Therapy for Women and Mothers in Maryland
Support for the overwhelm, anxiety, and anger that builds when you have been carrying too much for too long
Virtual therapy across Maryland
You’ve held it together for a long time; now something inside is asking for more.
Many of the women I work with share a similar internal experience, even when their lives appear very different on the outside.
They are thoughtful, capable, and deeply responsible.
But internally, they feel stretched thin managing emotions, expectations, and pressure that rarely gets named.
Over time, the nervous system begins to feel the strain.
Anxiety becomes constant.
Irritability surfaces more quickly.
Overthinking feels relentless.
And anger that has been pushed down for years begins to leak through in ways that feel unfamiliar.
You might notice that you:
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feel constantly on edge or overstimulated, even during ordinary moments
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hold yourself to very high standards and rarely feel satisfied
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push through exhaustion because slowing down feels irresponsible
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feel surprised by the intensity of your anger
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feel unsure who you are becoming or whether this life still fits
For some women, this intensifies during motherhood or postpartum.
For others, it emerges through burnout, caregiving, or major life transitions.
Different circumstances.
The same nervous system under pressure.
Support from someone who understands the pressure you’ve been carrying.
Hi, I’m Aubrey.
I work with women and mothers navigating anxiety, overwhelm, burnout, and the anger that surfaces when too much has been carried for too long.
I bring more than a decade of clinical experience supporting women and families in psychiatric and medical hospital settings, along with advanced training in perinatal mental health.
As a therapist and a mother myself, I understand both professionally and personally how much emotional pressure women are often expected to carry alone.
My work integrates art psychotherapy, nervous system awareness, and a feminist relational lens to help you better understand your emotional patterns and reconnect with yourself with greater clarity.
You’ve held it together for a long time; now something inside is asking for more.
Many of the women I work with share a similar internal experience, even when their lives look very different on the outside.
They are thoughtful, responsible, and deeply capable.
But internally, they feel stretched thin managing emotions, expectations, and pressure that rarely gets named.
Over time, the nervous system begins to feel the strain.
Anxiety becomes constant.
Irritability surfaces more quickly.
Overthinking feels relentless.
And anger that has been pushed down for years begins to leak through in ways that feel unfamiliar.
You might notice that you:
-
feel constantly on edge or overstimulated, even during ordinary moments
-
hold yourself to very high standards and rarely feel satisfied
-
push through exhaustion because slowing down feels irresponsible
-
feel surprised by the intensity of your anger
-
feel unsure who you are becoming or whether this life still fits
For some women, this intensifies during motherhood or postpartum.
For others, it emerges through burnout, caregiving, or major life transitions.
Different circumstances.
The same nervous system under pressure.
Support from someone who understands the pressure you’ve been carrying.
Hi, I’m Aubrey.
I work with women and mothers navigating anxiety, overwhelm, burnout, and the anger that surfaces when too much has been carried for too long.
I bring more than a decade of clinical experience supporting women and families in psychiatric and medical hospital settings, along with advanced training in perinatal mental health.
As a therapist and a mother myself, I understand both professionally and personally how much emotional pressure women are often expected to carry alone.
My work integrates art psychotherapy, nervous system awareness, and a feminist relational lens to help you better understand your emotional patterns and reconnect with yourself with greater clarity.
My Clinical Perspective
Women are carrying more than anyone admits.
Many of the women I work with have spent years being the capable one.
The person who keeps things running, anticipates everyone else’s needs, and absorbs pressure without making it anyone else’s problem.
From the outside their lives often look stable and successful. Internally the pressure accumulates.
Mental load that never fully turns off.
Responsibility that quietly expands over time.
Emotional labor that few people acknowledge.
Eventually the nervous system begins to show the strain.
Anxiety becomes constant. Overthinking becomes relentless. Resentment surfaces in moments that feel surprising. Sometimes anger arrives with an intensity that feels unfamiliar.
Not because something is wrong with you.
But because your system has been carrying far more than it was meant to hold alone.
In my work, anger is not something we try to eliminate or suppress.
It is something we learn to understand and work with.
All emotions carry meaning. Anger often functions like a compass pointing toward places in your life that have become ignored, overextended, or misaligned.
In therapy, we slow down enough to listen to what those emotions are communicating and explore them not only through reflection, but through creative and embodied practices that allow deeper insight to emerge.
Areas of Focus
I support women and mothers navigating overlapping experiences such as:
Anxiety & Nervous System Overwhelm
Chronic anxiety, racing thoughts, hypervigilance, and difficulty feeling settled in your body
Perfectionism & High Self-Control
Relentless self-criticism and pressure to remain composed while holding everything together
Anger, Rage, & Emotional Shutdown
Irritability, resentment, emotional eruptions, or numbness from holding too much inside
Overstimulation & Burnout
Mental load, sensory overwhelm, decision fatigue, and the exhaustion that comes from carrying too much for too long
Postpartum & Identity Shifts
Postpartum anxiety, anger and rage, intrusive thoughts, grief, and the evolving sense of self that can accompany motherhood
These experiences often overlap. You do not need to fit into just one category.
Professional Endorsements
Philadelphia, PA
Clarkston, MI
Hagerstown, MD
Is This a Good Fit?
Many of the women who seek this work are thoughtful, capable people who have spent years holding things together while quietly carrying a great deal of emotional pressure.
They are not necessarily looking for quick strategies. They are looking for a space to understand themselves more honestly and explore the patterns shaping their emotional lives.
This work may be a good fit if you:
- want to understand the deeper patterns behind anxiety, anger, or overwhelm
- are curious about the connection between emotions, your nervous system, and your lived experience
- value reflection and insight while also wanting ways to embody and integrate what you are discovering
- feel open to creative and somatic approaches that can access emotions that may be difficult to put into words
Our work may include conversation, reflective exploration, and optional art-based and somatic practices that allow deeper emotional patterns to emerge in ways that talking alone often cannot access.
You do not need to consider yourself artistic to benefit from art psychotherapy.
Therapy at TendWell is offered virtually to adult women, including mothers, throughout Maryland.
You do not need to be in crisis to deserve support.
Many of the women I work with appear capable and successful from the outside, even while feeling overwhelmed or stretched beyond their limits on the inside.
They have simply been carrying more emotional pressure than anyone should have to hold alone.
Therapy offers a space to slow down, understand what your emotions are asking for, and reconnect with yourself with greater clarity.