SERVICES
Healing
EMDR Counseling Sessions establish goals and identify potential obstacles or personal fears.
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Wholeness
Set new patterns of thought.
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Peace
Look with confidence to the future.
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Healing
EMDR Counseling Sessions establish goals and identify potential obstacles or personal fears.
01
Wholeness
Set new patterns of thought.
02
Peace
Look with confidence to the future.
03
PREPARE FOR CHILDBIRTH
How EMDR Helps Prepare Women for Childbirth
Childbirth can be one of the most positive and powerful experiences of your life.
It can also be intimidating.
Thankfully, many women have found that EMDR therapy helps them face any fears they might have as a result of their pregnancy. At Sweet Peace Perinatal Well-Being, I provide EMDR Intensive Sessions for women who want to emotionally prepare for childbirth and overcome anxiety.
RECOVER FROM CHILDBIRTH
Do you need help recovering from childbirth
Despite our best efforts to prepare for childbirth, trauma might still occur during or afterward. EMDR can help bring healing after the unexpected happens.
Some mothers have a blissful pregnancy and look forward to an uneventful birth, only to experience unexpected complications. Their labor might be prolonged, the baby might experience unexpected challenges, or they might have to endure an unexpected episiotomy or C-section.
HELP Young Children Heal From Trauma
EMDR Helps Very Young Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
EMDR therapy can play an important role in an integrated treatment approach for young children.
Trauma in infants and toddlers can be caused by events such as a traumatic birth, NICU stay, violence, medical issues, death, or divorce. Because very young children lack language and are less experienced to cope, they often internalize their feelings and feel tremendous anxiety and distress.
LIFE REVIEW RETREATS
The EMDR Individual Life Review Retreat is a 3-day intensive retreat designed to help you process your life comprehensively using EMDR. The retreat includes examining your past (starting with in utero), evaluating your present life, and preparing you to face future concerns or fears. This retreat is open to anyone at any stage of life.
This focused therapy over three days accelerates healing and provides quicker results. Each day includes 6 hours of EMDR treatment and processing. Life Review Retreats have outcomes similar to approximately 18-24 months of therapy.
INTENSIVE SESSIONS
EMDR Intensive Sessions last 4 hours each. They are designed for perinatal clients who want to address their issues more intensively, such as preparing for or recovering from childbirth. As a result, clients find healing and move forward sooner rather than later.
As every mother knows, time is at a premium. With this more focused and in-depth approach, we avoid the necessary interruptions that come with meeting weekly or sometimes sporadically. Progress occurs sooner and the results can be deeper.
BIRTH PROFESSIONALS
In my practice, I offer EMDR therapy to birth workers and other professionals who have assisted or been present during a difficult birth. Birth professionals include midwives, doulas, labor and delivery nurses, and OB/GYN doctors.
As health professionals performing in a healing capacity, birth workers bring their emotions and values to every interaction. After participating in or witnessing a difficult birth experience that did not go according to plan, they might experience PTSD or acute stress, especially if the outcome conflicted with their values or expectations.
― Francine Shapiro, Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy