BIRTH STORIES COME IN MANY FORMS
Pregnancy and birth are celebrated as a joyous milestone, but for many, it can bring emotional challenges. These may include trauma from miscarriage, stillbirth, or difficult birth experiences.
If you are struggling with:
- Recurrent memories or moments that you can’t understand.
- Shame or sadness that your birth didn’t go as planned.
- Difficulty breathing when recalling loss or separation.
- Tears when talking about your experience.
- Anxiety about future pregnancies or births.
- Persistent feelings of guilt or failure related to your birth
You are not alone. These are just a few examples of the many experiences women may face. Birth trauma and emotional challenges, though increasingly recognized, are still often shrouded in silence. One-third of women describe childbirth as traumatic, and many partners face similar struggles.
GIVE YOUR STORY THE SPACE IT NEEDS!
About Birth Processing
In our sessions, we engage in a collaborative exploration of your experiences. This is a safe space where you can express your emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations without judgment. Every feeling and thought is allowed!
Together, we’ll delve into your experience, examining its various aspects and layers. We’ll ask questions, pause for reflection, and use (psychological and sometimes physical) movement to gain perspectives.
We will allow your body to feel what is stuck, and go after sensations. We will unlock what is held within the body and allow the body’s path to guide the process, acknowledging and gently releasing. This exploration isn’t about fixing but about listening to the body’s cues and allowing space for organic processing and healing. This process is about discovery—your discovery, at your own pace.
Why? We cannot change the past, but we can create a space for you to integrate it.
These sessions offer an opportunity for growth, understanding, and safety with your feelings.
Types of Meetings
What Just Happened? (Early Intervention)
Ideal for recent births (within 3 weeks). Contrary to popular belief, research shows that early intervention is crucial for preventing future post-traumatic stress. Discussing your experience soon after allows you to begin processing your experience and potentially prevent lasting trauma.
- 1 session (80 minutes): 350₪
- Location: Your home, my office (Adam Street), online, or in the hospital (Jerusalem)
Birth Processing: Reclaim Your Story
Whether your birth was recent or years ago, this session helps you process and integrate your experience in a safe and supportive space.
- 2-5 sessions (75 minutes each): 300₪ per session,
- 800₪ for a package of 3 sessions.
- Location: My office (Adam Street, Jerusalem), or online.
The Next Birth: Prepare with Confidence
Designed for women/couples after a difficult birth who are now pregnant again. Process your previous experience, learn from it, and create a personalized plan for a positive birth journey.
- 2-5 sessions (75 minutes each): 300₪ per session, 800₪ for a package of 3 sessions.
- Can be combined with birth education and doula services.
- Location: My office (Adam Street, Jerusalem), or online.
Holistic Healing – Closing of the Body
This program combines emotional processing with bodywork for a deeper healing experience. During the first two sessions, we’ll focus on processing your birth experience (or pregnancy loss, if applicable). The third session incorporates “Closing of the Bones” bodywork.
- 3 sessions, 1st and 2nd meeting: 75 minutes, 3rd meeting approximately 2.5 minutes: 990₪
- Learn more about “Closing of the Bones”
- Location: My office (Adam Street, Jerusalem), or online.
OFFER: Participants of the birth preparation course (including online), doula clients or birth processing group participants receive a 10% discount
Refunds: Within 6 months of birth, refunds through the kupot cholim may be applicable.
Please note, that these sessions do not replace psychological long-term therapy, we are not working on changing behaviors, on childhood trauma etc.
Contact me if you have questions or want to schedule a meeting.
(RE)BIRTH yourself and your family
Birth is a powerful and transformative experience, one that forever changes a woman’s (and couple’s) life. However, the path to parenthood isn’t always smooth. Many women face unexpected emotional challenges before, during, and after childbirth. These challenges can leave them feeling confused, overwhelmed, and even traumatized, often with physical manifestations.
While they often feel alone, their experiences are quite common:
- One-third of mothers describe their birth as traumatic.
- One in three women experience sexual assault during their lifetime, while one in seven women experience rape. This can significantly impact their birth experience.
- In Israel, more than 26,000 women undergo fertility treatments annually.
- 1,200 stillbirths and 16,000 terminations every year, can leave women feeling isolated and unsupported.
As a birth educator with a background in gender studies and the study of sexual violence, I have witnessed these challenges firsthand since I started teaching birth education. I felt how women carry and sometimes share their previous experiences with me, but I also realized that I didn’t have the tools to specifically address these issues. I was afraid of making their pain worse, I was afraid of retraumatisation, and I knew I needed more training. I am very passionate about providing a safe space and enabling women to use the power of birth as a healing moment in their lives.
This is why I became a certified B.O.T. facilitator. Birth Oriented Thinking (B.O.T.) provides a safe and supportive space for women and couples to address emotional challenges related to all aspects of childbirth, from the initial stages of fertility through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
I offer both birth processing sessions and emotional support before birth. Learn more about each option below:
B.O.T.: Supporting Emotional Wellbeing Throughout Your Birth Journey
A Place for Emotional Challenges
B.O.T. (Birth Oriented Thinking) is a specialized field that emerged from the growing recognition of the emotional impact surrounding childbirth. Recognizing the emotional needs in the field of birth, B.O.T. was developed for and by professionals working in the field of birth, including doulas, midwives, OB-GYNs, birth educators, psychologists, social workers, and breastfeeding consultants.
Preparing and Processing
B.O.T. sessions create a safe and supportive space for individuals and couples to address and process emotional challenges related to all aspects of their childbirth journey, from fertility and pregnancy through birth and postpartum. This can include:
- Processing past experiences: Birth trauma, loss of breastfeeding, miscarriages, invasive medical procedures, or fertility treatments.
- Emotional preparation for upcoming birth: Addressing anxieties before becoming pregnant, navigating challenges faced by survivors of sexual abuse while pregnant, making difficult birth decisions, or processing fears related to upcoming medical exams or procedures.
Rite of Passage
B.O.T. acknowledges childbirth as a profound journey, impacting you and your partner emotionally and psychologically, as well as physically. B.O.T. sessions help explore and process these aspects of your birth experience.
I also offer B.O.T. meetings before birth; you can learn more about them here:
More questions? Want to book a meeting?
Call or text me: 0584302519
Looking forward to talking to you!