Maternal Overwhelm

There are days you feel alone or like no one listens to you. You feel like you have no one to hear you out.

You’re crushed by the activity of running a household; you don’t have time to “be,” only time to “do.”

There are times you feel like you just aren’t enough for the people you love most and like you don’t have enough to give them. You feel like they deserve a better mom.

People tell you to take a day for the things you like, but you’re not even sure you know what that is. In fact, you’re not even sure who you are anymore.

You realized you’ve lost your identity over these years of momming.

Signs You Might Be Struggling with Maternal Mental Health

You’ve Tried Everything… and It’s Still Not Working

Now, the feelings of exhaustion and overwhelm are keeping you from truly living and being the mom you want to be.

You’ve started to cry more often. You retreat to your closet so no one can see. It’s even gotten to the point where you’re crying right after breakfast before the day is even fully underway. The little escapes you once relied on–like scrolling your phone or zoning out in front of the TV–don’t bring the relief they used to. 

You’ve started to search the internet for ways to alleviate the feelings that continue to build. Sometimes you find a helpful tip, but nothing that lasts. Most often, the advice is always the same. “Go out with your friends!”, “Take a bath!”, “Hire a babysitter and have a night out with your hubby!” You’ve done it all and still, the overwhelm shows up every day.

Here’s what we usually hear from our mom clients about what they want to feel, how they want to see themselves act and interact, and what they want their lives to look like as a mom and partner:

• Feeling calm and grounded, even on hectic days
• Having patience with their kids and responding rather than reacting
• Feeling confident in their parenting decisions
• Being able to enjoy their kids and their partner again
• Reconnecting with who they are outside of being a mom
• Finding ways to build a support system that actually helps
• Having more energy and fewer days of feeling completely drained
• Letting go of guilt and embracing the idea that they are enough

Internal Doubts: Shouldn’t I Be Able to Handle This On My Own?

Many moms struggle with the idea of getting help. Maybe you feel like you should be able to do it all. Maybe you think your struggles aren’t “bad enough” for therapy. Or maybe you wonder if talking about your feelings will actually change anything.

Here’s the truth: Wanting support isn’t a sign that you can’t handle motherhood—it’s a sign that you’re doing exactly what moms have always done: looking for the right people to help you navigate it. Everyone talks about “the village,” but modern motherhood often feels like you’re doing it all alone. Therapy can be part of rebuilding that support system—a place where you don’t have to pretend everything’s fine and where you can get real, sustainable tools to help you manage the demands of motherhood and reconnect with yourself in a way that actually lasts. Because therapy isn’t about telling you to just think positively or take more time for yourself. It’s about finding what actually works for you—so you can feel more like yourself again, with strategies that make a real difference in your daily life.

Counseling for maternal overwhelm and maternal mental health counseling helps!

In therapy, your therapist will partner with you to explore all of these stressors and hassles while also validating one of the most important pieces of it all: the demands you face as a mom are extreme!

While working with a Marble Wellness therapist, you will have the space to pour out your overwhelm and sadness about this mom gig. As you gain energy from releasing the stress you’ve been holding in, you’ll explore all the stressors, hassles, and confusing or negative emotions you’re dealing with.

The Marble Wellness Approach to Counseling for Moms in St. Louis, MO

At Marble Wellness, we understand that motherhood is a life-altering experience, filled with both beauty and challenges. That’s why our maternal mental health team is made up of therapists with advanced training specifically in working with moms—whether you’re navigating pregnancy, postpartum, or years into parenthood.

We believe in a personalized and dynamic approach to therapy. We don’t just give generic advice or tell you to “take more time for yourself.” We meet you exactly where you are and help you build strategies that work for you and your life.

In therapy for maternal overwhelm, we focus on:

• Building emotional resilience so that the tough moments don’t feel as crushing.
• Identifying and addressing unhelpful thought patterns that might be making things feel harder than they need to be.
• Helping you reconnect with your identity outside of motherhood, so you feel like you again.
• Developing practical strategies to manage stress, build patience, and find joy in your day-to-day life.
• Providing expert support from therapists who truly get it—because we specialize in maternal mental health.

You don’t have to go through this alone. We are here to help you feel better—not just for your family, but for yourself.

Ready to Feel Like Yourself Again?
Begin Counseling for Overwhelmed Moms
in St. Louis, MO

You don’t have to keep feeling this way. Therapy for maternal mental health at Marble Wellness is here to help you navigate the overwhelm, regain your confidence, and find joy in your life again.

Let’s talk. Reach out today to schedule a session and take the first step toward feeling better. From either our Ballwin, MO counseling clinic, or our Lake St. Louis, MO therapy office location we can help you prioritize your own maternal mental health. We can also chat via telehealth for online therapy in Missouri. Truly, anywhere in the state! Taking this first step is a big deal, so you are already making great progress! Just follow these simple steps and we will get started.

Other Mental Health Services at Marble Wellness

At Marble Wellness, our goal is simple: Counseling services designed to help set you on a path of living a more fulfilled, calm, and happy life. We specialize in anxiety, depression, grief, chronic illness, therapy for men, couples therapy, trauma treatment, and EMDR therapy. We can also help new moms with various postpartum concerns, moms in the thick of parenting, and moms with teens. We can also chat from wherever you are in the state with online therapy in Missouri. No matter where you are in your journey, we would love to support you.