Hawaii Holistic Therapy
Hawaii Holistic Therapy
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Find Sacred Balance and Support in Motherhood

 

Postpartum Therapy with Hawaii Holistic Therapy – Available Online Across Hawaii

For the women who feel the weight of transformation, the longing to be seen, and the ache to feel whole again—you are not alone.

 

Aloha, Mama.

Pregnancy and birth are not just physical events. They are soul-shaking thresholds. Motherhood—especially the early days—can feel like both a blessing and a breaking open.

If you're navigating postpartum depression, anxiety, rage, grief, or feel overwhelmed by this massive life shift, please know: your experience is valid. These struggles do not reflect your worth as a mother. They are invitations for healing, deeper support, and remembering who you are within it all.

At Hawaii Holistic Therapy, we honor the sacredness of this journey. Our postpartum therapy offerings support women and birthing people in reconnecting with their sacred rhythms, healing birth experiences, and reclaiming their full expression—body, mind, and spirit.

 
“Birth is not just a beginning for the child—it is a rebirth for the woman. One where she becomes softer, stronger, and forever changed.”
— Marina Ray

Common Postpartum Symptoms

Postpartum Depression & Emotional Shifts

  • Feeling persistently sad, numb, or disconnected from yourself

  • Waves of anger or irritability that feel unfamiliar or overwhelming

  • Postpartum rage — yes, it’s real and more common than you think

  • Struggling to bond with your baby, or feeling distant

  • Scary or intrusive thoughts you’re ashamed to say out loud

  • Losing interest in things that used to bring you joy

  • Heavy feelings of guilt, shame, or “I’m not doing this right”

  • Changes in sleep or appetite that go beyond adjusting to newborn life

  • Crying more often than usual, sometimes without knowing why

  • Doubting your worth, your instincts, or your capacity as a mother

Postpartum Anxiety

  • Feeling constantly on edge, overwhelmed, or worried about your baby’s safety

  • Racing thoughts that won’t slow down, even in quiet moments

  • Inability to relax—even when your baby is fed, sleeping, and everything seems “okay”

  • Physical sensations like a racing heart, nausea, dizziness, or hot flashes

  • Frequently checking on your baby, feeling like you can’t let your guard down

  • Unwanted, intrusive thoughts or mental images that feel scary or shameful

  • Difficulty making even small decisions—everything feels high-stakes

  • Trouble falling or staying asleep because your mind won’t stop

  • Moments of panic, tight chest, or sudden waves of fear that feel hard to explain

Postpartum Stress

  • Feeling stretched thin by the constant demands of motherhood

  • Trying to care for your baby while forgetting your own needs

  • Worrying you’re not doing enough or “failing” as a mom

  • Feeling distant from your partner, friends, or community

  • Holding tension in your shoulders, jaw, or chest without even realizing it

  • Feeling overstimulated, “touched out,” or craving just a moment alone

  • Having a hard time setting boundaries or asking for support

  • Lying awake at night with a busy mind, even when you're exhausted

  • Not recognizing yourself—physically, emotionally, or spiritually

  • Living in survival mode, wondering when you’ll feel like you again

Common Postpartum Challenges

Postpartum Depression (PPD)
Feeling empty or numb, irritability that surprises you, struggling to bond, or wondering if you're doing it all wrong. It may show up as guilt, shame, sadness, or detachment. You're not broken—you’re in need of healing and care.

Postpartum Anxiety (PPA)
Endless "what ifs," racing thoughts, inability to rest, intrusive fears, and an inner sense of hypervigilance that never quite turns off. This is more than worry—your nervous system is asking for regulation and safety.

Postpartum Rage
You snap. You yell. You feel ashamed. But this rage is not a reflection of your love—it's often a sign your needs are unmet, your boundaries are breached, and your nervous system is overwhelmed. It can be healed.

Postpartum Stress & Overwhelm
You’re trying to be everything for everyone—and losing yourself in the process. Your body is tense. Your mind won’t shut off. You’re exhausted but can't rest. You're not alone in this.

