WELCOME
If you're here, you're already wondering if trauma is impacting your life. You may even hesitate to call your experience traumatic. That's OK, you don't have to have it all figured out right now. It took courage to get to this page. Together, we'll figure out what's really going on and what will actually help.
Today, 1 in 3 women will experience birth trauma. The effects include perinatal mood disorders, blaming yourself, and struggles with connecting to your baby and even your partner.
There's no objective measure for birth trauma. When we look at it subjectively, we tend to minimize it, telling ourselves it's not really trauma, even while we're feeling the impact of it every day: irritability, appetite changes, trouble sleeping, snapping at the people we love. Even if you've experienced abuse, loss, or infertility, you may hesitate to call it trauma. That's OK. Helping you live a healthier, more satisfying life matters more than a word or a diagnosis.
I'm Jamie Bodily. I've spent 30 years helping women through life's hardest transitions, the last 13 as a trauma therapist. Abuse, loss, difficult births, the shift into motherhood or back into work: I've sat with women through all of it. I'm here to help you make sense of yours.
Will Therapy Help Me?
Maybe you've tried therapy before without the results you hoped for. Trauma therapy has evolved. What we understand about trauma, how it impacts your body, mind, and spirit, and how to actually help clients release it has changed significantly. Today's methods are gentler and more effective, while still getting lasting results.
Therapy is more than venting or dumping your problems in a session. It's about learning skills to live with fewer emotional reactions, feel more in control, and stay grounded, even in difficult moments. It's about seeing your strengths in the hardest situations, and moving forward ready to grow instead of stuck in fear.