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Anxiety · Pregnancy & Postpartum · Trauma · Depression
Perinatal Mental Health
Perinatal Mental Health Therapy
Pregnancy and the first year after birth can hold joy and struggle at the same time. You deserve care from people who understand both.
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What Perinatal Mental Health Covers
Perinatal mental health refers to emotional well-being from trying to conceive, through pregnancy, birth, and the first year or so after a baby arrives. It includes anxiety and depression during pregnancy or postpartum, birth trauma, intrusive thoughts, identity shifts, relationship strain, and the grief that can come with infertility or a birth that did not go as planned.
These experiences are common, and they are treatable. Struggling does not mean you are doing motherhood wrong.
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Why It Is a Focus at Guiding Hope
Pregnancy and postpartum care is one of the practice's core specialties. Dr. Ashley Carroll-Brown's specialty areas include postpartum challenges for new mothers, and she is currently pursuing certification in perinatal mental health. Mallori Thompson supports women through infertility, pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, and the transition into motherhood, and brings lived experience as a mother of two.
Because sessions are online, you can meet from home during nap time, from the nursery, or while on leave, without arranging childcare or travel.
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How Therapy Can Help
Therapy offers a place to say the things that feel hard to say anywhere else, including the thoughts that frighten you. Your clinician can help you understand what is happening, reduce anxiety and low mood, process a difficult birth, and adjust to the identity and relationship changes that come with a new baby.
Approaches may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy, which has strong research support for perinatal depression.
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If You Need Help Right Now
Postpartum Support International runs a free HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773. Guiding Hope provides scheduled outpatient therapy and is not a crisis service. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. If you are in crisis or thinking about suicide, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at any hour.
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Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is perinatal mental health therapy available online anywhere in Texas?
Yes. Every session at Guiding Hope is held by secure video, and all of our clinicians are licensed in Texas, so you can meet from anywhere in the state.
Do you take insurance?
Guiding Hope is in network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and UnitedHealthcare. Coverage varies by plan, and superbills are available for out-of-network reimbursement.
What happens in the free consultation?
You share a little about what is bringing you in, ask any practical questions, and talk through which clinician may fit. It is a conversation, not a commitment.
What if I am in crisis right now?
Please call 911 if you are in immediate danger, or call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Guiding Hope offers scheduled outpatient therapy and is not an emergency service.
You Can Begin With a Conversation
A free consultation can help you ask questions, share what you are looking for, and consider whether one of our clinicians feels like a fit.
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