Begin Healing Together with Postpartum Couples Therapy
Improve partner communication
Divide up responsibilities
Reconnect emotionally and intimately
Manage stress and resolve conflicts
Create a supportive environment
Helping couples grow together during the transition to parenthood.
Becoming a parent can really change the way you connect with your partner. The excitement of welcoming a baby is mixed with new responsibilities, sleepless nights, and emotional highs and lows that can feel overwhelming. It’s common for couples to notice a shift in their relationship as you both adjust to your new roles. The balance between you may feel different, especially when it comes to sharing parenting duties, managing stress, or finding time for each other. These changes can sometimes lead to feelings of frustration or disconnect.
Therapy provides a space to address common postpartum challenges. With open communication and support, couples can navigate this transition together and come out stronger, finding new ways to support each other as parents and partners.
Small steps toward a stronger partnership and happier home.
We’re here to support couples who have recently welcomed a baby or are finding parenthood more challenging than expected. Having a baby is a huge life change, and it’s natural for it to bring up new challenges and shifts in your relationship. Couples therapy for postpartum can be a valuable way to navigate these changes together and strengthen your connection during this transition.
Here are some of the topics we can explore together:
- Dividing responsibilities and sharing the mental load of parenting
- Supporting moms in their postpartum recovery and well-being
- Strengthening your bond with your baby as a team
- Addressing intimacy concerns and reconnecting as partners
- Improving communication and resolving conflicts
- Managing stress and finding emotional balance
- Building mutual emotional support as you grow into parenthood together
We’re here to help you and your partner find your way through this season with more understanding, teamwork, and connection.
Personalized care for the unique challenges of parenthood.
Moving forward starts with making time to prioritize your relationship. Therapy offers a supportive, judgment-free space to talk openly, gain new perspectives, and create practical strategies for handling the stresses of parenthood. With guided support, you and your partner can move forward with greater confidence and connection.
Our sessions are tailored to your needs as a couple, offering flexible options to fit your busy life as new parents. Whether you’re navigating emotional challenges, communication struggles, or concerns about intimacy, our therapists provide a compassionate space to find solutions together.
Sessions are typically 45-55 minutes. Our first session will focus on things you are concerned about currently, as well as learning a little more about you. We will work together to determine goals and ways that therapy can help you navigate your relationship and being a new parent.
What is Matrescence?
Matrescence is the physical, psychological, and emotional change that occurs during the process of becoming a mother. However, here at Matrescence we consider it to be ALL parenthood, not just motherhood. It is considered a developmental phase, much like adolescence, that can involve a variety of things such as hormonal shifts, body changes, identity reconstruction, and relationship transitions. The four components that contribute to the challenges of matrescence are:
- Changing Family Dynamics: adding a child or children to a relationship undoubtedly causes strain and stress
- Ambivalence: the push and pull of wanting a baby close, but also an intense desire for space
- Fantasy vs. Reality: anticipating parenthood will go one way, and then discovering it may look different
- Guilt and Shame: fear that one may never live up to the “perfect” parent.
If you and/or your partner feel these challenges, contact us to learn more about
how we can help.
Insurance & Payment Information
We are currently in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO, BCBS Blue Choice, Cigna/Evernorth, Aetna, and United Healthcare plans. We strongly recommend checking with your individual plan to inquire about therapy benefits. You may be responsible for co-payment or other costs. If we are out of network with your provider and you would like to submit through your insurance, we are able to provide you with a receipt (known as a “superbill”). You are then able to submit this to your provider for reimbursement, if your plan provides this type of coverage.
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