A space for your experience of motherhood
Motherhood can begin to shape your life long before a baby is born. The wish to have a child, pregnancy and the changes that come as a child grows can bring expectations, questions and feelings that are difficult to share.
Babygrow is a consultation with Filipa Neves, a clinical psychologist, for mothers and women considering motherhood. It focuses on each woman’s experience of motherhood, her relationship with herself, and the changes affecting her life and relationships.
Making room for your feelings
Being a mother does not always match what you imagined or what you feel is expected of you. Joy, fear, tiredness, uncertainty and conflicting feelings may coexist. Sometimes it is difficult to find a space where you can talk about all of this without fear of judgement.
In these consultations, we seek to understand your experience in the context of your history, relationships and current circumstances. The work begins with your questions and aims to help you recognise what you feel, what you need and the responses that make sense for you.
Questions we can explore together
- The wish to have a child and the experience of trying to conceive.
- Expectations, questions and anxieties during pregnancy.
- Feelings around birth and the arrival of a baby.
- Pressures and emotions associated with breastfeeding and caring for a baby.
- The idea of “maternal instinct” and expectations about what it means to be a mother.
- Tiredness, loneliness, fears and the need for support.
- Changes in identity, your relationship as a couple, intimacy and sexuality.
- Challenges that arise as your child grows and family life changes.
Babygrow addresses questions across the different stages of motherhood, from wishing to have a child to later stages of your child’s development.
Babygrow and Parenting Consultations
Babygrow focuses on a woman’s experience of being a mother. Parenting consultations explore parents’ relationships with their children and may be attended by one or both parents.
These are distinct consultations, both offered by Filipa Neves. If you are unsure which fits what you are looking for, you can discuss this when you first get in touch.
Sessions and fees
With Filipa Neves, clinical psychologist.
Sessions last 60 minutes and cost €100 per session.
Available in person in Carcavelos and online, in Portuguese and English, with the same fees and duration.
Request a Babygrow appointment with Filipa Neves
Email: [email protected]
Phone and WhatsApp: +351 914 939 169