Why is it that so many of us are in a hurry?  Even though we can drive 80 miles per hour on South Dakota interstates, many of us still have a desire to set our cruise just a bit over the limit.  It seems that so often we are in such a hurry to get from one event to the other that we pay no attention to what occurs along the way.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kimberly Belben shares a letter of encouragement for moms.  Whether Mother’s Day or any other day in the year, it is important to provide support to moms.

Most of us can reflect on past moments in our lives that we are not proud of.  Mistakes we made, cruel words we have said, loved ones we have hurt and pain that we have caused others.  For many of us the past also holds pain and suffering that we have experienced.  While we cannot change the facts of our past, we do have choices on how we allow the past to affect us.

In her text, Therapy and the Postpartum Woman, author K. Kleiman states, “A postpartum woman needs refuge from the suffering.”  She needs to feel supported, accepted, to find direction and make meaning of her experience, and gain greater understanding of what has transpired in her life.  Group therapy can be an effective way of treating Postpartum distress for a number of reasons.