LICENSED THERAPISTS IN PEACHTREE CITY, GA
Pregnancy and Postpartum Therapy
Show up as you are. Healing starts here.
Pregnancy and the first year after birth (sometimes up to two years) are some of the most transformative seasons of a person’s life — but they’re also some of the hardest.
What no one tells you is that joy and grief can exist in the same breath. That you can love your baby deeply and still feel overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, or unlike yourself.
When Pregnancy and Postpartum Don’t Feel the Way You Expect
You’re Not Alone.
At Nurture and Be Therapy Services, we understand postpartum in a deeply personal way — because our practice was built on it.
When our founder, Brooke Ferreira, opened Nurture and Be Therapy Services, she was 9 months pregnant. Days later, she had her first child and found herself navigating the same emotional weight so many new mothers silently carry: the “Is this normal?”
The anxiety that creeps in as the sun starts to set, the loneliness that hits even when the room isn’t empty, and the whisper of, “Will my life ever feel like mine again?”
She created the support she wished she had: a circle of care that holds you through doubt, fear, identity shifts, and the moments when you wonder if you made a mistake by even stepping into motherhood.
At the center of Nurture and Be is community — a place where you can be honest, messy, unsure, and still fully supported.
A place that gently reminds you: “You’re not failing. You’re not alone. And you were never meant to figure this out by yourself.”
Because we were built with you in mind.
Because we believe that when you help the mother, you heal the family.
Because your story deserves a circle of care that sees you, supports you, and walks with you.
Why We Prioritize Pregnancy or Postpartum Support
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are the #1 complication of childbirth, affecting up to 1 in 5 people. These are real, common, and treatable. You deserve care that treats your emotional health with the same focus as your physical health. You may need postpartum support if you’re struggling with:
Persistent worry, anxiety, or racing thoughts
Intrusive or frightening thoughts about your baby
Guilt, emotional numbness, or feeling disconnected
Sleep problems or exhaustion that won’t lift
Difficulty processing a traumatic birth or pregnancy loss
These experiences are real, understandable, and not your fault. With compassionate postpartum therapy, you can find clarity, feel held, and reconnect with yourself.
What to Expect
Therapy is where everything you’ve been holding finally gets to be spoken aloud. We help you:
- Process birth trauma and NICU stays (EMDR available)
- Understand intrusive thoughts
- Unpack the identity shift of motherhood
- Navigate postpartum anxiety or OCD
- Grieve pregnancy, NICU loss, or infant loss
- Build practical coping skills
- Repair communication in your relationship
- Reconnect to your body
- Find clarity and confidence again
- Learn to navigate mental load
- Process fertility challenges
You don’t have to come with the “right words.” We meet you exactly where you are.
Sessions available as soon as this week
Sessions available as soon as this week
Sessions available as soon as this week
Sessions available as soon as this week
Sessions available as soon as this week
Sessions available as soon as this week
Sessions available as soon as this week
Sessions available as soon as this week
Build Your Circle of Care
At Nurture and Be, we built a collaborative model that parents deserve. With your permission, we coordinate care with OB/GYNs, pediatricians, chiropractors, psychiatrists, doulas, lactation consultants, and functional medicine providers so you don’t have to repeat yourself and you get the kind of connected care that supports this season. We help bridge that gap to make your care cohesive, connected, and supported.
we provide medication support you can trust.
Our medication management team is led by a dual-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife.
This means:
- expert support for pregnancy-safe and breastfeeding-safe medication
- deep understanding of perinatal physiology
- compassionate guidance when you’re scared of “what ifs”
- support for postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, grief, and birth trauma.
This level of expertise was important to Brooke when crafting our care team because having each of your providers truly understand what you're experiencing matters.
FAQs About Pregnancy and Postpartum
More common than anyone talks about. Postpartum depression (PPD), postpartum anxiety (PPA), and postpartum OCD (PPOCD) affect millions of women and men, and many feel too ashamed or scared to say anything.
But here’s the truth: Anxiety and intrusive thoughts do NOT mean you’re a danger to yourself or your baby. They mean your brain is overwhelmed, trying to protect you and the thing you love most.
You can still be struggling. Not all PMADs look the same. Some women cry. Some can’t sit still. Some obsess over the baby’s sleep. Some feel numb. Some have intrusive thoughts they’re terrified to admit. Pain doesn’t have to look textbook to be real.
Yes and no. You will come to recognize the old parts of you again, but you will also start to meet new parts of you. And here’s a secret: the parts you’re about to meet are the best parts of you. You’re about to meet resilience, strength you didn’t know you had, deep empathy and compassion.
Motherhood is beautiful, but it asks a lot of you. You’re changing physically, emotionally, relationally, and mentally — all at once. You deserve a space to slow down, breathe, and truly be seen. Therapy offers a place where you don’t have to be “strong,” “grateful,” or “fine.” Just human.
You can explore our guidebooks, groups, and community events for parents.
Yes. Hands down.
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are the #1 complication of childbirth, affecting up to 1 in 5 people. These are real, common, and treatable medical conditions — not personal failures.
You deserve care that treats your emotional health with the same seriousness as your physical health.
Pregnancy can bring excitement — and it can bring fear, confusion, and discomfort. You might find yourself navigating:
- Expected or unexpected major life shift
- Nausea, exhaustion, hormonal changes
- Shifting identity
- Changing relationships and roles
- Pressure to “be happy” even when you don’t feel that way
- Fears about birth, postpartum, and your baby
Your feelings are valid. You’re not overreacting. You’re responding to a massive life transition that truly starts at a fertility clinic appointment, a positive test, a conversation with a partner, a dream, or a loss.
- Do things that bring you joy or relief
- Talk openly with a therapist
- Ask for help (you deserve it)
- Nourish your body
- Rest whenever possible
- Move gently when approved by your OB
- Connect with other mothers
- Allow yourself to feel what you feel
Still have questions?
Get in touch and we’ll help you find the answers you need.
A Note To Mothers Trying So Hard
We’re Here. We’re Home.
We’ve lived the moments of holding the baby and holding back tears, of answering every question but our own, of showing up for everyone else until there’s nothing left.
Here, you can put it all down.
Here, you can breathe again.
We believe therapy should feel like care — real care. The kind that knows you by name. That sees your full story — not just your symptoms.
Care that connects with your OB, your child’s therapist, your chiropractor, your village — so your healing is connected.
We’re not here to fix you.
We’re here to walk with you, to help you see yourself clearly, and to remind you of what’s already within you. We believe there’s a better way — a way that feels like community, like exhaling, like coming home to yourself and finding your people.
Because when we help the mom, we heal the family.
When we nurture the women who hold the world together, we help the world breathe again.
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Feeling unseen, exhausted, and disconnected can stop here.
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