Therapist for Mama

Therapist for Mama Welcome ✨ I’m Angela Bianco Smith, LCSW working in private practice in San Diego, CA. Individual and couples therapy available in person and virtually.

I support parents trying to conceive, pregnancy, postpartum and throughout parenthood. Let’s connect!

there’s no bigger impact than community care 🤝imagine a room & sometimes an outdoor space filled with babies & Mamas.the...
04/14/2026

there’s no bigger impact than community care 🤝

imagine a room & sometimes an outdoor space filled with babies & Mamas.

they’re all new.
new to this world & new to this identity.

and they need a minute to breathe.
to land.
and to look around to see they’re not alone 🤍

weekly led conversations & support circling around:
▫️postpartum education
▫️birth stories
▫️sleep & emotional regulation
▫️postpartum anxiety, intrusive thoughts & health anxiety
▫️identity shifts & Matrescence
▫️relationships & partnership dynamics
▫️body image & recovery
▫️feeding
▫️postpartum rage, irritability & overwhelm
▫️support systems & asking for help
▫️returning to work or re-entering the world

Link in bio to join.
Absolutely complementary & available to you.

✨Fridays just got a whole lot more supportive✨

03/27/2026

there’s a reason your therapist holds the space the way they do.
it’s a delicate dance of orienting to current time & space and opening the possibility for a Mother to revisit her difficult experiences with compassion, curiosity & expertise.

inviting a Mother to share her birth story or pieces of her experience that she feels ready to narrate is sacred.

“Tell me about your birth” can feel invasive, overwhelming, or dissociative when you haven’t had the space to process what’s happened.

When you haven’t made sense of your story.
When you haven’t worked with your brain & body to understand.

It’s a loose file floating around.

I’ve heard so many stories.
Stories that have evoked joy & cheer.
Stories that have evoked pain, grief & fear.
Confusion.
Rage.

They all matter.

You’re not alone 🩶

03/18/2026

Did you know that getting comfortable with your partner doing things DIFFERENTLY with the baby is one of the core developmental tasks of early parenthood?

And honestly, it can be one of the hardest.

Not because their way is wrong, but because your nervous system is wired to equate sameness with safety.

Read it again. 🤯

“Your way” isn’t just a preference, it’s a system & you’ve built routines:

What works for the baby, what keeps the day flowing, what prevents meltdowns, and what protects your mental health 🌷

Enter your partner deviating from the system and 🚨threat to stability detected!

Postpartum literally makes your brain hyper attuned to anticipate needs, prevent danger and maintain predictability. Harmless differences can FEEL like absolute chaos.

Here’s what I learned about early postpartum non negotiables.

✨ safe sleep
✨ car seat safety
✨ feeding needs
✨ any medical routines

Anything else, just different!

Have you had a similar journey with this?

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