From couple to parents

Becoming parents is a big step up from “just” being lovers. For many, this is a major upheaval in life that changes you both as individuals and as lovers. Help is also available during the toddler phase, when people are usually at their weakest and most vulnerable to both each other and the outside world.

For many, the road to parenthood can be difficult, painful and long, and this can take a toll on both your relationship and each of you individually. For some, it happens so fast that you’re not prepared for what lies ahead. Regardless of how you got to the point where you’re expecting, there are big changes ahead. For same-sex couples, the path to parenthood is often different than for opposite-sex couples, but the feelings, concerns, thoughts and questions are the same. Regardless of whether you are different gender, same gender or choose to go it alone, everyone is welcome to talk to me.

I can help you prepare for your role as parents, how to maintain your relationship during the toddler period, and give you tools to get through this in a good way. It strengthens the bond between you as a couple and you as parents.

Here you can also process and talk about postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, birth trauma, uncertainty about parenting, grief, fertility problems, etc. There is no shame in needing help with this.