Birth Trauma
Whether your birth was medicalized, unsupported, or simply didn’t go how you hoped, the experience lives in your body. We create space to honor and integrate your birth story with compassion.

 

Benefits of Postpartum Therapy with Hawaii Holistic Therapy

1. Find relief from depression, anxiety, and overwhelm

2. Process your birth experience and emotional landscape

3. Reconnect with your intuition and body

4. Learn nervous system regulation tools

5. Create a nourishing self-care rhythm

6. Strengthen your identity beyond the “mom role”

7. Break cycles of generational trauma

8. Deepen your bond with your baby

9. Embrace motherhood as a spiritual and healing path

We blend evidence-based psychotherapy with holistic practices like mindfulness, somatic therapy, storytelling, and ritual. Together, we support your healing—body, mind, and soul.

Types of Therapy for Postpartum Healing

Somatic Therapy for Postpartum Depression

Postpartum isn’t just a mental journey—it’s deeply embodied. Somatic therapy guides you back into a relationship with your body. Through breathwork, movement, and awareness, we help release stored tension, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect you with your body’s innate wisdom.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Postpartum Depression

CBT helps untangle the inner dialogue that may be amplifying anxiety, guilt, or emotional overwhelm. We gently explore your thought patterns, shift self-critical beliefs, and practice new ways of responding—so you can meet motherhood with more clarity, confidence, and compassion.

Psychodynamic Therapy for Postpartum Depression

Motherhood often reawakens old wounds—especially those from your own childhood. Psychodynamic therapy gently supports you in exploring your inner landscape, attachment history, and inherited family patterns so you can break cycles and parent with presence, not just reaction.

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) for Postpartum Depression

Relationships shift deeply in motherhood. Whether you're navigating conflict with your partner, feeling isolated, or grieving your former identity, IPT gently helps you build healthier communication, boundaries, emotional clarity, and connection in your most important relationships.

 
 

What Postpartum Really Looks Like

Sacred thresholds can be messy, magical, and everything in between.

Motherhood changes you. It opens doors to parts of yourself you never knew existed—some radiant, some tender, some unraveling. And in the whirlwind of diapers, sleepless nights, and identity shifts, it’s easy to wonder:
Is this normal?
 Is it okay to feel this way?
 Where did I go in all of this?

Here are some real, common, and deeply human postpartum experiences that may be a sign it’s time to reach out for support:

  • You’re feeling overwhelmed, insecure, in awe, exhausted, anxious… wondering if you're doing this “right,” wondering when it will get easier, wondering when you can exhale.

  • You’re feeling angry, sad, irritable, raw—maybe even resentful. You’re fighting more with your partner. You keep telling yourself “this is just how early motherhood is,” but deep down, you wish someone would ask how you’re really doing.

  • You feel like you’re disappearing. Like you love your baby, but you also need space to reconnect with you—the woman beneath the role of mother.

  • You are not enjoying motherhood and feel confused, ashamed, or afraid to admit it out loud.

  • You are drained—physically, emotionally, spiritually—and you know it’s time to rebuild your foundation of nourishment and care.

  • You’ve heard of “postpartum depression,” but the label feels heavy. You wonder, “If I admit this, does it mean I’m not a good mom?” (No, it doesn’t. Not even close.)

  • Your birthing experience—whether magical, traumatic, humbling, or empowering—left a mark that needs to be honored, integrated, and gently held.

  • Your childhood keeps resurfacing. The way you were raised. The patterns you inherited. The hurts and hopes. And you’re starting to see how all of that is shaping you as a mother now.

  • You’re overwhelmed by parenting advice. You crave something deeper than checklists—you want to trust your own inner compass. You want to come home to your intuition.

    If this is you... know that you're not broken. You’re crossing a sacred threshold.

We see you. We hear you. You are not alone.

At Hawaii Holistic Therapy, we offer soul-rooted postpartum support that weaves together modern psychology, ancestral wisdom, and somatic care.
With loving guidance, ritual, story, and space to process, you can feel like yourself again—more whole, more powerful, and more connected than ever before.

You don’t have to do this alone.
Book a free clarity call below and take the first step back to you.

