The Perinatal Mental Health Library
a collection of resources and information to help support your emotional well-being.
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Birth Trauma & Your Baby’s Birthday
If you’ve faced traumatic or distressing experiences during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum, it makes sense that your baby’s birthday feels really hard…
Coping With Miscarriage: 5 Things To Know
5 Tips for Coping After Pregnancy Loss | Therapy for Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss | Pasadena, California | Los Angeles, California |Holly Evans, LMFT, PMH-C, EMDR Certified
Coping with trauma triggers after birth trauma
What is a trauma trigger? A trigger is anything that reminds you of a traumatic or disturbing event and causes a trauma response like panic, freezing up, dissociation or overwhelming emotional reactions. Trauma and postpartum PTSD is treatable. Learn more about steps you can take to help manage trauma triggers.
Healing Birth Trauma Starts With Help (Birth trauma therapy in South Pasadena, California)
No matter how much support you have or how well you’re taking care of yourself, getting professional help for birth trauma or postpartum PTSD is often necessary.
Birth Trauma Isn’t Always Caused by a Medical Emergency
If childbirth was difficult for you, it's important not to dismiss or minimize this part of your experience, especially when your distress or fears continue longer than the first month after your baby is born. Postpartum depression, anxiety and PTSD are highly treatable. Learn more about what causes birth trauma and how you can get help.
Benefits of EMDR Therapy During Your Pregnancy
What is EMDR? EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a highly researched therapy and has been found to be effective in treating trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety and ears at any stage of life, including during pregnancy.
Common things that can trigger you after a perinatal trauma
After a trauma during pregnancy or postpartum, avoiding triggers may be impossible. But there are steps you can take to help yourself cope with the distress of trauma.
A note from the author:
Common themes that come up in my work are reflected in these articles, and I hope they help as you face the challenges that the family building years can bring.
~Holly
