If your birth experience left you feeling anxious, disconnected, or stuck, you may be carrying birth trauma. This blog explains how EMDR therapy can help you process painful birth memories and reconnect with yourself and your baby. Whether you're newly postpartum or years into parenting, EMDR offers a gentle, effective path toward healing.

Struggling with body image in pregnancy or postpartum? Find compassion and healing through therapy, art, and somatic work - you're not alone

C-Section Awareness Month shines a light on the emotional impact of cesarean birth. Learn how trauma-informed art therapy at Alanna Betts Art Therapy and Counseling supports healing after a C-section—through compassion, creativity, and connection.

Pregnancy and childbirth are transformative experiences. Along with the physical changes of pregnancy, you may experience new emotions. Using affirmations during pregnancy and birth can reduce stress and anxiety, promote positive thinking, enhance mind-body connection, and encourage emotional resilience.