Parenthood Wasn’t Meant To Be Done Alone
And yet so many people feel lonely and ill-equipped for the job. Whether you’re a first-time parent in the trenches of postpartum & newborn life, years into your parenting journey and wondering who you are now, or navigating parenting with ADHD and feeling totally overwhelmed, therapy offers you the space and support to discover your own version of this parenthood that feels sustainable, and joyful for you.
YOU’RE A NEW PARENT
Navigating The Transition Into Parenthood
Nothing rivals the life transformation that comes with becoming a parent. Whether you’re pregnant, newly postpartum, adjusting to life with older children, or a parent figuring out how to support your partner while taking care of the kids and a million other obligations, parenthood can bring enormous emotional, relational, and identity shifts that often feel invisible to the outside world.
This is a space to process the overwhelm, grief, anxiety, loneliness, resentment, or uncertainty that can coexist alongside deep love for your child. It’s also an opportunity to reconnect with yourself: who you are now, what you need, what matters to you, and how you want this next chapter of your life to feel.
YOU’RE OVERWHELMED WITH
Balancing Competing Demands
Modern parenthood can feel relentless. Between careers, relationships, parenting, emotional labor, and the constant mental load of managing daily life, many people feel like they are always behind, overstimulated, and running on empty.
My clients are often high-achieving and appear high-functioning on the outside, but internally feel overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, and exhausted by the pressure to hold everything together. Therapy offers a space to slow down, understand the patterns keeping you stuck in survival mode, regulate your nervous system, and build more sustainable ways of living, relating, and caring for yourself.
YOU’RE PARENTING WITH ADHD
Managing A Heavy Mental Load
For many folks, becoming a parent intensifies ADHD symptoms in ways that can feel overwhelming and deeply discouraging. Systems that once worked may suddenly fall apart, leaving you feeling disorganized, overstimulated, emotionally reactive, constantly behind, or unable to keep up with the demands of daily life.
Many people with ADHD carry significant shame around struggling, especially when they feel like everyone else is managing parenthood more easily. Therapy can help you better understand how ADHD impacts your nervous system, emotions, relationships, routines, and sense of self, while also developing supportive systems, realistic expectations, and practical strategies that work for your actual life.
WORD ON THE STREET
“Alyza is skilled in working with new parents and women, helping to navigate life's many transitions. She shows a warmth and kindness that welcomes all issues into the room with dignity and honor. I highly recommend her!”
THE LOGISTICS
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I see clients virtually throughout Ohio & Texas, and in person in Oberlin, Ohio.
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Intake sessions are $160 and follow up sessions are $145. All sessions are 50-minutes unless additional time is requested.
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Short answer: as often as you’d like.
Long answer: I’ve found (and research has, too), that the relationship between a therapist and her client is the #1 predictor of success in therapy. So, I typically recommend starting with weekly sessions to build a solid foundation, then figuring out together what frequency serves your long term goals.