Are You A New Mother Dealing With Burnout?
The morning rush ends, the house goes quiet, and you feel flat instead of relieved. Maybe you snap at the people you love most, then lie awake feeling guilty about it. Or you keep every plate spinning on the outside while running on empty inside.
Mom burnout therapy gives you a calm place to sort out what is draining you. Jennifer Deprez, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), meets with mothers in person in St. Catharines and online across Ontario. Many people arrive feeling stuck and ready to do the work.
You can reach Jennifer from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, Welland, Port Colborne, Port Dalhousie, Fonthill, Beamsville, and Vineland.
What Is Mom Burnout?
Mom burnout is long-term exhaustion that builds when the demands of parenting outrun the rest, support, and time you have to meet them. Parental burnout is the wider term, and mom burnout is how many mothers describe it. It can begin in the first months with a newborn. It can also build years later, when school runs, work, and household planning pile up.
Mom burnout is a description of what you are living through, and it says nothing about how much you love your children. Much of the weight is invisible. The mental load, meaning the planning, remembering, and organizing that keeps a household running, rarely appears on any to-do list.
Therapy helps you see how much you carry and decide what to do with it.
Who Can Benefit From Mom Burnout Therapy?
Burnout therapy for moms may suit you if you:
- are months into life with a baby and feel more drained than tired
- work outside the home and feel pulled in two directions all day
- carry most of the mental load at home
- look capable to everyone else while feeling close to empty
New parent burnout and postpartum burnout can set in once the first rush of newborn life settles. Single parent burnout is real too. If you raise children mostly on your own, support for yourself often comes last.
Parent burnout can also affect fathers and other caregivers, and a free consultation is a good way to ask whether Jennifer is the right fit.
Burnout and depression can overlap. If low mood, panic, or constant dread is taking over your days, start with your doctor or midwife. Jennifer can work alongside them.
Mom Burnout Symptoms You May Notice
Mom burnout symptoms tend to build slowly, so they can look like a rough patch long after they have become the norm. You may notice:
- Tiredness that sleep and weekends no longer fix
- A short fuse with your kids or partner, followed by a wave of guilt
- Feeling touched out and craving five minutes of quiet
- Going through the motions, with little pleasure in things you used to enjoy
- Foggy thinking, forgotten tasks, and trouble making small decisions
- Resentment toward constant requests, then shame about the resentment
- A voice in your head saying you should be handling this better
You may already have tried more planning, more routines, and more effort, and still feel stuck. These signs of parental burnout can also come from low mood, anxiety, or physical health problems. A check-in with your doctor is a sensible step.
How Therapy Helps With Mom Burnout
Many people hope for more patience at home, a quieter mind at night, and a little energy left for themselves. Therapy for mom burnout can support that by helping you understand what is driving the exhaustion, then building changes that fit your real week. Each approach Jennifer draws on has a job:
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps you spot thoughts like "I should be able to do it all" and test whether they hold up.
- DBT-based skills help you ride out waves of frustration or overwhelm without exploding or shutting down.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed work helps you understand the inner voice that demands perfection and the part of you that is worn out.
- Solution-focused work turns big goals into small changes you can try this week.
- EMDR can help when old beliefs such as "I'm not good enough" sit underneath the exhaustion.
Therapy also gives you a place to talk about guilt, boundaries, and asking for help. Progress looks different for everyone, so Jennifer checks in often on what is helping.
What to Expect From Mom Burnout Therapy
Your free consultation
Your first sessions
Building steadier days
Jennifer's Approach to Mom Burnout Therapy
Mom burnout therapy with Jennifer is calm and warm, with a coaching side that asks the harder questions when you want them. She wants sessions to lead somewhere, so you leave with insight and a next step instead of talking in circles.
Much of the work centres on limiting beliefs you may not realize you hold. Examples are "I have to be perfect" and "good mothers do not need a break." Therapy gives you a different vantage point on them.
Jennifer is also a mother. She knows how overwhelming it can feel to juggle parenting, relationships, and a career. Her 20 years in HR leadership gave her a close look at what happens when capable people carry too many roles at once.
Meet Your Parental Burnout Therapist
Jennifer Deprez holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. She practises as a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), the standard supervised stage on the way to full registration with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
Before becoming a therapist, she spent more than 20 years in HR leadership, consulting, and organizational development. She opened Cove in 2024. Her training includes dialectical behavioural therapy skills for emotional regulation, Internal Family Systems, Emotional Freedom Techniques, and EMDR. That mix gives her tools for the guilt, perfectionism, and overwhelm that can sit beneath burnout.
Jennifer's view is that understanding why you feel worn out is a start. Real change also needs the feeling itself to shift, and she works on both with you.
Mom Burnout Therapy Fees and Booking
Sessions are held in person in St. Catharines on Fridays and by video anywhere in Ontario. You can book online or start with a free consultation.
- Free virtual consultation: 15 minutes
- Individual session: 50 minutes, $150
- Individual session: 80 minutes, $225
Jennifer does not bill insurance directly. You pay at your session and can submit the receipt to your extended health plan if it covers psychotherapy. Coverage for a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) varies by plan, so check with your insurer before you book. Fees are listed on the booking page and may change.
Why Choose Cove for Mom Burnout Support?
Cove is a solo practice, so you work with the same therapist from your free consultation to your last session. There is no handoff and no retelling your story.
Jennifer chose the name Cove for the feeling of moving from rough water into calm, clear water: rest, safety, and clarity. She wants her sessions to carry that feeling.
Video sessions across Ontario mean no commute, which helps when childcare is tight. In-person sessions in St. Catharines are open to mothers across the Niagara Region.
Related Services and Resources
- EMDR therapy in St. Catharines can help when limiting beliefs sit underneath the exhaustion.
- Couples counselling in the Niagara Region supports partners who disagree about who carries what at home.
- About Cove Counselling tells the story of Jennifer's move from HR leadership to therapy.
- Jennifer Deprez's profile lists her training in full.
Mom Burnout Therapy FAQs
Book Mom Burnout Therapy in Niagara
If you are ready to talk about what is draining you, book a free virtual consultation with Jennifer. You can then decide whether mom burnout therapy in St. Catharines or online across Ontario feels like the right next step.
This page is general information and not medical advice. Results vary from person to person, and no outcome can be promised. If you are in crisis, call or text 9-8-8, or call 911 in an emergency.
