Strengths and limitations
weakness, anxiety
All the principles of clinical trial design, including random allocation and concealment of allocation were observed in the present study. Psychometric properties of standard questionnaires used in this study have been confirmed in studies conducted in Iran. The intervention was designed according to the cultural and moral values ​​of the target population. Finally, no case of loss to follow-up was observed in the present study. This study focused only on breastfeeding women suffering from stress and anxiety. Also, the risk of bias due to the blinding should be considered as a limitation. Another weakness of this study was its coincidence with the COVID-19 epidemic and severe restrictions due to the social distancing and quarantine of counseling sessions. In this regard, the researcher tried to overcome this problem by observing hygienic principles.