Therapy for Postnatal Depression

Postnatal depression can be painful because it often arrives at a time when people expect you to feel grateful or joyful. You may love your child and still feel low, frightened, numb, angry, guilty, or unlike yourself.

Moffat can support the emotional work around postnatal depression and adjustment. Medical support is also important, especially if symptoms are severe or you feel unsafe.

How this can show up

• Low mood, tearfulness, numbness, irritability, or panic
• Feeling disconnected from yourself, your baby, or your partner
• Guilt about not feeling how you expected to feel
• Intrusive thoughts that frighten you
• Exhaustion that goes beyond normal tiredness

What counselling with Moffat can focus on

Sessions can help you speak honestly without being judged. Moffat can support work around identity, expectations, birth experience, relationship strain, family pressure, and the quiet grief of how much life has changed.

Starting sessions

If you think you might harm yourself or your baby, seek urgent help immediately from emergency services, a hospital, or a trusted person nearby. Counselling can support the ongoing recovery once safety is in place.