Why
Birth Therapy?
Birth therapy is for women who want to approach birth with confidence, calm, and emotional strength — whether you’re expecting your first baby, preparing for another birth, or healing from a previous one.
I offer supportive, non-clinical counseling rooted in emotional, cognitive, and practical birth preparation tools
You are about to do one of the greatest things a human being can do: bring new life into the world.
Giving birth is a completely natural part of being human - but it is also one of the most intense physical and emotional experiences you will ever go through. Strong, physical forces, shifting hormones, and deep emotions can feel overwhelming.
The hormones responsible for starting and progressing labor are deeply connected to your thoughts, mood and emotional state.
In other words: your thoughts can directly influence your birth experience.
It might be cliché, but nonetheless true: “It’s not what happens to you, but how you respond that matters.”
And when it comes to birth, this truth carries wonderful implications. There is so much you can do to support your body, calm your mind, and prepare for a birth that is both positive and safe for you and your baby.
One of the most important keys?
Relaxation.
Ironically, birth is the moment when it feels hardest to relax. Contractions are powerful and intense. Even in today’s world - where birth is safer than ever - many women still experience fear and anxiety that interfere with the process.
Fear is the real challenge. It increases adrenaline, counteracts oxytocin, heightens pain sensitivity, tightens your muscles, and makes contractions less effective. This makes labor longer, harder and more exhausting.
The good news?
Fear is influenced by your thoughts - and your thoughts can be changed.
How Birth Therapy Can Help
Birth therapy helps you understand, manage, and transform the fear and anxiety you have around birth so you can remain as calm and grounded as possible.
Together, we will:
Identify your specific fears
Understand what is behind them
Reframe them into empowering, calming thoughts
Learn breathing techniques and cognitive tools
Practice staying grounded during overwhelming moments
Build confidence in your body and your ability to give birth
The goal is not to eliminate intensity — birth will always be powerful — but to help you meet it with clarity, strength, and peace.
Sometimes, what you need most is simply someone safe to talk to. Having a listening ear can bring enormous relief and clarity.
Birth therapy after birth
If you have already given birth and feel the need to talk through your experience — positive or difficult — you are welcome to reach out.
I can help you:
Process emotions
Understand lingering fear or anxiety
Make sense of overwhelming or traumatic experiences
I am not a clinical psychologist, so if you are experiencing severe trauma, you may need more specialized care. But if reaching out to health professionals feels scary, you are welcome to begin with me. I can guide you gently and help you find the support you need.
You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Regardless of what you are experiencing — fear, anxiety, uncertainty, past trauma, or simply the desire for a better birth — I am here for you.
My heart is to help you have a birth experience you can look back on with joy and confidence.
You deserve to feel supported.
You deserve to feel empowered.
You deserve to feel at peace.
Meet your therapist
If you’d like to know more about who I am, my background, and why I’m passionate about supporting women through birth, you can read more here:
