Birth Debriefing, Birth Planning, Birth Trauma.
“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers—strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”
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Birth Debriefing
Every birth leaves a story, and every story deserves to be told and heard. Whether your birth unfolded as you hoped or took unexpected turns, it may have left you with feelings, questions, or trauma that linger. Birth debriefing is a specific, one-off session designed to help you process and integrate your unique birth experience.
Stacey draws on her dual role as a therapist and doula to create a space that is clinically attuned yet deeply compassionate. With lived experience and professional training in psychotherapy and emotional development, she supports women to make sense of their birth and restore meaning in the aftermath.
In these sessions, you will:
Tell your story — in a safe, non-judgmental space where you are deeply heard and validated.
Explore the gap between expectation and reality — unpacking how this has impacted your sense of self, your relationships, and your postpartum journey.
Work with trauma responses — recognising where grief, shock, or overwhelm may still be present in your body and mind, and beginning to gently integrate them.
Reframe and restore self-trust — finding ways to honour your strength, acknowledge what was beyond your control, and reconnect with your resilience.
Identify next steps — whether preparing for another birth, supporting postpartum recovery, or simply finding peace with your story.
Birth debriefing honours the truth that your birth story matters. With therapeutic support, it becomes possible to hold your story differently — with strength, compassion, and meaning.
Birth Planning
Birth is not just a physical event — it is deeply emotional and psychological. Birth planning with Stacey is about preparing you emotionally and psychologically in the lead-up to labour, so you feel steady, informed, and confident as you move toward birth.
As a psychotherapist and birth doula, Stacey combines therapeutic expertise with lived experience to support women and their birth teams in arriving at their truest, most honest version of birth — one grounded in desire, safety, and a realistic understanding of what is possible.
In your sessions, you’ll explore:
Emotional and psychological readiness — addressing fears, doubts, and past beliefs that may be shaping how you imagine birth.
Integrating past experiences — processing previous births, miscarriages, or other experiences so they don’t silently shape this birth.
Practical planning with emotional depth — shaping a plan that reflects not only your preferences but also how you want to feel, who you want present, and the environment you wish to create.
Strengthening self-trust — building confidence in your voice and choices so you can enter birth with clarity and groundedness.
Please note: At this time Stacey does not attend live births. This offering is focused on preparation and emotional readiness before labour.
Birth planning is about reclaiming agency and preparing the inner ground for birth. With therapeutic insight and doula wisdom, Stacey supports you to feel safe, informed, and emotionally ready for whatever your birth may hold.