The only thing you need for your online session (aside from an internet connection) is a quiet space free from distraction. You'll need to arrange childcare to make sure you have this uninterrupted time just for you.

I recommend waiting until at least three months after the birth to do a Birth Story Healing session, for many reasons. You're welcome to get in touch to schedule a session ahead of time. You're also welcome to schedule a session with me to share your story if you are desiring an empathic witness, say, if you're having trouble finding someone to share your experience with.

The modality I work with is built to offer a great opportunity for a felt shift in how you relate to your birth story in just one 90 minute session. There are instances where I may recommend a second session in order to really go deeper, or to share a particular tool or kind of "medicine" that feels especially supportive for your journey. That said, if many aspects of your story are weighing heavily on you, and you want to give enough time and space for each part of your story, we can talk more after the first session. If, after this first session to process your story, you find yourself wanting more support in working through some fears coming up as you prepare for your next birth, my Working With Your Birth Fears sessions will build beautifully on the work we did in the birth story processing session. If, after your first session, you're feeling called to continue cultivating your connection to your own inner wisdom beyond your birth story, you're welcome to find out more about my Focusing sessions.

Becoming pregnant again is so often what brings the desire—or the need—for birth story processing to the front. You’re welcome, and even encouraged, to do this deep and necessary work while preparing for your next birth. If you desire, we can follow up with sessions that combine working with fears and birth education to help you feel prepared in body, mind, and spirit for your next birth.

Absolutely. There are so many experiences that don't necessarily register as trauma to the woman giving birth, but are still impactful and can affect your daily life. Women who have what they described as the most beautiful birth experiences have booked a session in order to process a single moment from the birth that they cannot let go of. Disappointment, grief, betrayal, anger, confusion, shock, and beyond—these are all powerful experiences that are invited to explore within a birth story processing session.

Absolutely. There are women who hear about Birth Story Medicine only years—or even decades—after their birth. This process is available to you, no matter how long ago your birth was.

These sessions are absolutely available to you. Miscarriage and stillbirth are often pushed to the side in our culture, shrouded in silence. You are invited to take this time and space to have your story of your birth and your loss held.

Yes, they are. Birth is a rite of passage that extends beyond the window of the the actual birth process and emergence. It's all connected, and all within this powerful and tender portal of birth. Some experiences outside of labor that we can explore: - deep loneliness, shock, confusion, or depression in pregnancy or postpartum - hyperemesis or severe sickness in pregnancy - breastfeeding challenges/grief Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Yes. Absolutely. Husbands and partners often carry their own trauma from a birth experience. They also deserve a space to process their own experience—these sessions are available for them, too.

I do not offer couples sessions at this time. However, I am able to hold 1:1 sessions for spouses and partners.

Yes. As birthworkers, we need holding for our stories, too. Whether you’re needing to process a specific birth you attended, or if a recent birth brought up something from one of your own birth experiences, you deserve to have space for what’s arising for you as you accompany women in birth.