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When Birth Doesn't Go the Way You Planned: Understanding Birth Trauma and How Therapy Can Help
Birth trauma can affect you long after delivery. Learn the signs and how EMDR, Brainspotting, and trauma therapy can help you heal.
Everyone talks about having a healthy baby. No one really talks about what happens when the birth itself leaves lasting emotional wounds.
Emily writes about what birth trauma might feel like for you and how therapy can help.
How to Support a NICU Parent: Do’s and Don’ts
Having a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) can be one of the most overwhelming, stressful, and emotionally draining experiences for new parents. Parents of NICU babies face a unique set of challenges, from the emotional toll of watching their newborn struggle to the logistical demands of balancing hospital visits with everyday responsibilities. If you know someone navigating the NICU journey, offering your support can make a tremendous difference. But often, people don’t know what to say or do to truly help.
Tomorrow kicks off NICU Awareness Week, so in honor of that, here are some do’s and don’ts to help you support any NICU parents in your life.
Supporting Your Partner Through Trauma - With the Help of Couples Therapy
When one person in a relationship is grappling with trauma, it can affect the entire relationship. Couples therapy offers a path to navigate these challenges together while fostering empathy, understanding, connection, and healing.
Navigating Health Anxiety: How Exposure Response Prevention Therapy Can Help
Health anxiety can consume your thoughts and disrupt daily life. Gabrielle writes about how ERP therapy might offer a path to relief.
Becoming a “Medical Mom”
Jeni writes about her experience of navigating medical diagnoses in her family, and how she has found her own support team.
What is trauma?
Katy writes a primer on what trauma is, what you might notice if you’ve experienced trauma, and what to do to help yourself and others.
When Talk Therapy Isn’t Enough - Is EMDR Right For Me?
Sometimes talk therapy just doesn’t feel like it quite gets at what you need it to. Then what? Kelsey writes about EMDR - and if it might be right for you.
