What is EMDR Therapy?

EMDR guides your brain in processing what feels heavy or frightening, using simple techniques that help you stay grounded.

• Identify distressing memories or fears — We explore what feels overwhelming.

• Build coping resources — You build coping strategies. 

• Use bilateral stimulation — Eye movements or tapping help the brain to process distress.  

• Reprocess the memory — The experience becomes less emotionally charged.

• Strengthen adaptive beliefs — “I can’t handle this” shifts toward “I can handle this.”

Each step is collaborative and we will process your experience at your own pace.

• A calm and collaborative pace.
• No need to relive every detail.
• You can pause at any time.
• Grounding skills come first.

Through EMDR therapy, it may be possible to: 

• Calm your nervous system.
• Build healthy coping skills.
• Help to visualize an empowered approach for upcoming labor and delivery. 
• Release negative beliefs and shift to positive beliefs (such as "I can't handle this" to "I can handle this"). 

The goal is to reduce the emotional and physiological distress connected to your anxiety and fear surrounding childbirth while helping you feel more grounded and supported.

Through EMDR therapy, it may be possible to:  

• Calm your nervous system — reduce panic responses so recalling your child’s birth feels less overwhelming.

• Shift negative beliefs — move from “I failed” or “I’m unsafe” to “My body did the best it could” or “I’m safe now”.

• Reduce avoidance — ease triggers related to medical environments, future pregnancies, or postpartum anxiety.

• Process sensory fragments — address distressing images, sensations, or moments from your delivery.

The goal is to reduce the emotional and physiological distress connected to your birth experience while helping you feel more grounded and supported.