Fiona Rogerson – Perinatal and Trauma Counselling
Birth Trauma and Parenting: Why It Can Feel So Much Harder Than You Expected You imagined parenting would be hard, but not like this. You expected tiredness, maybe overwhelm. You didn’t expect to feel constantly on edge. Or disconnected from yourself. Or reactive in ways that don’t feel like you. You might love your child […]
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Healing from birth trauma with EMDR EMDR (or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is a well evidenced and supported psychotherapy approach that I use extensively in my work with people who are healing after birth trauma. Experiencing birth trauma can leave lasting emotional and physical impacts, and can affect your experience of parenthood, as well
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Is EMDR therapy right for me? A guide for mums healing from birth trauma Many of the mums we work with (after birth trauma) come in experiencing frequent distress, from the sudden shaky hands when they hear a hospital ad on the radio, to the way their body tenses walking past a maternity ward, or
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I didn’t have postpartum depression. I had mum rage: Understanding anger after birth trauma “I didn’t feel sad, I felt furious.” It’s a sentence more mothers are beginning to say out loud, often through tears, confusion, and a whole lot of mum guilt. After giving birth, we’re taught to watch for signs of postpartum depression.
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When bonding doesn’t come naturally after birth (and why that’s okay) One of the most tender dreams parents carry into the birth of their child is that of the immediate, effortless bond with their baby. That rush of love we so often see in movies or hear about in birth stories. For some, this does
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When parenting feels overwhelming: How birth trauma can make you anxious in everyday moments “I don’t understand why everything feels so hard. My baby cries, and it’s like my whole body goes into overdrive. I feel like I’m failing. Why does everyone else seem to cope, and I can’t?” As birth trauma counsellors, this is
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When parenting feels overwhelming: How birth trauma can make you anxious in everyday moments “I don’t understand why everything feels so hard. My baby cries, and it’s like my whole body goes into overdrive. I feel like I’m failing. Why does everyone else seem to cope, and I can’t?” As birth trauma counsellors, this is
Intrusive thoughts in motherhood – what they really mean and how to find support Intrusive thoughts in motherhood are incredibly common, yet they’re rarely talked about, leaving so many new mothers feeling alone and afraid. I remember the first time I was hit with one – out of nowhere, a sudden image of dropping my
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No one told me parenting after birth trauma would be so hard… Tips from Australia’s Birth Trauma Specialists Do you ever feel like you missed the parenting gene that has everyone else talking about how magical it is? You dreamed of being a happy mum, having fun with your baby, connecting, and enjoying that blissful
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Best Tips to Heal from Birth Trauma – from a Perinatal and Birth Trauma Specialist “Why can’t I just get over my birth trauma?” “Why am I still struggling with this? It’s been years.” “I should be able to just move on.” For those of us who have experienced birth trauma, these questions can
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