Perinatal Couples Therapy
Supportive, trauma-informed couples therapy for pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood — helping partners reconnect, communicate, and navigate change together.
What Is Perinatal Couples Therapy?
Perinatal couples therapy focuses on supporting partners during pregnancy, postpartum, and the transition into parenthood. This season can bring major shifts in identity, roles, intimacy, sleep, stress levels, and emotional needs.
Even strong relationships can feel strained during this time. Perinatal couples therapy offers a space to slow down, understand what’s happening beneath the surface, and strengthen your connection.
Seeking couples therapy does not mean your relationship is failing. It means you care about protecting and growing your relationship during a vulnerable transition.
Signs You May Benefit from Perinatal Couples Therapy
Increased conflict or frequent arguments
Feeling emotionally disconnected or distant
Difficulty communicating needs without escalation
Resentment around division of labor or mental load
Changes in intimacy or closeness
Feeling misunderstood or unsupported
Parenting stress impacting your relationship
Different coping styles creating tension
These challenges are common — and treatable.
How Perinatal Couples Therapy Helps
Perinatal couples therapy provides tools and support to help partners navigate this transition together rather than in opposition.
Therapy can help you:
Improve communication and listening
Reduce conflict and reactivity
Rebuild emotional and physical connection
Navigate parenting roles and expectations
Increase empathy and understanding
Strengthen your sense of being a team
The goal is not perfection. The goal is connection, repair, and growth.
Our Trauma-Informed Approach
At Rooted in Harmony Counseling, we use trauma-informed, attachment-based approaches that address both emotional patterns and nervous system responses.
Our clinicians integrate:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples
Gottman-informed couples therapy
Somatic and nervous system regulation practices
Attachment-based and relational therapy
These approaches help partners understand each other’s inner experiences and respond with more safety and care.
Who We Support
We provide perinatal couples therapy for:
Expecting parents
Postpartum couples
First-time and seasoned parents
Couples navigating fertility challenges or pregnancy loss
Partners adjusting to new roles and identities
All relationship structures and identities are welcome.
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You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone
If your relationship feels strained during pregnancy or postpartum, support can help you reconnect.
A consultation is simply a conversation — no pressure or obligation.