Therapy for Working Moms in Missouri & Illinois
Burnout, Anxiety, Guilt & the Emotional Demands of Balancing Career and Motherhood
When it feels like everyone needs something from you and you’re falling behind
Motherhood can be deeply meaningful—and incredibly demanding. Between work responsibilities, family life, and the invisible mental load of managing it all, many working mothers find themselves constantly giving to everyone else while quietly feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and/or falling behind. Therapy provides a space to slow down, understand what's beneath these feelings, and reconnect with yourself.
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You love your children.
You care about your career.
But somewhere between work deadlines, daycare pickups, doctor's appointments, bedtime routines, and the endless mental checklist running through your mind, you've begun to wonder:
"How am I supposed to keep doing all of this?"
“Who am I outside of work and motherhood?”
“Why do I feel guilty when I'm at work?”
“Why do I feel guilty when I'm at home?”
“Why do I feel like everyone needs something from me?”
“Why can't I just enjoy this?”
Many working mothers I work with carry a constant sense that they should be doing more. More at work, more at home, more for their children, more for their partner.
No matter how much you accomplish, it rarely feels like enough.
Therapy offers a place where you don't have to keep holding everything together.
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Working mom burnout
Anxiety and chronic stress
Feeling overwhelmed by the mental load
Mom guilt
Difficulty balancing work and family
Emotional exhaustion
Perfectionism
Loss of identity after becoming a mother
Relationship stress after having children
Difficulty asking for help
Feeling like you're failing at work or at home
Constant self-criticism
Trouble slowing down or resting
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Working mothers often carry an invisible burden.
From the outside, you may appear capable, organized, and successful. Internally, you may feel overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, and afraid that if you slow down, everything will fall apart.
My practice focuses on helping women better understand these emotional experiences—not simply by learning coping strategies, but by exploring the deeper patterns that keep them feeling responsible for everything and everyone.
Whether you're navigating burnout, motherhood, relationship changes, infertility, postpartum anxiety, or simply trying to find yourself again after becoming a mother, therapy offers a space where you don't have to keep carrying it all alone.
My goal is to provide a space where you feel understood from the very beginning because I understand that becoming a mother often transforms every part of your life, including parts no one else can see.
REASONS TO BOOK
REASONS TO BOOK
CLINICALLY TRAINED
You’re drawn to therapy that goes beyond symptom relief—a space with a curious, reflective, and empathetic therapist who helps you uncover the unconscious origins of your thoughts, feelings, and relational patterns, and understand how they continue to shape your present experience.
DEEP, INSIGHT-ORIENTED APPROACH
Therapy can be challenging work, and having a skilled, clinically trained therapist by your side makes all the difference. After transforming my own career from attorney to therapist, I completed several years of advanced clinical training at both the St. Louis and Chicago Psychoanalytic Institutes. This depth of training allows me to look beyond symptoms alone, helping you understand the underlying patterns that keep you feeling stuck.
WARM AND APPROACHABLE
Starting therapy can feel vulnerable. My goal is to make the process feel approachable by creating a space where you feel comfortable being yourself, asking difficult questions, and exploring what matters most to you.
