If you're undergoing EMDR therapy or considering it for trauma healing, you may wonder about its aftereffects. While each person's experience is unique, many patients report common physical, cognitive, and emotional changes following EMDR sessions.

Miscarriage is a tragically common experience, affecting up to 1 in 5 clinically recognized pregnancies. Despite its prevalence, the emotional impact of pregnancy loss is deeply personal and often profoundly difficult to navigate.

People of all ages in all eras took stock of themselves. In today’s digital age, unfortunately, this healthy process can rapidly devolve into low self-esteem. When we compare ourselves to others — from celebrities to random internet people — we’re trying to match up with carefully curated and modified images. This leaves us chasing unrealistic standards and perfectionism.

Understanding the unique mental health obstacles that parents of twins face—and finding effective strategies to manage them—is crucial for long-term well-being. While the challenges of raising twins can feel overwhelming, there are ways for parents to protect their mental health and find balance.

Birth trauma can be a complex and deeply personal experience that affects many new parents. While childbirth is often portrayed as a joyous occasion, for some, it can be a source of physical or psychological distress.

While it's normal to experience some worry or doubt as a new parent, persistent feelings of extreme sadness, loneliness, or severe mood swings may indicate postpartum depression (PPD).

Living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can feel like navigating a minefield, where you’re not sure when the next trigger will stimulate your fight-or-flight response. If you’re also caring for a baby after a traumatic birth, you could be feeling exposed, raw, and jumpy; sensations made even more acute by the lack of sleep and elevated hormones.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a unique, evidence-based therapeutic technique that helps individuals process and heal from traumatic experiences and distressing life events. EMDR has recently gained recognition as a highly effective treatment for trauma conditions. But how exactly does it work?

We all process grief in different ways. For some people, the grieving process can feel like being caught up in a whirlwind of emotions, with no way to slow them down or make sense of them.

Raising twins (or higher order multiples) can be an immense joy, but also presents unique challenges that can significantly impact parents' mental health. Research indicates that parents of multiples experience higher rates of mental health issues compared to those with single births.

Joining a parent support group can not only alleviate feelings of isolation and shame, but also provide tools to navigate the ups and downs of parenting. Here, we’ll explore how these groups can strengthen your mental health and improve your overall well-being.

Infertility is a deeply personal and challenging experience, but when the diagnosis is “unexplained infertility,” the journey can feel even more frustrating and isolating. This uncertainty can intensify emotional distress, leaving people wondering how to cope and move forward.

Becoming a new mom is a transformative experience, filled with tender moments, sleepless nights, and the overwhelming joy of raising a tiny human. Among the chaos, new moms often push their own needs to the bottom of their priority list.

There's no one-size-fits-all approach to building a family. Whether you're considering adoption, fostering, assisted reproduction, or blending families, your path to parenthood is uniquely yours.

Grief is the feeling of coping with loss or change. The loss of a loved one may be the most common form of grief, but several other things could cause someone to experience feelings of grief, especially during your reproductive years. This blog post explores the different kinds of grief one can experience.

Dealing with infertility can be a rollercoaster of emotions, especially when it seems like everyone around you is pregnant. The constant reminders of others' pregnancies and births can feel like a punch to the gut, stirring up a whirlwind of feelings — from deep sadness to jealousy and even resentment.

Becoming a parent is a life-changing experience, filled with joy, challenges, and a whirlwind of emotions. While it’s common to feel some anxiety after childbirth, for many new moms and dads, these feelings can become overwhelming and unmanageable.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR, for short) is a groundbreaking therapeutic approach that has helped millions of people recover from trauma and psychological distress. EMDR is now recognized as an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including PTSD from childbirth, childhood trauma, and other mental health challenges such as depression and anxiety.

A not-often-discussed-but-incredibly-common event during one’s parenting journey is facing a termination for medical reasons (TFMR). This deeply personal decision occurs when a pregnancy must be ended due to serious medical issues affecting the fetus or the health of the birthing person.