Anxiety. Guilt. Joy. Love. Grief. These are just some of the many emotions my mom patients (and I!) experience every day. I ask each new patient to keep a mom diary for me, so that we can better understand their day-to-day emotional life. I’m thrilled to have had the opportunity to share what I’ve learned from reading many mom diaries–and from being a mom myself–with On Parenting from The Washington Post.
Sharing what I’ve learned about maternal emotions for The Washington Post’s On Parenting
- CBT
- CBT for moms
- cognitive-behavior therapy
- cognitive-behavioral therapy
- cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety
- cognitive-behavioral therapy for moms
- Dr. CBT Mom
- Dr. Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco
- emotions
- ilyse dimarco
- ilyse dobrow
- ilyse dobrow dimarco
- maternal emotions
- mom anxiety
- mom brain
- mom brain book
- Mom expectations
- mom guilt
- mom self-care
- mom stress
- mother anxiety
- mother stress
- motherhood
- motherhood anxiety
- motherhood stress
- self-care for moms
Mom Brain Book

Proven Strategies to Fight the Anxiety, Guilt, and Overwhelming Emotions of Motherhood—and Relax into Your New Self
About Me

I’m Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco, Ph.D., aka DrCBTMom. DrCBTMom.com combines the expert advice of a self-help book with the warmth and readability of a mommy blog.
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