 

What Makes Our Approach Unique


At Hawaii Holistic Therapy, postpartum care isn’t one-size-fits-all. We blend:

1. Evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, and trauma-informed care

2. Somatic practices to support nervous system regulation and body-based healing

3. Ritual, storytelling, and sacred self-inquiry rooted in ancestral wisdom

4. Cycle awareness to reconnect you with your inner rhythms and energy

5. Spiritual and intuitive guidance for those desiring depth and soul connection

We see postpartum as a rite of passage—not something to "bounce back" from, but a portal into deeper wholeness.

 

Postpartum Therapy FAQ’s

  • Postpartum depression (PPD) can show up as persistent sadness, anxiety, irritability, guilt, emotional numbness, or a disconnection from your baby, your body, or your purpose. It may feel like you’ve lost parts of yourself. You don’t have to wait until you “hit bottom” to seek support—if something feels off, that’s enough reason to reach out.

  • While traditional therapy often focuses on cognitive tools and symptom relief, our approach honors the emotional, physical, spiritual, and lineage aspects of healing. We work with the nervous system, the unconscious, and the body’s innate wisdom through movement, breath, and sacred rituals—alongside evidence-based methods like CBT, and mindfulness.

  • Yes, absolutely. Grief in motherhood is rarely talked about, but it is real and valid. Therapy provides a safe space to name and honor what’s been lost—freedom, identity, intimacy—and to be with and if helpful work with that grief into wisdom, presence, and purpose.

  • Yes. The transition into motherhood often reshapes your relationships—with your partner, your own mother, your child, and yourself. We support you in healing relational wounds, setting healthy boundaries, and developing clearer communication. We also explore deeper emotional patterns—like people-pleasing or self-silencing—that may surface during this life transition.

  • Postpartum rage is a real and often overlooked experience. It may be your body’s way of expressing unmet needs, boundary violations, or unresolved trauma. In this space, your anger is welcomed—not shamed. We work to understand its root, release it safely, and restore emotional balance.

  • 6. Can we work with generational patterns or matrilineal wounds during therapy?
    Yes. This is often where our work becomes deeply transformative. Through storytelling, ritual, and intuitive reflection, we explore how inherited beliefs, emotional patterns, or unresolved pain from previous generations may be influencing your experience of motherhood—and we support you in breaking cycles with compassion.

  • Not at all. We move at your pace. Your body, your heart, and your nervous system all hold wisdom about when and how to open. Whether we begin with grounding, movement, or simply sitting together in silence, our work honors safety and slow unfolding.

  • Yes. Holistic therapy can beautifully complement psychiatric support or other care. We are happy to coordinate care as part of your healing team, offering a deeply embodied, integrative layer to your postpartum support.

  • Healing isn’t linear or one-size-fits-all. Some clients find deep shifts in a few months, while others stay longer for continued support. You’re always in charge of your healing path. Whether it’s weekly, biweekly, or monthly—your rhythm is respected.

  • Each session is uniquely tailored. We may talk, cry, breathe, move, reflect, or just be with what is present. Some sessions are quiet and grounding, others emotional and illuminating. You’ll always leave with insights, tools, or practices to anchor you into yourself between sessions.

 

How to Begin

We offer postpartum therapy online across Hawaii and in person on Oahu. You can book a free consultation call to ask questions, share what you’re going through, and find out if we’re a good fit.

There is no "right" timeline for postpartum care—whether you’re weeks or years into motherhood, it’s never too late to seek healing.

You deserve support that honors your full self.

You deserve a space to breathe, unravel, and be held.

We’re here for you.

 

Make an Appointment for Holistic Therapy in Hawaiʻi

Curious if holistic therapy is the right fit for you?

Let’s begin with a conversation.

Click below to schedule your free clarity call. I’ll personally reach out to explore what’s bringing you to therapy and share how I can support you.

I offer online therapy for individuals and couples across Hawaii.

If you have questions or want to connect before scheduling, feel free to send a message using the contact form. I’ll get back to you directly.

You deserve a space to be witnessed, softened, remembered, and reclaim who you truly are.

I’m here when you’re ready.