Therapy For Pregnant + Postpartum Women in Menlo Park, CA

You’re Doing Everything, But It Still Feeling Like It’s Never Enough ✨

🌿 In Menlo Park, it looks like every other mom has it together. But behind closed doors, you’re exhausted, anxious, and wondering if you’ll ever feel like yourself again.

You don’t have to keep pushing through this alone. Therapy can help you feel supported, grounded, and more like you. ✨

🌿 Therapy for Moms in Menlo Park, CA — Support for Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety & the Mental Load of Modern Motherhood

If you’re a mom in Menlo Park, you’re surrounded by high-achieving professionals, ambitious families, and a culture that expects you to excel at everything — work, parenting, relationships, self-care, all at the same time.

And yet here you are, exhausted, overwhelmed, overstimulated, and silently wondering:
“Why is this so hard for me?”
“Why don’t I feel like myself?”
“Why does everyone else seem fine?”

You might be dealing with postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, the mental load, birth trauma, resentment toward your partner, identity loss, or the constant, subtle pressure of judgment from your parents or in-laws.

You don’t have to carry all of this alone anymore.

🌼 When Motherhood in Menlo Park Feels Nothing Like You Expected

Before your baby arrived, you imagined a balanced routine — calm mornings, stroller walks, cozy snuggles, and maybe even a little time for yourself.

But now:

• You're waking up already anxious.

• You're crying more than you expected.

• Your brain won’t turn off, especially at night.

• Small things feel huge.

• You’re doing everything but feeling nothing.

• Your partner doesn’t get how hard this is.

• Your parents or in-laws offer "help" that feels like pressure or criticism.

• The mental load is relentless.

You love your baby.
But you’re also overwhelmed and depleted — and almost no one in your life actually sees the emotional weight you’re carrying.

These are signs of postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and the crushing mental load that so many new moms experience — especially in high-pressure areas like Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and Los Altos.

🌸 Hi, I’m Alexa — Therapist, Mom of Two, and Someone Who Understands the Weight You’re Carrying

I am the founder of Therapy For California Moms and specialize in supporting moms across California who are quietly falling apart under the expectations of motherhood.

My approach is warm, real, and grounded.
No judgment.
No pretending.
Just relief, clarity, and a place to exhale.

I offer virtual therapy for women in Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Gatos, San Mateo and across the SF Bay Area California, so you can get support without commuting, childcare, or rushing through traffic on El Camino Real.

🌿 How Therapy Helps You Feel Like Yourself Again

Modern motherhood is not designed for your nervous system.
You weren’t meant to do all of this alone — and you shouldn’t have to.

In therapy, we work together to:
✨ Reduce anxiety, irritability, and emotional overwhelm
✨ Understand what postpartum depression is and how to treat it
✨ Calm your nervous system with tools that actually work
✨ Rebuild a sense of identity beyond motherhood
✨ Lighten the mental load you’ve been carrying
✨ Improve communication with your partner and reduce resentment
✨ Set boundaries with parents or in-laws who are adding pressure
✨ Replace guilt with compassion
✨ Feel like a whole human again — not just a caretaker

This work is not about “fixing” you.
It’s about helping you finally feel supported.

🌼 Therapy for Moms in Menlo Park: What You’re Experiencing Is More Common Than You Think

Moms in Menlo Park often tell me:

“Everyone around here seems perfect — I feel like I’m the only one who’s struggling.”

But perfection is a performance, not reality.
The moms in tech, academia, and high-pressure careers are often the ones who struggle the most, because they’re used to being in control — and motherhood strips that away.

If you’re feeling guilt, pressure, loneliness, anxiety, or irritability — nothing is wrong with you.
Your nervous system is overwhelmed.
Therapy helps bring you back into balance so you can feel grounded in your life again.

🌿 What We Work Through Together

Postpartum Depression

You may feel numb, disconnected, overwhelmed, or unlike yourself.
Postpartum depression often shows up as heaviness, emotional exhaustion, and going through the motions — especially in high-achieving moms.

Postpartum Anxiety

If your mind won’t stop spiraling, if you can’t relax, if you’re carrying constant fear about the baby’s safety — this is postpartum anxiety, and it’s treatable.

The Mental Load

You’re tracking everything — naps, feeding schedules, appointments, safety, emotional needs, social plans, routines, and invisible work your partner doesn’t even notice.
This isn’t “normal mom stress.”
It’s overload.

Partner Resentment

You’re doing everything.
They think they’re doing a lot.
That mismatch creates anger, disconnection, and loneliness.
Therapy helps you communicate without exploding or shutting down.

Judgment from Parents or In-Laws

Their “advice” feels more like pressure, guilt, or criticism.
We’ll create boundaries so you can parent confidently without emotional intrusion.

Identity Loss & Burnout

Therapy helps you reconnect to who you were before motherhood — not to erase your new identity, but to integrate it with who you still are.

🌊 What Sessions Are Like

Sessions are:

• 50 minutes

• Virtual

• Flexible

• Grounding

• Emotionally spacious

• Designed to help you breathe again

You don’t need to show up polished or prepared — your real, raw self is welcome.

💛 You Don’t Have to Handle This Alone Anymore

The overwhelm you’re feeling is real.
The exhaustion is real.
The anxiety is real.
And you deserve support that centers you, not the pressure to “be grateful” or “enjoy every moment.”

You deserve to feel calm, grounded, supported, and more like yourself again.

💛 Book your first session.
(Serving moms in Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Gatos, and across California.)

FAQs: Therapy for Moms in Menlo Park

Do you take insurance?

I’m an out-of-network therapist. Many clients use HSA/FSA funds or submit superbills for partial reimbursement.

Is virtual therapy effective for postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety?

Yes. Research shows virtual therapy is equally effective as in-person treatment — and significantly more accessible for exhausted moms.

How quickly will I feel better?

Most moms feel a noticeable shift within the first few sessions as we understand what’s happening emotionally and build nervous-system tools to regulate the overwhelm.

What if my partner doesn’t understand why I need therapy?

Therapy is about you. Your partner doesn’t need to “get it” for you to receive support.

I’m not in the newborn stage anymore — can I still get help?

Absolutely. Postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and the effects of the mental load can show up anytime in the first few years.

What if I feel guilty taking time for myself?

That guilt is a sign you need support even more.
You can’t pour from an empty nervous system — therapy helps refill and nourish you.