Therapy for High Risk Pregnancy
Talk openly about the fears no one wants to say out loud
Manage anxiety, stress, and the emotional toll of complications
Process medical trauma and uncertainty
Feel seen and supported through a scary and isolating time
Strengthen your coping tools and emotional resilience
It’s okay if you’re not glowing. It’s okay if you’re just trying to get through each day.
A high-risk pregnancy can flip everything upside down. Maybe you were excited to feel the baby kick—and now every new symptom feels like a threat. Maybe you’re constantly monitoring your body, feeling more like a patient than a person. Maybe you’re carrying around fear, guilt, or grief, and don’t have anyone you can really talk to about it.
This isn’t the pregnancy you imagined—and it’s okay to feel heartbroken about that.
At Matrescene Therapy, we offer a space to exhale. To cry. To say the things you’re afraid to say out loud. And to find moments of grounding in the middle of a very difficult time.
There’s no “right way” to feel during a high-risk pregnancy.
You might be feeling:
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Constantly anxious or hypervigilant
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Disconnected from your pregnancy or baby
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Overwhelmed by doctor’s appointments and medical decisions
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Isolated from friends who don’t understand what you’re going through
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Guilty for not feeling more grateful—or terrified that something will go wrong
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Stuck between hope and fear every single day
These are not just “normal pregnancy worries.” The emotional load of a high-risk pregnancy is real—and heavy. Therapy offers a place to unload that weight and care for your mental health in a time that often demands everything from you.
Support that meets you where you are.
This is already hard. Therapy shouldn’t make it harder. Here’s how we make sure your care is responsive, flexible, and truly supportive:
- Your story matters: Whether you’re navigating medical complications, prior loss, or fears of the unknown, we’ll create space for every part of your story—without judgment or platitudes.
- Come as you are: Cry. Vent. Be quiet. Be scared. Show up in your pajamas. However you’re doing today is okay.
- Privacy and safety: Our therapists understand the sensitive nature of high-risk pregnancy and offer a confidential, safe space to talk through your experience without pressure or expectations.
- We hold hope and fear together: You don’t have to “think positive” to be supported here. We believe in honoring the complexity of what you’re feeling—without rushing past it.
When everything is focused on keeping your pregnancy physically safe, your mental health can start to feel invisible. But you matter. Your well-being matters. And you’re allowed to need support, even if the people around you are just saying “hang in there.”
Whether you’re facing constant monitoring, bedrest, premature labor risks, a history of loss, or simply a deep sense of overwhelm—therapy is a place where you can be held through it all.
You don’t have to be strong all the time. You don’t have to do this alone.
Your Pregnancy is High Risk. Your Mental Health Doesn’t Have to Be.
Cope with Uncertainty
Navigate Guilt, Fear, and Grief
Stay Connected to Yourself and Your Baby
Build Strength and Emotional Resilience
MATRESCENCE THERAPY
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Phone number: 224-999-0591
Virtual Sessions Throughout Chicagoland & Illinois
*This is a virtual practice.
All sessions are held through video. You must be residing in Illinois.