Post Natal Depression Impact Map

The Impact of Postnatal Depression — Impact Map

A visual therapeutic mapping tool designed to help clients name and explore the wider impact of postnatal depression across different areas of life.

Postnatal depression does not only affect mood or parenting. It can reach into identity, relationships, the body, work, social life, meaning, confidence, and a person’s sense of who they are. This resource helps make those impacts visible, giving clients a structured way to recognise what has been affected without needing to find all the words on their own.

This 3-page landscape A4 PDF can be used in therapy, counselling, perinatal support, supervision, or reflective personal work.

What is included:

3-page landscape A4 PDF

A visual spoke diagram showing how postnatal depression can radiate across different life domains

Question boxes to support reflection across eight areas of life

16 named impact areas with short descriptors

Today and this week rating prompts

A body sensations line

Six closing reflection questions

This resource supports clients to explore areas such as identity, relationships, body, work, social life, meaning, grief, comparison, emotional load, loss, and the parts of postnatal depression that can feel difficult to name.

Suggested use:

Individual therapy

Perinatal mental health support

Counselling and psychotherapy sessions

Reflective personal use

Client handouts

Supervision or formulation work

Postnatal depression recovery work

Psychoeducation and emotional mapping

This resource may be especially helpful when a client says they know they have been affected by postnatal depression, but they are unsure how to explain the full extent of that impact.

Licence:

This purchase includes a single practitioner licence. You may print and use this resource within your own practice with your own clients. This resource may not be shared, resold, redistributed, copied, edited, rebranded, or uploaded elsewhere. Organisational licences are available. Please get in touch through Place To Talk Therapies for more information.

Disclaimer:

The resources available in this shop are therapeutic tools intended to support professional practice and personal reflection. They are most safely used alongside the support of a qualified therapist, GP, midwife, health visitor, or healthcare professional. They do not constitute therapy, clinical advice, diagnosis, or a substitute for professional mental health support. Purchasing and using this resource does not create a therapeutic relationship with Place To Talk Therapies or any of its practitioners. If you are in crisis, please contact your GP, call 999, go to A&E, or call Samaritans on 116 123.

Refunds:

As this is a digital download that becomes available immediately after purchase, refunds are not available once your purchase is complete.