.
All our parenting counselling is provided online via Zoom or over the phone, so you don't have to worry about travel and can have your sessions from home, or even in the hospital when you really need that emotional support after childbirth. We offer daytime, evening and after hours sessions to meet the needs of busy parents.
6 parenting counselling sessions with pregnant and new mums (and their partners if preferred) - holding your hand from pregnancy to after birth. You can choose to begin your 6 week sessions any time during your pregnancy to maximise your support when you feel you will need it most. However, we find most mothers prefer to begin around the 7/8 month mark of their pregnancy to feel emotionally ready for the birth.
Pay as you go, personalised individual parenting counselling to help you and your co-parent deal with the challenges of parenting when living in separate households. We discuss topics such as how to continue to parent as a team and heal from past pain; how to agree on financial parenting responsibilities; how to agree of time spent with children and so on.
Pay as you go, parenting counselling sessions with mothers to cope with the pressures of motherhood. We delve into a range of issues such as how to reduce parenting stress, making self care a priority without feeling guilty and recovering from past trauma in order to parent effectively with confidence.
Don't wait until you're not coping any more. Get the help you need to be the positive parent you dream of.
Do you feel lost since becoming a mother?
Career coaching is all about helping you to thrive in motherhood, in your chosen career and how to find the best balance between working, being an individual and being a great mum. Book in for a FREE COACHING DISCOVERY SESSION to see if Career Coaching is right for you.
Are you tired of fighting? Is parenting stress impacting your relationship?
Couples counselling is about allowing an impartial person to support both you and your partner to understand each other better and to develop healthier ways of communicating, bringing back the fun in your relationship and increasing intimacy. It provides a safe space to talk and feel heard & heal.
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