Therapy for Women

Maybe your mental health challenges have made it difficult to enjoy moments with your partner, children, or friends. Perhaps you’re struggling with infertility, postpartum depression, or other perinatal issues. On top of your stressors, you’re still expected to be there for everyone in your life and juggle your career and home life with ease. To cope with all your stress, you might engage in self-sabotaging behaviors like drinking too much, skipping meals, or spending excessive time on social media. As a result, you may be thinking of seeing a therapist who specializes in providing mental health support for women.

You might struggle with perfectionism and low self-esteem.

As a woman in today’s world, perhaps you feel bombarded by sky-high expectations for beauty and success. When you don’t live up to the standards set by social media and diet culture, you may spiral down and worry that you’re not good enough. Maybe you suffer from negative body image and have trouble accepting the way you look.

Additionally, perhaps your relationships don’t make you feel good about who you are. You might be in a toxic or abusive relationship or have a partner who doesn’t respect your needs and boundaries. Deep down, you probably wish you had more of a voice in your relationships—you’re tired of making yourself invisible for the other person.

If you want to make room for self-care, reclaim your voice, and live with more pep in your step, we encourage you to pursue women’s counseling with us. Here at the Therapy for Women Center, we specialize in helping women improve their mental health and better their relationships with themselves and others. We’re confident that we can do the same for you.

Women today face more pressure than at any other time in history.

The truth is that, while we like to believe that we’ve achieved gender equality, women still face disproportionate adversity in our world today. Between sexism in the workplace, unrealistic beauty standards, and recent attacks on women’s rights, it’s no secret that most women are struggling. They’re more likely to suffer from domestic abuse than men (1). They’re also more likely to deal with anxiety, depression, and other mental health ailments (2). And although women have more career opportunities than they did before, they’re still expected to bear the mental load of motherhood.

Additionally, many of the expectations that women face are contradictory in nature. They’re supposed to be beautiful and maintain their looks, but they can’t be too obsessed with looks or else they’re labeled vainglorious. They’re supposed to be slim and fit, but they’re also supposed to bear children, which puts a lot of natural wear and tear on the body. What’s more, women are expected to be career-oriented and successful while still bearing the roles of wife, mother, homemaker, etc. In the face of all these conflicting demands, it’s no wonder so many women are stressed and burnt out.

Social media has only made women’s self-esteem issues worse.

Low self-worth and negative body image have become especially prevalent in recent decades, as women now have the ability to compare themselves to thousands of influencers, models, and celebrities on social media. The standard for beauty and fitness is simply unrealistic—and in some cases purely unattainable. It makes so many women feel ashamed about their body size, which only exacerbates the epidemic of negative self-image and eating disorders.

Now more than ever, women need a place where they can escape the clamor of voices telling them who they need to be, how they need to dress, and what they need to eat. In short, they need somewhere where they can be themselves and find respite from the pressures of the outside world. That’s what therapy offers.