Birth Trauma Therapy
Trauma-informed therapy for processing difficult, overwhelming, or frightening birth experiences — supporting emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and reconnection after childbirth.
What Is Birth Trauma?
Birth trauma refers to emotional, psychological, or physiological distress that results from a difficult, overwhelming, or frightening pregnancy, labor, delivery, or postpartum medical experience.
Birth trauma does not depend on whether a birth was “medically successful” or how others perceive it. Trauma is defined by how your nervous system experienced the event, not by whether complications were visible or expected.
Birth trauma is part of a broader category of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) and is both common and treatable.
If your birth experience still feels heavy, intrusive, or unresolved, your body may be holding unprocessed stress — and support can help.
Signs You May Be Experiencing Birth Trauma
Intrusive memories or flashbacks of birth
Nightmares related to pregnancy or delivery
Avoidance of reminders (medical settings, photos, conversations)
Intense emotional reactions when thinking about the birth
Feelings of fear, grief, anger, shame, or guilt
Panic or anxiety related to medical care
Difficulty trusting your body
Disconnection from your baby, partner, or yourself
Hypervigilance or feeling constantly on edge
These responses are protective survival reactions — not personal weaknesses.
How Birth Trauma Therapy Helps
Birth trauma therapy provides a safe, supportive space to gently process what happened and reduce the nervous system’s alarm response.
Therapy can help you:
Reduce flashbacks, intrusive memories, and emotional reactivity
Process grief, anger, and disappointment
Rebuild trust in your body
Feel safer in medical or caregiving situations
Strengthen bonding and attachment
Move forward without feeling defined by your birth experience
Healing does not require forgetting. It means remembering with less pain and more choice.
Our Trauma-Informed Approach
At Rooted in Harmony Counseling, our therapists specialize in perinatal trauma and nervous system–based treatment. We integrate evidence-based approaches that address both the mind and body, including:
EMDR for processing traumatic memories
Brainspotting to access and release stored emotional and physiological stress
EFT (Tapping) for nervous system regulation
Somatic and body-based practices
Attachment-based and relational therapy
These modalities allow trauma to be processed gently and at your pace.
Who We Support
We provide birth trauma therapy for:
Pregnant and postpartum individuals
Parents with medically complicated births
Parents with emergency or unplanned interventions
Individuals with prior pregnancy loss or infertility
Individuals and couples
You do not have to justify your trauma to deserve care.
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You Deserve Support After a Difficult Birth
If your birth experience still feels unresolved, support is available. A consultation is simply a conversation to explore next steps.