What We Can Work Towards in Therapy:
Understanding Your Emotions
Making sense of the complex emotions that can accompany fertility, pregnancy, birth, and parenthood while developing healthier ways to navigate difficult feelings.
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Managing Anxiety & Uncertainty
Learning practical tools to manage worry, reduce overwhelm, and feel more grounded during the uncertainty of fertility treatments, pregnancy, and early parenthood.
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Building Confidence in Parenthood
Developing trust in yourself, strengthening your confidence in your parenting abilities, and navigating the transition into parenthood with greater self-compassion.
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Navigating Identity & Changing Relationships
Exploring how becoming a parent influences your identity, relationships, and sense of self while creating space for your changing needs and priorities.
Processing Grief & Loss
Finding a supportive space to process pregnancy loss, infertility, or the loss of an expected birth or parenting experience while honoring your individual journey.
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Healing From Difficult Birth Experiences
Processing distressing or traumatic birth experiences, making sense of what happened, and working toward feeling safer and more confident moving forward.
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Strengthening Emotional Connection
Exploring your emotional experiences around bonding, attachment, and the transition into parenthood without judgment or pressure.
Managing Postpartum Emotional Changes
Developing coping strategies for postpartum anxiety, low mood, emotional overwhelm, and the challenges of adjusting to life with a new baby.
Strengthening Relationships & Support Systems
Learning to communicate your needs, navigate changes in your relationships, and build a supportive environment during this transition.
Finding Balance & Self-Compassion
Learning to recognize your needs, establish boundaries, and care for yourself while navigating the demands and expectations of parenthood.
The journey to parenthood is often described as one of the most meaningful experiences of life, but what happens when it feels different from what you imagined? Maybe you're navigating the uncertainty of fertility treatments, experiencing anxiety during pregnancy, or struggling with emotions you didn't expect after your baby arrived. Perhaps you're feeling overwhelmed by the demands of motherhood, questioning your confidence as a parent, or struggling to process a difficult birth or pregnancy loss. You might feel guilty for not enjoying this season of life as much as you thought you would, or find yourself wondering why something that was supposed to feel so natural feels so hard.
The transition to parenthood is complex, and your emotional experience deserves to be acknowledged, understood, and supported.
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Therapy offers a space to explore the emotions, challenges, and changes that come with the journey to parenthood, without pressure or judgment. Together, we can work toward managing anxiety, processing difficult experiences, strengthening your confidence, and helping you navigate the changes in your identity and relationships. Whether you're preparing for a new chapter, adjusting to life with a baby, or working through an experience that has left you feeling overwhelmed or disconnected, you don't have to navigate it alone. You deserve support that recognizes you as a person, not just as a parent.
Is Perinatal Mental Health Support Right For You?
Fertility, Pregnancy & Loss
Navigating fertility challenges, pregnancy-related anxiety, pregnancy loss, or uncertainty about what comes next.
Birth & Postpartum Adjustment
Processing a difficult or traumatic birth, or adjusting to the emotional and practical changes of becoming a parent.
Postpartum Anxiety, Depression & Overwhelm
Experiencing persistent worry, intrusive thoughts, low mood, emotional numbness, or feeling overwhelmed by the demands of parenthood.
Identity & Parenting Confidence
Struggling with changes in your identity, loss of self, parenting self-doubt, or feeling like you're never doing enough.
Relationships & Connections
Navigating changes in your relationship, difficulty communicating your needs, or concerns about bonding and connection with your baby.
Burnout & Emotional Exhaustion
Feeling depleted, stretched thin, or unable to keep up with the demands and expectations of this season of life.
A Space For You
Simply wanting a place to talk openly, feel understood, and receive support without judgment.
You may benefit from support if you're experiencing:
You don't have to wait until things feel unbearable to seek support.
Therapy can provide a space to feel heard, make sense of your experience, develop coping strategies, and navigate this new chapter with greater support and confidence.
Perinatal & Postpartum Therapy in
Airdrie, AB
Virtual sessions available across Alberta & Nova Scotia
What Does Therapy Look Like?
Fertility & Fertility Treatments Navigate the emotional complexities of trying to conceive, fertility treatments, and uncertainty about the future. Therapy offers a space to process anxiety, grief, disappointment, and the strain fertility challenges can place on your relationships and sense of self.
Postpartum Mental Health Adjust to the emotional, psychological, and relational changes that come with becoming a parent. Therapy can support you through postpartum anxiety, low mood, emotional overwhelm, identity changes, and the challenges of balancing your own needs with the demands of caring for a baby.
Pregnancy & Prenatal Mental Health Explore the emotional changes and uncertainties that can accompany pregnancy, including anxiety, fear, changing identity, and concerns about birth or parenthood. Therapy can help you develop coping strategies, build emotional resilience, and feel more grounded as you prepare for the transition ahead.
