Brainspotting for

Birth Trauma

What is Birth Trauma?

Birth trauma can result in PTSD-like symptoms as a result of difficult labor and a long delivery, emergency c-section, or shocking and unexpected incidents during childbirth. These symptoms can also be a result of infant loss, miscarriage, stillbirths, or childhood trauma that was triggered from childbirth.

Common symptoms following a traumatic birth include:

• Flashbacks

• Intrusive thoughts/images

• Nightmares

• Distress as a result of reminders of the traumatic event

• Physical reactions including pain, nausea, sweating, and rapid heartbeat

• Panic

• Irritability

• Hypervigilance

• Difficulty sleeping and/or eating

• Difficulty concentrating

• Difficulty completing every day tasks

• Easily startled

• Dissociation and/or “zoning out”

How Can Brainspotting Help?

Complicated feelings of fear and anxiety following a traumatic birth or loss are common, but they shouldn't be ignored. Brainspotting (BSP) is a groundbreaking, guilt-free, empathy-based therapy and birth trauma treatment that empowers you to confront your fears and heal after child birth.

Dr. David Grand, Ph.D. discovered BSP to help re-regulate your nervous system so that your trauma no longer has power over you. BSP helps you look for a point through your own visual field that can access unprocessed trauma you may have in the subcortical part of your brain. The subcortical brain is responsible for doing a lot of different things like regulating hormones, processing information, memory, and reward processing.

Our therapists at Rooted in Harmony Counseling are trained in Brainspotting to help treat a variety of overwhelming feelings related to childbirth, trauma, grief, and loss. Schedule your free 15-minute consultation to learn more.