Perinatal Mental Health Counseling
Perinatal Mental Health Counseling in Frederick, MD
Trying to conceive, navigating pregnancy, adjusting to life postpartum, or experiencing pregnancy or infant loss can bring a wide range of emotions. Anxiety, depression, grief, overwhelm, and uncertainty can arise during these major life transitions. But you don’t have to navigate them alone.
At By Your Side Counseling Services, we provide compassionate, individualized perinatal mental health counseling for individuals navigating the many emotional experiences of becoming and being a parent.
Support may include:
Trying to conceive and infertility
IVF and reproductive challenges
Pregnancy anxiety and depression
Postpartum anxiety and depression
Birth trauma and difficult birth experiences
Pregnancy, miscarriage, and infant loss
Adjustment to parenthood and changes in identity
Parenting stress and overwhelm
Relationship and emotional challenges during the perinatal period
Being a new mom, mom of multiples, working mom, stay-at-home mom, and all the stages of motherhood in between
April Widdes, LCPC, has completed advanced training in perinatal mental health, including specialized education in perinatal mental health disorders and components of perinatal mental health care. Her advanced training allows her to provide informed, compassionate support tailored to the unique emotional needs of the perinatal period.
Therapy may incorporate evidence-based approaches including CBT, trauma-informed care, and other individualized interventions.
You don’t have to wait until things feel unmanageable to seek support. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety during pregnancy, adjusting to life after birth, navigating infertility, or grieving a loss, therapy can provide a safe space to process what you’re experiencing and feel supported along the way.
Perinatal mental health counseling is available with April Widdes, LCPC, in Frederick, Maryland, with Telehealth available throughout Maryland.
Providers at By Your Side Counseling Services, LLC who provide perinatal counseling: