Healing Birth Trauma with EMDR Intensives

Reclaim your birth story.

It wasn’t supposed to go like that—and you don’t have to explain why
it still hurts .

Birth is often portrayed as a beautiful, joyful moment—but you may have found the reality is much more complicated. If your birth experience left you feeling scared, dismissed, angry or disempowered—you are not alone. Birth experiences can catch you off guard, taking on many forms such as:

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A difficult or unexpected labor and delivery

Medical complications or emergency surgery

Loss of control during the birthing process

A NICU stay or separation from your baby

Emotional distress and difficulty bonding with your baby

These experiences can leave lasting emotional imprints—anxiety, rage, feeling it isn’t fair, feeling robbed, or experiencing a deep sense of grief.

  • You may find yourself reliving the experience over and over.

  • You may feel disconnected from your baby or your body.

  • You may not trust yourself or others.

  • You may be fearful or disempowered at the thought of a future birth.

If this resonates with you, know that your feelings are valid. Birth trauma is real, and healing is possible.

Soft pink mum flowers—symbolizing quiet remembrance and the tender strength within birth trauma healing.

EMDR intensives offer a structured and efficient way to work through birth trauma in a concentrated format. Through an EMDR intensive, you can:

  • think about your birth experience without feeling angry, panicked, or ashamed

  • stop second-guessing every choice you made that day and quiet the “what ifs” and “if only I had…” thoughts

  • ease the flashbacks — so you’re no longer seeing the delivery room every time you close your eyes

  • feel more at ease when you hear birth stories or walk past the hospital.

  • release the guilt you’ve been carrying, even when you know it wasn’t your fault

  • create space to mourn the time you lost to fear, grief, or disconnection

  • feel more connected to your body without the experience pulling at you

  • start imagining the future without fear or dread tied to what happened

Healing is not about "getting over it"—it’s about reclaiming your story, your body, and your sense of self.

Your healing, your timeline.

You may be thinking… “this sounds helpful, but I still have some questions…”