Therapy for New Parents & Families in London & Across Ontario
Parenthood can hold a lot of change.
The journey to and through parenthood can take many forms, bringing transitions, challenges, and experiences that may not always look the way you expected.
At Resilient Roots Therapy, we provide affirming, specialized therapy throughout the journey to and through parenthood, supporting different family structures and paths to parenthood.
Your Path to Parenthood Is Your Own
There are many ways to become or grow a family, and no two journeys look the same.
You may be navigating fertility challenges, preparing to welcome a child, adjusting to parenthood, or finding your way through the changes that come with growing your family.
Whether you're a birthing or non-birthing parent, an adoptive parent, an intended parent, or building your family in ways not always reflected in traditional conversations about parenthood, your experience belongs here. At RRT, there is space for your path, your family structure, and everything you're bringing with you.
Affirming Support Through Parenthood & Family Transitions
RRT provides therapy for new parents and families throughout the journey to and through parenthood.
Our approach is affirming, anti-oppressive, and culturally responsive, recognizing that becoming or growing a family doesn't happen separately from the rest of who you are. Your identity, culture, relationships, family structure, and lived experiences can all be part of the conversation.
Therapy may include support for navigating:
✔ Fertility challenges ✔ The prenatal journey ✔ The postpartum journey ✔ Pregnancy or infant loss ✔ Preparing for parenthood ✔ Adjusting to parenthood ✔ Changes in identity and relationships ✔ Different paths to parenthood ✔ Family transitions and new beginnings ✔ Adoption
How Therapy for New Parents & Families Can Support You
The journey to and through parenthood can bring change in many areas of your life. Therapy can create space to understand what you're experiencing, adjust to what's changing, and find support that reflects you and your family.
→ Making Space for What You're Feeling: Explore the emotions, questions, expectations, and experiences that can come with fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, loss, or becoming a parent.
→ Navigating Change and New Roles: Adjust to changing routines, responsibilities, relationships, identities, and expectations as you prepare for or settle into parenthood.
→ Caring for Yourself Alongside Your Family: Make space for your own needs, boundaries, identity, and well-being while preparing to care for or caring for others.
→ Strengthening Relationships and Connection: Navigate changes in communication, intimacy, responsibilities, and connection with your partner, family, or other important people in your life.
→ Finding What Works for You and Your Family: Build greater confidence in your choices and explore what parenthood and family life can look like for you, without feeling pressured to fit someone else's expectations.
Care That Makes Room for Your Family
→ Different Paths to Parenthood: RRT supports families across different paths to parenthood, including birthing parents, non-birthing parents, adoptive parents, and intended parents.
→ Your Family Structure Belongs in the Conversation: Our care is affirming across identities and family structures. You don't need to fit your family into a particular definition before you can ask for support.
→ Care Is Shaped With You: We believe you are the expert on your own life. Our therapists work alongside you to identify your goals and shape care around your needs, experiences, strengths, and resources.
Nearly half (49%) of mothers and birthing parents in Canada reported experiencing challenges with their emotional or mental health during pregnancy or after childbirth.
Among those who experienced these challenges, 60% said they began after childbirth.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2024 Parental Experiences Survey (released 2026)
What to Expect From Therapy for New Parents & Families
Whether you're preparing for parenthood, welcoming a new child, or adjusting to changes within your growing family, the first session is a chance for your therapist to get to know you, understand where you are in your journey, and explore what you hope to get out of your time together.
You don't need to arrive with all the answers or know exactly where to begin. Your therapist will help guide the conversation along the way. Therapy for new parents and families at Resilient Roots Therapy includes:
Flexible session lengths ranging from 50 minutes to 2 hours, based on your needs and goals
Weekly or biweekly appointments based on your needs and availability
In-person therapy at our London office
Virtual therapy available to clients across Ontario
An individualized approach that considers your identity, lived experiences, family structure, needs, and goals
Getting Started With Therapy for New Parents & Families
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Book Your Discovery Call
Choose a 20-minute phone or video call with our Clinic Coordinator, and share where you are in your journey and the support you're looking for.
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We'll Connect You With a Therapist
Based on your Discovery Call, our Clinic Coordinator will help connect you with an RRT therapist whose experience and approach align with what you're looking for.
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Begin Therapy
From there, you'll meet your therapist and begin working together. If the fit doesn't feel right, let us know — we'll help you find another therapist at RRT who may be a better match.
Common Questions About Therapy for New Parents & Families
Your Family Doesn't Have to Follow One Particular Path
However you're coming into parenthood or navigating this chapter as a family, there is space to bring your experiences, identities, relationships, and family structure into the conversation.
Start with a Discovery Call, and we'll help connect you with support at RRT.