The Relationship After Birth
Reconnecting as a Couple After a Baby
A new baby changes the hours, the roles, and often the way you reach for each other.
The Daily Shift
When Both of You Are Running Low
There may be a familiar argument about who noticed the dishes, who slept, or whose turn it is to get up. Underneath it, one of you might be asking to be seen while the other hears criticism. Exhaustion makes even a small repair difficult when the day has no empty space.
Touch can also take on a new meaning. One partner may miss affection; another may feel that every touch asks for more than they can give. Andrea makes room for both experiences without treating desire as a duty or one partner as the obstacle.
Inside Sessions
Make Space for Two People Again
In Couples and Sex Therapy, you can slow a recent exchange down and name the part each of you carried into it. Andrea may ask how tasks are divided, when either person gets uninterrupted time, and what happens when one of you tries to ask for help. Small details often explain why a conversation keeps going in circles.
You can discuss physical closeness in plain terms: what kind of touch feels welcome, what has become charged, and how to say no without losing connection. Sessions are talk therapy only, with no sexual contact or physical sexual activity.
Time and Fees
A Format for This Season
Couples and Sex Therapy is $300 for 50 minutes. Regular appointments make it possible to revisit how an agreement worked between sessions, including when the reality of caring for a baby disrupted the plan. You need not arrive with an equal list of complaints.
A Couples & Intimacy Intensive is $1,750 for 180 minutes of concentrated therapeutic time when a longer conversation fits. A $100 consultation is required first. The $100 is credited in full toward your first paid session or intensive. You can discuss timing, privacy, and whether an intensive is appropriate for your current capacity.
A Shift in Roles
What Changed Between You
01Sleep and household tasks may have redistributed unevenly.
02Touch may feel like another request instead of a moment together.
03The old ways of asking for help may no longer work.
The relationship deserves attention alongside the care you give your baby.
Access
Meet From Your Own Private Space
Care is available by secure telehealth for couples located in Texas, Colorado, or Idaho at the time of session. You will need a private place where the two of you can talk. If arranging that feels difficult right now, it is worth naming during the consultation rather than pretending it is simple.
You can start with one concrete moment: the last time one of you reached out and the other withdrew. Andrea can help look at what happened without turning sleep deprivation into a character flaw or demanding that you resolve the entire relationship at once.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it too soon after having a baby to come in?
There is no set timeline. The consultation can consider your needs and whether the timing and format work for you both.
What if we cannot agree on the main problem?
You do not have to agree first. Andrea can help you describe the different experiences within a recent exchange.
Keep Exploring
Related Paths
Make room to speak as partners again.
Start with a $100 consultation. The $100 is credited in full toward your first paid session or intensive.