EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that utilizes bilateral stimulation. EMDR helps the brain heal from trauma without requiring you to retell every detail of what happened. It’s safe to use during pregnancy and in the postpartum period, and it works by helping your brain reprocess overwhelming experiences, so you no longer feel like you’re reliving them every day.

For Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Birth Trauma

For many parents, birth doesn’t unfold the way they imagined. Maybe there were medical emergencies, moments of panic, unexpected interventions, or times where you felt your voice wasn’t heard. Even when everyone “looks healthy” afterward, the body and mind remember — and that unresolved trauma can echo into daily life. You might feel on edge, disconnected, overly alert, tearful, or flooded with fear every time you think about your birth. Sometimes it impacts bonding. Sometimes it surfaces during feeding, nighttime care, or when you look at your baby and feel grief instead of the joy everyone promised.

EMDR offers a path toward relief. It helps your brain file the traumatic memories where they belong — in the past — so you can be present again. With EMDR, parents often feel more grounded, emotionally connected, and able to show up with the softness and steadiness they’ve been wanting to feel. It doesn’t erase what happened, but instead bilateral stimulation transforms how your nervous system holds it.

Birth trauma doesn’t have to define your story or your bond with your child. There is healing, there is hope, and renewal is possible. When you’re ready, I’m here to walk with you into a gentler, more peaceful chapter.