Birth Reflections &
3 Step Rewind
Not every birthing person is offered a Birth Debrief or Birth Listening following the birth of their baby. We know that 1 in 3 people experience birth trauma and yet 60% of people are never asked about their birth experience by those caring for them.
The opportunity to tell your birth story, to feel heard, and to have your feelings validated can be a massive part of your birth experience and can make a huge difference.
I have completed extensive training (and continue to) in supporting people following birth to be able to reflect on, process and move on from the things that happened. No matter whether anything 'traumatic' occurred or not, you might be left with feelings that are uncomfortable.
You might have given birth recently, or perhaps it was a few years ago and you are pregnant again now; having someone independent simply listen to you and really 'hear' you can be healing.
I will listen to you as you tell your birth story and allow you to focus on the whole experience and how it might have impacted on you physically and emotionally. You can expect empathy, warmth and validation from me as we explore it together.
I also offer 3-Step Rewind (which is a technique based on Neuro Linguistic Programming) where I will help you to look at your birth experience and allow you to process and store the memory in a way that can feel more comfortable and allow some relief from any painful and raw emotions that you might be experiencing.
I can signpost to organisations that can further support you, as needed, so that you do not feel alone in what you are feeling.
"The birth rewind sessions were so so beneficial and they did exactly what Vikki had said. They repackaged all of my feelings and emotion attached to my first experience and let them become memories so that I could process and view [my upcoming birth] without the feelings of fear or trauma. I was terrified to face it, but Vikki was so supportive and validated all of my feelings, I wish everyone could have access to it.
Birth Listening with 3 Step Rewind. £150
We will meet 3 times over Zoom, or face-to-face if you would prefer (and local to Stratford upon Avon).
Session 1 will be around 1.5 - 2 hours long and you will be able to tell your birth story. I will listen as you tell me as much or as little as you want to, with no judgement only empathy, warmth and support. We will talk about how your experience has left you feeling and the impact of that on your physical and mental wellbeing. I will ask you to tell me how you would like to feel and we will end the session with a guided relaxation (that can be recorded so that you can listen to it again if you want to).
Session 2 will be around 1 - 1.5 hours long and we will complete the 3-Step Rewind technique. You will not have to tell your story again, just be able to think of it as a 'movie' that we will play from different perspectives. I will support you through this.
Session 3 will be around 1 - 1.5 hours long and we will find out whether there have been any shifts in your thoughts and feeling surrounding your birth experience and we can repeat the 3-Step Rewind technique again if you would like to.
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