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When Therapy Isn't Accessible For Moms

Therapy should challenge social ideologies that damage maternal mental health.

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Sarah Ann Saeger
Jul 28, 2026
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Earlier this week, I attended a required training for a therapy license renewal where we discussed the ethics of providing virtual counseling to a mom with a baby or small child in the room.

The consensus seemed to be that providing therapy could potentially “traumatize” the baby and “distract” the mother. One clinician chimed that “if a mother breastfee…

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