Therapy for Pregnancy, Postpartum and Beyond

Perinatal Mental Health Therapy in Maryland

“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” — Jill Churchill

You’re not failing. You’re navigating a broken system.

Anxiety and mental health challenges during pregnancy and postpartum are incredibly common, but they’re often dismissed, minimized, or misunderstood. At MWC, we specialize in perinatal mental health, including postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, and postpartum OCD, for clients across Maryland and Pennsylvania.

We’re here to tell you:
You’re not broken. You’re not alone. And therapy can help.

The Truth About Perinatal Mental Health

Ah, the “shoulds” of motherhood: how you should feel, think, or parent. You may be hearing:

“You should be grateful.”

“This is the happiest time of your life.”

“Just enjoy every moment.”

But those messages often conflict with your reality: sleepless nights, scary thoughts, guilt, and overwhelm.

Whether you’re trying to conceive, pregnant, or postpartum, you deserve support from someone who gets it.

Pregnancy & Postpartum Mental Health Challenges We Treat

Before Pregnancy / TTC (Trying to Conceive)

  • Anxiety about making the “right” choice to try for a baby

  • Grief, guilt, or envy related to infertility or others’ pregnancies

  • Obsession with tracking ovulation, symptoms, and timing

  • Stress about your body, your relationship, and future identity

    During Pregnancy

  • Constant worry about your baby’s health or development

  • Feeling disconnected from your baby or your pregnancy

  • Intrusive thoughts or persistent “what if” scenarios

  • Fear that you’re already failing as a parent

  • Worry about exposures, risk, and everything you put in and on your body

  • Hyperfixation on nutrition, safety, and lifestyle choices

  • Excessive checking for baby movement or health (kick counts!!)

    Postpartum Anxiety, Depression & OCD

  • Repetitive, upsetting thoughts about your baby’s safety

  • Fear of being alone with your baby or acting impulsively

  • Obsessive checking (breathing, temperature, safety monitors)

  • Mental compulsions or rituals to manage anxiety

  • Feeling trapped, numb, or disconnected

  • Intense guilt around feeding choices or sleep schedules

  • Avoidance of certain situations out of fear or shame

  • Anxiety and analysis over every decision “does switching to formula make me a bad mom?” “what kind of solids do we start with?”

  • Worries about the kind of relationship you have with your baby/children

  • Hypervigilance about germs, routines, and developmental milestones

These symptoms may point to postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, or postpartum OCD, and they are all treatable.

Pregnancy and postpartum can feel like a whirlwind of contradictions:

  • wanting to be with your baby and also wanting a break

  • being grateful for the opportunity to be pregnant and also feeling scared

  • wanting to sleep and rest and being unable to due to anxiety and worry

  • knowing that online fear-mongering isn’t useful and getting swept away in the anxiety anyway

  • wanting to utilize your village and also being afraid to leave your child with anyone else

  • appreciation for your changing body and struggling with it at the same time

  • wanting to return to work and feeling guilty for using childcare

  • knowing you are doing a great job and also having thoughts that you’re not

Our Approach to Postpartum and Perinatal Therapy

At MWC, we provide nonjudgmental, holistic care that:

  • Validates your experience without minimizing it

  • Helps you manage intrusive thoughts and anxiety

  • Teaches nervous system regulation and stress reduction

  • Supports your identity as a parent and a person

  • Respects cultural, physical, and systemic challenges of parenthood

  • Works with your real life, not against it

  • Holds space for you, the mother, as a whole person

Online Therapy for Perinatal Mental Health in Maryland

We offer secure, virtual therapy across Maryland and Pennsylvania, so whether you're in Baltimore, Silver Spring, Columbia, or anywhere else in the state, help is just a click away.

You’re not overreacting. You’re overwhelmed.

And for good reason. The system doesn’t support mothers. That doesn’t make you the problem.

If you're experiencing postpartum anxiety, depression, or OCD, or struggling to adjust during pregnancy or early parenthood, we’re here to help.

Book your free 20-minute consultation today and get the support you deserve from a specialist in perinatal mental health in Maryland and Pennsylvania.