Pregnancy, postpartum and the quiet heaviness that follows
Women usually arrive in therapy at a point where life has shifted under them: a new baby, a loss, a long wait to conceive, a marriage or a career that looks different from the plan. At Towler Counseling in Roswell, women's therapy covers life transitions, motherhood, prenatal concerns, postpartum depression and anxiety, pregnancy loss, and trauma in women. Sometimes the trigger is obvious. Sometimes it is a heaviness that shows up months after the baby does, when everyone around you assumes you should feel fine.
Postpartum depression and anxiety do not always look like sadness. They can look like irritability, racing thoughts at 3 a.m., checking the baby's breathing again and again, or a flat feeling where joy was supposed to be. None of that means you are failing at motherhood. It means you are carrying more than one person can carry alone, and a therapist can help you set some of it down. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 or 911.
Tara Towler-Cumby and her focus on women's mental health
Tara founded the practice in 2010 and has more than twenty years of experience with depression, anxiety, trauma, postpartum concerns and life changes. Women's mental health is her specialty: motherhood, postpartum depression and anxiety, PTSD, infertility, pregnancy loss and termination. She is a mother of two and has personally experienced infertility, so the waiting, the grief and the pressure that come with it are not abstract to her. Her clients know her as the homework therapist.
Her work draws on CBT, which looks at the thoughts and habits that keep anxiety and low mood going, and on IFS, which treats the different parts of you, such as the one that has to be perfect and the one that is worn out, as parts that each deserve a hearing. She is TF-CBT Certified and holds a CCTP credential, so trauma is handled at a pace you control. Pregnancy loss and termination are welcome here without judgment.
Homework for real life, and how to get started
The practice says real change happens between sessions, so you leave with something small to try. That might be noting when the worry spikes, practicing the sentence you need to say to your partner, or protecting twenty minutes that belong only to you. Sessions run 45 to 60 minutes, usually weekly or every other week. Next-day appointments are often available, and the first step is a free 15-minute consultation. Call (770) 800-7362 to set one up.
You can meet in person at 425 East Crossville Road, near downtown Roswell, or by secure video from anywhere in Georgia. Video is often the easier choice with a newborn or a toddler at home. The practice is out of network with most insurance plans and provides superbills you can submit for reimbursement. A sliding scale is available for qualifying clients, and some therapists accept BCBS.
