Why New Moms Do Well with Online Counseling
As new moms, the time we have for ourselves is so fleeting. We have barely enough time to shower never mind a couple of hours or so to drive to and back from an office to meet with a therapist. It is also a time where we often want to cocoon ourselves at home, protecting ourselves and our newborn emotionally, and physically, from the outside world. It is at this time that we have to prioritize our needs and often our own self-care gets put to the wayside. For all these reasons and more it is important that we make therapy easily accessible for new Moms and Dads. One way that can be made possible is through access to online counseling for moms-to-be and new parents.
Advantages to Online Counseling for New Moms
You don’t need to exhaust yourself planning what you need when you leave the house- think planning to pump when away from your little one or getting the formula ready while you are out
You do not need to spend time driving to and from the appointment
It keeps you and your child safe
Allows you to work with a specialist that might not be in your area
Online Therapy for New Moms Saves Emotional Energy
In those early months and even years postpartum it takes so much time and effort to just leave the house. The prospect of having to think about what you might need if you leave the house, what items you might need for the baby, what you might need for yourself, can be so emotionally draining. We often don’t have that emotional and cognitive space to worry about those things, when our focus and priority needs to be on taking care of ourselves and a new baby. Online therapy for anxiety or maternal mental health needs allows you to do therapy in a safe place in your house or somewhere that you can speak confidentially.
Online Counseling Keeps You and Your Child Safe
In the midst of a world-wide pandemic leaving the house and possibly exposing ourselves and our newborn to a virus, especially COVID-19, can be anxiety producing. We might want to seek out the help we need for our mental strength, but worry that if we do, we are putting our family at risk. Online therapy, we serve individuals, couples and families in Florida, is a great way to get the help and extra support you might need while also feeling safe and lowering an unneeded anxiety. Even before the pandemic, many families and parents worry about limiting whom they see when they have a new baby at home. The reason for that might be their little one has not had all their vaccines yet, so they worry about any exposure. It also might be flu or cold season, therefore posing a risk to the newborn. All these worries can be avoided with online therapy.
Online Therapy Saves Time for New Moms
You have not slept a lot- new mom life. You are exhausted. Your eyes are watery from the lack of sleep, you can barely keep your eyes open at certain times of the day. Driving to an office is not what you want to do right now. You especially do not want to spend the time you do have in traffic. Online counseling can help you avoid all of that. You can talk to the therapist in the comfort of your own home, saving you time and mental energy.
Online Therapy Makes Therapy More Accessible
Depending on where you live you might not have access to the therapist that you want to see. You might not be able to access, or live close, to the specialist in the field. For example, you might be looking for a therapist that specializes in anxiety or maternal mental health. You looked up your area and looked up therapists that are within a certain distance to your house. You don’t want to have to drive too far and spend too much time in the car and you only have child care for a certain amount of time. You noticed that there isn’t an anxiety specialist or a maternal mental health specialist in your area. With online therapy this issue does not exist. As long as the therapist is licensed in your state, licensed in Florida- like we are-, then you can see an online therapist who lives anywhere in Florida.
We hope that this article has given you a few things to think about. I remember as a new mom I could only find a chiropractor that specialized in infant care that was a 45 minute drive away. I drove 45 minutes each way with my newborn. As soon as the 20-minute mark hit she would start to cry. The crying would break my heart. The traffic grated on my mental clarity. I struggled and dreaded having to drive all the way there and all the way back. The whole trip would cost me nearly 3 hours of my day. I knew it was important for my child’s health but it caused so much strain and stress on myself as a new mom. If there was a way to see her online, there isn’t with chiropractors, but if there was, I would have done it in a heartbeat.
Advantages to Online Therapy for New Moms
Not having to arrange child care
Not having to worry about what you need to bring with you, pack, or what you need to leave behind for the baby
You do not need to waste time driving to and from the appointment
It keeps you and your child safe
Allows you to work with a specialist that might not be in your area
Allows you to avoid traffic and the stress
Begin Therapy for Moms In Miami:
If you know a Mom who needs extra support postpartum, or you yourself need extra help postpartum, we offer counseling in Miami with our Miami therapists to new Moms and Dads. We offer counseling in Miami and online in Florida. To begin online therapy in Florida, follow these steps:
Contact our Miami counseling center,
Request an initial consultation appointment with a Miami therapist
Allow yourself the opportunity to heal and find peace through counseling.
Other Services at the Heard Counseling:
The Heard Counseling offers counseling and mental health services for couples adults and teenagers. We offers Couples Therapy in Miami and Online Couples Therapy in Florida from our therapy center based in Miami, Florida. In addition to therapy for moms, they also offer therapy for dads, postpartum anxiety and postpartum anxiety treatment, birth trauma treatment, infertility counseling and support, therapy for women and families who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss., and counseling for teens. Contact their counseling office to learn more about the many ways they can help you change your life for the better.