Therapy for Moms in Maryland
Navigating Rage & Overwhelm
And the anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and identity shifts that weave through fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and early motherhood
You don't have to keep carrying this alone
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No One Prepared You for
This Version of Motherhood
The version of you who feels constantly on edge.
The one who snaps without meaning to.
The one who simmers with resentment and then falls into guilt.
You may also feel numb, anxious, or unlike yourself.
For many women, this begins long before birth.
Fertility stress, pregnancy anxiety, and early postpartum changes can feel overwhelming in ways no one warned you about.
You are not “just having a hard time.”
You are burnt out, touched out, emotionally overloaded.
Disconnected from your instincts and from the person you used to recognize.
You are tired of holding everything together on the outside while quietly unraveling inside.
You are not a bad mother for feeling this way.
You are a human one, living in a world that asks too much and offers too little.
At TendWell, I help moms and moms-to-be move out of survival mode and into grounded self-connection.
We work with your mind, your body, your emotions, and your story.
This is real support for real motherhood.
The Mothers I Support
If you are here, you might recognize yourself in one or more of the following experiences:
You’re navigating rage or irritability that feels out of character and hard to control
- You feel overwhelmed, overstimulated, and constantly on the verge of snapping
You carry guilt for needing time away, yet never feel truly restored
- You’re carrying the invisible mental load for everyone and it’s wearing you down
You’re the strong one for everyone else while quietly falling apart inside
You wonder if this is just what motherhood is supposed to be or if you’re allowed to ask for more
- You feel both burned out and on edge, constantly bracing for the next meltdown (yours or your child’s)
You’re grieving a birth that left scars or a baby you never got to hold, take home, or keep
- Motherhood has unearthed old wounds like childhood trauma or attachment ruptures you thought were behind you
- You feel emotionally flat, disconnected from joy, and unsure if you’ll ever feel like yourself again
You’re struggling to feel bonded with your baby, and the shame of it feels unbearable
- You’re navigating the emotional impact of birth trauma, pregnancy loss, or a fertility journey that has left deep wounds
You’re stuck in survival mode and longing for a steadier, more grounded version of yourself
You miss the version of you that was creative, curious, and playful, but don’t know how to get her back
- You feel like motherhood has swallowed you whole and erased your sense of identity
You’re grieving the gap between the motherhood you imagined and the one you’re living
You think to yourself, “I’m not okay… but I don’t know what to do about it”
- You long for a space where you don’t have to fake a smile, minimize your feelings, or explain why you’re struggling
Whether you are trying to conceive, pregnant, a few weeks postpartum, or years into motherhood, your pain valid.
Your story matters.
And support is here.
Hello, I'm Aubrey!
I am a licensed art therapist, counselor, and mother. I know what it feels like to be overwhelmed with grief, consumed by rage, undone by anxiety, or disconnected from the person you used to be.
In my work, I combine art psychotherapy, somatic practices, and trauma-informed talk therapy to help mothers move through the fire of early motherhood. The goal is not just to feel better, but to feel whole.
Healing is not about returning to who you were.
It is about becoming someone grounded, powerful, and true.
How It Feels to Come Home to Yourself
This isn’t about fixing you.
You’re not broken.
It’s about finally having the space, support, and safety to reconnect with the parts of you that motherhood made blurry, buried, or impossible to access.
Here’s what begins to return when you stop performing “fine” and start feeling fully:
Relief from guilt and shame
Tools to soothe your nervous system without shutting down
A space to express what feels messy, loud, or misunderstood
A deeper trust in your intuition and body’s signals
Creative ways to process what words alone can’t hold
Language for what you feel and permission to say it
Room to explore what you want
A felt sense of safety to return to, even on hard days
A clearer, more grounded sense of who you’re becoming
You don’t need to be more patient or perfect.
You need space to be fully you.
