Fertility, Pregnancy & New Motherhood
At Olive Branch Therapy Group, we specialize in fertility and perinatal mental health. We offer a compassionate space to process your emotions, rebuild self-trust, and find steadiness in a season that can feel anything but. While this season can bring deep joy, it can also surface anxiety, exhaustion, grief, and emotions you didn't expect. You might feel grateful and overwhelmed at the same time—and that's okay.
The path to motherhood isn't always straightforward—and even when it is, it can feel heavier than expected.
Our therapists work with individuals and couples through all stages of the fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood journey, including:
Common Challenges We Support
- Infertility and the emotional toll of treatment cycles
- Miscarriage, stillbirth, and pregnancy loss
- Grief after unsuccessful fertility treatments or neonatal loss
- Emotional recovery after loss
- Prenatal anxiety and depression
- Mood changes related to hormonal shifts
- Fear surrounding childbirth or medical procedures
- Adjusting to pregnancy and new routines
- Traumatic or unexpected birth experiences
- Postpartum anxiety and depression
- Intrusive thoughts, guilt, or shame after delivery
- Sleep deprivation and emotional overwhelm
- Identity shifts and loss of independence
- Relationship strain or communication challenges
- Balancing parenting with work and self-care
- Adjusting to life after birth or adoption
- Adjustment to new routines and identity as a parent
Our Approach to Fertility and Perinatal Therapy
We blend empathy with evidence-based care to support emotional healing and resilience through every stage of the fertility and motherhood experience. Our approach combines clinical expertise with deep compassion, offering specialized therapy that meets you exactly where you are—whether you're trying to conceive, expecting, or adjusting to life after birth.
Our methods include:
- Perinatal Mental Health Counseling (PMH-C): Targeted, specialized care for anxiety, depression, trauma, or grief related to conception, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Helps identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts that fuel worry, guilt, fear, or hopelessness.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Encourages mindfulness, self-compassion, and alignment with your values during transition and uncertainty.
- Grief and Loss Counseling: Provides space to process loss, rediscover meaning, and honor your experience.
- Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT): Strengthens connection between partners and supports emotional communication.
- Couples and Family Therapy: Strengthens connection and communication during emotionally demanding transitions.
- Mindfulness and Stress Reduction Techniques: Cultivates calm, resilience, and presence for parents and parents-to-be through body awareness and breathwork.
- Psychoeducation and Support: Provides tools and resources for understanding perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs).
Our therapists are PMH-C certified or trained in perinatal mental health, ensuring that the care you receive is both compassionate and clinically informed. Our clinicians tailor each session to your personal story—honoring your pace, your values, and your vision of healing.
What to Expect in Therapy
Your therapist will tailor each session to your needs, but a typical process may include:
Every experience is valid—and you never have to minimize what you're feeling. Our goal isn't to "fix" what you're feeling—it's to help you carry it with more grace, understanding, and self-compassion.
Meet with your therapist. Share your pregnancy, fertility, birth, or postpartum story and identify what feels hardest right now—what's been most difficult emotionally or relationally.
Initial consultation
Unpack physical, emotional, and relational changes in a safe, judgment-free space. Discuss expectations, grief, identity changes, and relationship dynamics.
Exploration
Learn strategies for managing anxiety, intrusive thoughts, overwhelm, or coping tools for difficult emotions.
skill-building
Create routines, boundaries, and coping tools to maintain balance and connection over time that support emotional recovery.
integration
Partner or family work
Strengthen communication and shared understanding within your support system.
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Continue at a pace that meets your needs, with care that evolves alongside your season of life. Adjust tools and strategies as you progress.
on-going support
Fertility and motherhood are often portrayed as purely joyful, but the truth is more complex—and more human
- Process grief, loss, and identity shifts
- Reduce anxiety, sadness, depression, and intrusive thoughts during or after pregnancy
- Strengthen communication with your partner or support system and relationships
- Rebuild trust in your body, your process, and your instincts
- Develop realistic expectations and compassionate self-care
- Feel seen, supported, and less alone through every stage of motherhood
Why Therapy Matters
Start Therapy for Fertility, Pregnancy & New Motherhood in New Jersey
If you're navigating fertility challenges, pregnancy, pregnancy loss, postpartum emotions, or the emotional ups and downs of new motherhood, you don't have to do it alone. Olive Branch Therapy Group offers Fertility and Perinatal Therapy in East Brunswick, Somerville, and online across New Jersey.
Our licensed therapists provide specialized, compassionate care to help you feel grounded, supported, and confident as you move through this season.
