What is Birth Trauma Resolution Therapy?
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What is Birth Trauma?
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Birth trauma is a shorthand phrase for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after childbirth. We also use it for women who have some symptoms of PTSD, but not enough for a full diagnosis.
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Birth Trauma Resolution (BTR) therapy is therapeutic intervention designed to offer fast and effective treatment for the hugely debilitating symptoms of birth trauma and PTSD.
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How can I help you?
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I am a midwife with nearly 20 years of experience caring for women and their families. I am a specialist in caring for women with fear of childbirth, as well as birth debriefing and trauma resolution. I am trained to use a variety of tools and techniques including therapeutic rewind which helps to turn your birth trauma memory into a normal functioning memory. This means that following therapy you will be able to remember your birth but without the strong negative emotions attached to it. Many patients report being able to remember more detail about their birth including positive events that may have been forgotten.
I can also help you to recover from the repercussions of suffering from a birth trauma including loss. I will use additional powerful tools and techniques to help you move on from feelings such as:
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Loss of a birth dreamed about
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loss of confidence
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loss of feelings of attachment to your baby
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help to rebuild a life of emotional wellness with a strong sense of a positive future.
I can also help you to deal with the feelings of anger, sadness, guilt, shame, failure etc, all commonly associated symptoms of a traumatic birth.
For most women, having a baby is already a very stressful time, with the symptoms of trauma easily compounding the already overwhelming feelings that transitioning into motherhood can bring. It is vital that a woman suffering from birth trauma can access good treatment to help them meet with the many challenges of motherhood.