birth story processing

Birth story listening is a unique method of exploring difficult birth experiences with the goal of finding healing, self-compassion and peace, created by midwife, Pam England.

As a certified Birth Story Listener, I guide you through reexamination of your birth to uncover the beliefs and feelings hidden inside your experience, so you can integrate and make peace with your experience.

Sessions are fully guided. Together we’ll explore the events and beliefs that shaped your experience and discover what lies beneath.

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Client Reviews

“My birth story listening experience with Kate was incredibly healing and grounding.

Her gentle encouragement, deep listening, and powerful invitations and reflections helped me reframe a story I've been telling myself since the birth of my second son, a story that has been laced with guilt and shame.

In the matter of an hour, I was able to find healing & peace in something I've carried for over 3 years with angst and pain. It offered me a fresh start and hope for the future.”

— Stephanie

“Before meeting with Kate, I was holding onto a significant amount of anger and disorientation that I didn't know how to move past. I felt like a victim of my own story.

Through Kate’s compassionate and skillful guidance, I was able to revisit and process my experience in a way that felt safe and restorative.

She helped me completely shift the narrative I had created. I walked away finally feeling a sense of peace, having let go of the heavy emotions I’d been carrying. I no longer see myself as a victim of what happened. If you are looking for clarity and emotional healing after your birth, Kate is the person to help you find it.”

— Teresa

WHO IS BIRTH STORY LISTENING for?

Anyone who has experienced or witnessed a birth (birthing people, partners, birth workers, etc) who has unresolved feelings about the birth may benefit from a birth story listening session.

Birth story listening is designed for those who:

Feel shame, anger, sadness or other difficult emotions about a birth experience
Have difficulty thinking about or accepting a birth experience
Want to explore compassion and resolution around what happened

how soon after the birth is birth story listening recommended?

Healing isn’t linear and each person processes differently, but generally, in the first few weeks and months after birth, you are still integrating your experience and may not be ready to process it.

Some women may be ready to reexamine their birth story as early as 3 months postpartum and for many others it can take years before they’re ready to look at it again.

There is no time limit on reexamining a painful birth experience. I have heard stories from women months, years and decades after they happened.

Is this therapy?

I am not a therapist and Birth Story Listening is not a replacement for therapy. I’ve found Birth Story Listening to be a beautiful complement to therapy and a unique and powerful format for reexamining birth experiences to find healing.