Therapy for Parenting After Loss
Honor the grief that still lives inside you
Hold space for both heartbreak and hope
Understand how trauma and loss shape your parenting experience
Work through fear, anxiety, and guilt in this new chapter
Feel more grounded, connected, and safe in your parenting journey
It’s Okay If This Joy Feels Heavy.
It’s okay if this joy feels heavy.
Maybe you’re parenting after a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, or the death of an older child. Maybe your baby is here—and so is your grief. Maybe you’re flooded with love and fear, gratitude and guilt, tenderness and terror—sometimes all in the same hour.
You’re holding so much, quietly.
And you might be thinking:
“I should feel lucky—but I’m still grieving.”
“What if something happens again?”
“How do I parent this child without forgetting the one I lost?”
At Matrescence Therapy, we know that parenting after loss is layered. It’s sacred. It’s complicated. And it deserves gentle, spacious support—without pressure to “move on.”
You’re Not Doing It Wrong- It’s Just that Complex
Grief doesn’t go away when a new baby arrives. In fact, parenting after loss often brings your grief into sharper focus—alongside a new depth of love, fear, and emotional vulnerability.
You might be experiencing:
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Heightened anxiety or hypervigilance about your child’s health or safety
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Guilt for bonding, or guilt for struggling to bond
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Emotional overwhelm, exhaustion, or detachment
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Feeling triggered by reminders of your loss
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Isolation from others who don’t understand the duality you’re living
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Fear of history repeating itself
None of this makes you ungrateful or unwell—it makes you human. You are loving through grief. Healing while holding. And trying to parent with a heart that has already known the unimaginable.
Therapy can help you carry it all with more gentleness, clarity, and compassion for yourself.
Support That Honors Your Grief
and Growth
The pressures of parenting can feel nonstop. And after experiencing loss, there’s often more beneath the surface. But just because it’s expected doesn’t mean you have to carry it alone. Therapy offers a space to lay it all down—the grief, the anxiety, the invisible weight of parenting after heartbreak. Here’s what you can expect:
Flexible sessions: Our 45–55 minute sessions are designed with real life in mind. Whether you need to step away for a moment of grounding, tend to a baby while grieving the one who came before, or speak the unspeakable—we’re here for it. We’ll meet you exactly where you are.
Collaborative planning: We’ll start by talking about how your experience of loss is shaping your parenting now, and we’ll create a personalized plan to support you as you navigate this tender, complex journey.
Therapists who get it: Our therapists understand the layered emotions of parenting after loss—the love, the fear, the hope, the ache. Whether you’re managing milestones, anniversaries, or quiet moments that suddenly feel heavy—we’re here to hold space for it all, without judgment.
You don’t have to carry the weight of grief and parenting alone. We’re here to walk alongside you—gently, thoughtfully, and with real care.
You don’t have to endure this season alone. Therapy can help.
Make Space for Grief in the Parenting Journey
Process Guilt, Fear, and Complex Emotions
Build Safety, Self-Trust, and Connection
Feel Less Alone in the After of It All
MATRESCENCE THERAPY
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Virtual Sessions Throughout Chicagoland, Illinois, & Indiana
*This is a virtual practice.
All sessions are held through video. You must be residing in Illinois or Indiana.