Pregnancy Loss & Miscarriage Process the grief, uncertainty, and emotional impact of pregnancy loss in a space where your experience is acknowledged and understood. Therapy can help you navigate grief, feelings of guilt or self-blame, anxiety about future pregnancies, and the complex emotions that may arise as you move forward.
Birth Trauma & Difficult Birth Experiences Explore and process a birth experience that felt frightening, overwhelming, or different from what you expected. Therapy can help you make sense of what happened, work through difficult emotions, and develop strategies to support emotional healing and a greater sense of safety.
Parenting Adjustment & Identity Navigate the changes in identity, relationships, and daily life that accompany becoming a parent. Therapy can help you reconnect with yourself, build confidence in your parenting journey, establish boundaries, and find a balance that supports both your well-being and your family.
Why Choose New Heights Therapy?
At New Heights Therapy, we believe every person's journey to parenthood deserves to be met with compassion, understanding, and support. Our approach is warm, individualized, and grounded in evidence-based therapeutic practices, recognizing that the emotional experience of fertility, pregnancy, birth, and parenthood is unique to each person. With specialized experience in perinatal mental health, we provide a safe, judgment-free space where you can explore difficult emotions, process challenging experiences, and develop the tools to navigate this significant life transition. Whether you're facing uncertainty, grief, anxiety, or the challenges of adjusting to parenthood, we're here to help you feel heard, supported, and more confident moving forward.
Meet The Therapist
Claire Tansley is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Social Work and specialized experience supporting women, parents, and families through the emotional and psychological challenges of fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood. As a mother herself, Claire understands firsthand the complexities, emotional challenges, and identity shifts that can accompany the journey into parenthood. This personal connection, alongside her clinical experience, fuels her passion for providing compassionate, nonjudgmental support to individuals navigating this significant life transition. Her approach is warm, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based practices, creating a supportive space where clients can feel understood, process their experiences, and develop the tools to navigate parenthood with greater confidence and self-compassion.
Understand & Discover
Through getting to know you, we explore your experiences to feel heard & validated. Build awareness of how hormonal changes, emotions, and life circumstances intersect.
Develop
We work together to develop coping strategies, emotional regulation skills, and practical tools to manage anxiety, stress, grief, and the emotional demands of parenthood.
Strengthen
We focus on strengthening your self-trust, building confidence in your parenting journey, improving communication, and reconnecting with your needs and values.
Move Forward
​Together, we identify meaningful changes and build on the skills you've developed so you can navigate the next chapter with greater confidence, self-compassion, and emotional well-being.
Therapy isn't about having the perfect pregnancy, birth, or parenting journey. It's about feeling supported through the experience you're actually having and finding a way forward that honors your needs, your story, and your well-being.
FAQ:
1. How do I know if perinatal mental health therapy is right for me?
If you're experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, low mood, grief, or difficulty adjusting during fertility treatments, pregnancy, or postpartum, therapy may be helpful. You don't need to be experiencing a crisis to seek support. Therapy can also help if you're navigating identity changes, relationship challenges, or simply want a space to process your experience.
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2. Is it normal to struggle emotionally during pregnancy or postpartum?
Yes. Pregnancy and the transition to parenthood can bring a wide range of emotions, including anxiety, sadness, uncertainty, and overwhelm. While some emotional changes are common, persistent distress or difficulty functioning deserves attention and support. You don't have to dismiss your feelings as simply part of becoming a parent.
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3. Can therapy help if I'm struggling to bond with my baby?
Absolutely. Bonding can look different for everyone, and it doesn't always happen immediately. Therapy offers a supportive space to explore your feelings, understand what may be affecting your emotional connection, and work through any concerns without judgment. You don't have to force yourself to feel a certain way to be a good parent.
4. Can therapy help process miscarriage, pregnancy loss, or difficult birth?
Yes. Therapy can provide a space to process grief, fear, uncertainty, and the emotional impact of pregnancy loss or a distressing birth experience. Together, we can explore what happened, work through difficult emotions, and develop strategies to support your emotional well-being as you move forward.
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5. Can I attend therapy while pregnant, undergoing fertility treatments, or postpartum?
Absolutely. Therapy can be helpful at any stage of the reproductive journey, including while trying to conceive, undergoing fertility treatments, during pregnancy, and after birth. Support can be tailored to your circumstances, emotional needs, and goals.
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6. What can I expect from my first therapy session?
Your first session is an opportunity to share what has brought you to therapy, explore your experiences, and identify what you hope to gain from support. There is no pressure to have everything figured out or to share more than you're comfortable with. Together, we'll begin developing an understanding of your needs and create a therapeutic approach that feels right for you.
PS. You are welcome to bring baby to your in person or virtual session if needed. Feel free to feed or rock to sleep while we chat. The goal is to reduce the barriers that stand in the way of you getting the support you need.
