Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy offers support when experiences feel too much to process alone. Trauma can affect how you feel, think, relate to others and experience your body — often long after the event itself has passed.

You may be living with trauma symptoms even if you’re unsure whether what you experienced “counts” as trauma. What matters is how it has affected you.

Trauma therapy may be helpful if you’re experiencing:

• intrusive memories, flashbacks or nightmares
   
• heightened anxiety or hypervigilance
   
• emotional numbness or shutdown
   
• difficulty sleeping or concentrating
   
• strong emotional reactions that feel hard to manage
   
• distress linked to pregnancy, birth or medical experiences
   

Trauma responses are not a sign of weakness — they are understandable reactions to overwhelming experiences.

I’m a qualified counsellor and registered midwife, offering trauma-informed therapy that prioritises emotional safety, choice and control.

Therapy is paced gently and collaboratively. You will not be asked to relive traumatic events in detail unless you feel ready and it feels helpful. We work together to support regulation, understanding and healing.

Where appropriate, I may offer Rewind Birth Trauma Therapy as part of this work.

Rewind therapy is a structured, evidence-based approach that can be helpful for people experiencing trauma or PTSD symptoms, including birth trauma.

Rewind therapy:

• does not require you to talk through traumatic events in detail
   
• is usually offered in one or two longer sessions
   
• focuses on reducing distressing symptoms such as flashbacks or intrusive memories
   

Rewind therapy is always discussed fully in advance and offered only if it feels appropriate for you.

Trauma therapy may support individuals who have experienced:

• traumatic or frightening births
   
• pregnancy or baby loss
   
• medical trauma
   
• abuse or violence
   
• accidents or sudden events
   
• cumulative or complex trauma
   

You do not need a diagnosis to access trauma therapy.