Birth Trauma Therapy In Utah & Virtual
Perinatal & Birth Trauma Counseling
“Why can’t I bond with my child?”
Birth trauma doesn't require a "dramatic" event, so why is fear settling in where happiness should be?
What matters is how your body and nervous system experienced it, and whether the trauma experience is lurking within you.
Flashbacks, intrusive memories, hypervigilance, emotional numbness, difficulty bonding are all signs that your system is still responding to what happened.
Using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), we work to process what happened. We don’t erase it, but we work to take its power away.
This may include:
Traumatic birth or delivery experiences
NICU stays or medical complications during pregnancy or postpartum
Reproductive trauma from procedures or diagnoses
Grief and shock from an unexpected diagnosis
Birth-related PTSD or hyper vigilance
Pregnancy & Infant Loss
“Am I allowed to grieve this loss?”
There is no timeline for grief.
There is no correct way to grieve.
There is no version of pregnancy or infant loss that is "too small" to deserve support.
Whether you're navigating miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, TFMR, or the complicated grief of a pregnancy that ended in ways you didn't expect, this is a space to hold it without judgment.
Grief doesn't follow a script. Neither does therapy here. We go at your pace.
What Support Looks Like: Birth Trauma Support
Understanding Your Story
We begin by exploring your reproductive journey — the procedures, the disappointments, the fears, the pressure, the grief, and the parts you may not have said out loud yet. This helps us understand how the trauma lives in your body, your thoughts, and your relationships, so we know where to start and what support you truly need.
Processing Trauma (EMDR/ERP)
When you feel steady enough, we gently process the trauma you’ve been carrying — medical procedures, painful treatments, losses, uncertainty, and the fear of what comes next.
Using EMDR and ERP, we work at your pace to reduce distress, reshape fear responses, and create more room for clarity and stability.
Stabilization & Support
Before we do any trauma processing, we build emotional and nervous-system safety.
This may include grounding, resourcing, attachment work, identifying triggers, and creating space for your emotions without judgment. You’ll never be pushed to go faster than your body or mind is ready for.
Integration & Decision Support
As therapy unfolds, we explore how to integrate what you’ve learned into the present and future.
This may involve navigating new cycles, making informed decisions about treatment paths, working through relationship dynamics, rebuilding trust in your body, and identifying what healing looks like for you — not what others expect.