Perinatal & Postpartum Counselling in New Brunswick
Becoming a parent can bring love, joy, and deep meaning, but it can also bring overwhelm, anxiety, identity shifts, grief, loneliness, and emotional exhaustion. Whether you’re trying to conceive, pregnant, postpartum, or adjusting to life with a new baby, you don’t have to navigate it alone.
Maybe this season feels harder than you expected it would.
Even when a baby is deeply wanted and loved, the transition into parenthood can feel overwhelming in ways many people don’t talk openly about.
You may be:
Feeling anxious, emotionally overwhelmed, or constantly “on”
Struggling with racing thoughts, guilt, or self-doubt
Feeling disconnected from yourself, your partner, or your baby
Grieving the loss of who you were before becoming a parent
Feeling touched out, overstimulated, exhausted, or emotionally depleted
Wondering why everyone else seems to be handling this better
Feeling lonely or afraid to admit how hard things feel
Carrying fear that if you’re honest about your experience, something is wrong with you
You may love your baby deeply and still feel like you’re struggling. And if that’s true for you… it makes sense.
Why the transition into parenthood can feel so overwhelming
The perinatal period brings enormous emotional, physical, relational, and identity changes… often all at once.
While so much attention is placed on caring for a baby, parents are also moving through:
Hormonal and nervous system changes
Sleep deprivation and overstimulation
Shifts in identity and relationships
Increased mental and emotional load
Changes in routines, freedom, and capacity
Pressure to “do it right”
Grief for parts of life that have changed
For many parents, these experiences are accompanied by shame and isolation, especially when their reality doesn’t match what they expected parenthood would feel like.
Therapy can offer a space to slow down, process your experience honestly, and receive support without judgment.
Compassionate, trauma-informed support for this season of life
My approach integrates somatic and trauma-informed perspectives, grounded in the belief that no matter what you are experiencing, you make sense.
Together, therapy may involve:
Understanding anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional exhaustion
Exploring identity shifts and changes in relationships
Processing grief, fear, rage, sadness, or shame
Learning to recognize and honour your capacity
Understanding nervous system responses and emotional patterns
Rebuilding connection with yourself and your support systems
Creating more self-compassion during a demanding season of life
Rather than expecting you to “bounce back” or hold everything together, therapy creates space for your full experience to be seen and supported.
Support options for individuals, parents & families
1:1 Perinatal Counselling
Individual therapy support during pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood for anxiety, overwhelm, identity shifts, relationship stress, burnout, grief, and emotional support.
Sessions are available:
In-person in Greater Saint John, New Brunswick
Virtually across New Brunswick
Postpartum Support Groups
A supportive group space for new parents to feel less alone, process their experiences, and connect with others navigating similar challenges.
This space offers:
Honest conversation
Emotional support
Shared understanding
Reflection and grounding
Connection during a season that can feel isolating
Bringing Home Baby Workshop
A relationship-focused counselling and education offering designed to support couples through the transition into parenthood together.
Topics may include:
Communication and emotional connection
Managing stress and conflict
Navigating changing roles and expectations
Supporting one another during postpartum adjustment
Strengthening your relationship while growing your family
What support can begin to look like
Over time, therapy and support can help you:
Feel less alone in your experience
Move through parenting with more steadiness and self-compassion
Understand your emotions instead of fearing or suppressing them
Feel more connected to yourself and your relationships
Build trust in your capacity and needs
Learn how to ask for and receive support
Feel more present for yourself, your baby, and your life
Not because parenting suddenly becomes easy, but because you no longer feel like you have to carry everything on your own.
Hi, I’m Kendra.
I’m a Licensed Counselling Therapist (LCT) and Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) supporting individuals, couples, and families through the emotional realities of pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood.
As both a therapist and mother, I understand how tender and overwhelming this season can feel. My work creates space for honesty, grief, compassion, and connection, helping parents feel more supported, understood, and grounded in the midst of transition.
I have advanced training in perinatal mental health and postpartum support, including:
Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders Training – Postpartum Support International
Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy Training
Bringing Baby Home Educator Certification – Gottman Institute
You deserve support in this season, too.
Parenthood can be beautiful and overwhelming at the same time. Therapy can offer a space to slow down, feel understood, and reconnect with yourself with more compassion and support.