Perinatal and Birth Trauma Therapist

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Auckland & Online

My name is Donna, I am a therapist, based in Auckland, where I run an incredible practice that supports women, men and their relationship, who are facing the aftermath of perinatal and birth trauma.

I am also a certified childbirth educator, and a clinical hypnotherapist. I am a mother to three precious loves who every day light up my world.

Through my journey into parenthood I have experienced the unimaginable heartbreak of loss, the power of childbirth, intense breast-feeding struggles, and also post natal depression. Three very different births that changed who I am in ways I cannot even begin to describe. But a journey that has brought me here, to serve and support women in the perinatal and postnatal space.

Therapy

It just feels like no one gets it. No one understands, especially those closest to you. You don’t want to be judged for feeling the way you do so you don’t speak up. But dealing with this alone is exhausting, frustrating and at times, scary. You just want someone to listen and help you find a way out.

Somewhere underneath the mask you feel overwhelmed, anxious, numb, angry, sad, broken. You’re not exactly sure why you’re feeling the way you do, but you know you don’t feel right, and you want to feel different.

I get it. I truly do. And I know how to help you so you don’t have to continue feeling this way.

My therapy sessions gives you an opportunity to explore whatever it is you’re experiencing in a safe, supported space, to gain an understanding of factors that may be influencing your situation, tools to cope, and work towards healing

Birth Trauma

I would wish for every person to be able to experience pregnancy and birth with nothing but positivity.

That’s the dream. But it isn’t always the reality for everyone. Memories of pregnancy and birth last a lifetime, but negative or traumatic memories can impact on physical, mental and emotional health. You don’t have to keep struggling to cope with these difficult emotions.

The Birth Trauma Program is a way to gently and safely move through your experience so you can look ahead to the future with confidence.

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Birth Debriefing

Birth debriefing, both online and in-person for mothers and fathers throughout New Zealand, gives you a safe, confidential opportunity to talk openly and honestly about your experience of birth, with someone who is trained to support you in telling your story, so that your story is heard and acknowledged.

These sessions will help you make sense of the events that happened during and surrounding your birth, but also the array of deep emotions and feelings that went with it and still continue. It will help you to greater understand your experience, clarify events, identify feelings, provide answers to questions, and develop tools to move forward with healing.

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