Birth Trauma Therapy in Chesapeake, VA
Your birth experience was supposed to be a beginning. Instead, it left you feeling scared, numb, or like your body failed you.
This therapy helps you process difficult birth experiences and regain a sense of safety in your body. You can learn to calm your nervous system and feel grounded in motherhood again.
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Maybe you keep replaying what happened during labor, delivery, or your NICU experience and you can't turn it off. Maybe you don't trust your body anymore or feel like you failed your baby. Maybe everyone tells you that what matters is a healthy baby, but you still feel traumatized, angry, or guilty. Birth trauma is real. It can happen even when the outcome was "good" medically. Your feelings are valid.
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When Birth Doesn't Go as Planned
In our sessions, we work to process what happened during your birth in a safe, trauma-informed way. Using EMDR (when appropriate), somatic therapy, and evidence-based approaches, we help your nervous system release what it's been holding, reduce intrusive memories and flashbacks, and help you feel safer in your body again. As a former certified nurse-midwife, I understand both the medical realities of birth and the emotional toll it can take. I help you make sense of what happened, release shame and self-blame, and move from traumatized to grounded so you can be more present with your baby and your life.
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How We Work Together
Together, We Help You
Stop replaying your birth experience so you can be present now. Feel safe and at home in your body instead of betrayed by it. Release shame and self-blame around what happened. Understand your trauma responses instead of feeling broken. Rebuild trust in your body and yourself. Feel more connected to your baby instead of distant or numb. Process what happened in a way that feels honest and healing. Know that your story doesn't have to become your child's story.
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