Getting Help

Getting Help

Checklist

Are you unsure if you should seek further help after reviewing our signs and symptoms? Here is a link to take a quick depression and anxiety checklist assessment*:

http://www.pndsa.co.za/ms-fc.htm

Key benefits of the checklist:

• Identify areas of concern
• Print out the test to bring to your physician or clinician
• Take another positive step toward feeling better

*Please note: With any self-test or checklist, results are for informational purposes only and not a diagnostic tool. Regardless of results, if you are not "feeling yourself", a consultation with your physician or other helping professional knowledgeable about postpartum difficulties would be the best option. Remember, you are not alone and help is available.

How Counseling Helps

Counseling provides you with an opportunity to sit down with someone who is objective, and capable of offering insights and alternatives for solving life’s problems. More importantly, a therapist is an expert who can show you ways of ridding yourself of negative thoughts or behavior patterns and adopting constructive new ones.

The PPD Center specializes in helping women and their families prepare for and adapt to the stressful and often difficult transition pregnancy & a new baby can bring.

Services We Provide

The PPD Center of San Antonio is a resource new parents, physicians, & family therapists can rely upon to provide the best care possible. THIS IS OUR SPECIALTY and we are here to help! Center services include:

• Individual and/or Family therapy
• PPD support groups
• Most insurance plans accepted, including Medicaid
• Established working relationship with most local OB-GYN practices
• Risk screening tools
• Psychiatrist referral for medication management
• Specialists in Marriage & Family
• Bi-Lingual therapist referrals available
• Group psychoeducational seminars and workshops
• Educational materials
• Community resources network
• Hospital privileges

What Next?

Contact the PPD Center of San Antonio immediately if you have the above listed symptoms, need to talk, or are experiencing difficulty. We will be happy to schedule an appointment.

Phone: (210) 497-0800
Fax: 210) 492-2630
Email: sacounseling@sbcglobal.net
1132 West Blanco
San Antonio, Texas 78232

Helpful Strategies

All new mothers need to take special care of themselves following delivery. It may be helpful to new mothers to:

• Talk about feelings with other mothers to help keep things in perspective
• Set aside time to spend with partners to relax
• Get plenty of rest; nap when the baby is sleeping
• Eat a nutritious diet; avoid sugar, caffeine and alcohol
• Get moderate exercise, even if its just walking around the block a few times
• Let family and friends help with childcare and household chores
• Find time to do something enjoyable for a brief time each day
• Remember who YOU are and plug back into who you were before baby
• Keep a journal as a way to release feelings
• Remember its okay to feel overwhelmed. Having a baby means many changes and it can take some time to adjust.

Babies do not come with instruction manuals & there's no tech support!