Support after a difficult pregnancy, birth or postnatal experience
A structured, three-session process to help you feel calmer and less affected by what happened.
Perhaps something still doesn’t feel right
Perhaps you find yourself replaying parts of your pregnancy, birth or early postnatal experience. Certain memories or reminders might bring difficult feelings rushing back, or leave you feeling anxious, upset or on edge.
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Maybe you’re pregnant again and finding it difficult to feel calm about what lies ahead. Or perhaps everything looks fine from the outside, but inside you don’t feel quite like yourself.
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After a frightening or overwhelming experience, your brain’s alarm system can become more sensitive. It may react to memories or reminders of what happened as though danger is still present - a bit like a fire alarm going off when there’s no fire. This can leave you feeling anxious, on edge or pulled back into those moments, even though the experience is over.
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I offer Three Step Rewind, a structured process for people who are still affected by a difficult or traumatic experience. Together, we’ll look at how your experience is affecting you now and how you would like to feel if those difficult thoughts and feelings were taking up less space in your life.
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You don’t have to share every detail of what happened, and you don’t need to prove that your experience was serious enough.
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If it’s affecting you, it matters.
Please message me and we can have a no-obligation chat about whether this support might be right for you.
This support may help if…
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You keep replaying parts of your pregnancy, birth or early postnatal experience.
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Certain memories or reminders bring difficult feelings rushing back.
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You feel anxious, on edge or easily overwhelmed when you think about what happened.
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You find yourself avoiding people, places or conversations that remind you of your experience.
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A previous experience is affecting how you feel about another pregnancy or birth.
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You feel angry, upset or guilty about what happened.
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You don’t feel quite like yourself since your experience.
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The experience might relate to pregnancy, birth, feeding or the early days with your baby.
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You might recognise several of these feelings, or just one. You don’t need to have a diagnosis or describe your experience as traumatic to get in touch.
If you’re unsure whether Three Step Rewind is right for you, you’re welcome to message me for a no-obligation chat.
How Three Step Rewind works
Three Step Rewind combines conversation, guided relaxation and visualisation to help reduce the distress connected to a difficult experience. As a trained perinatal hypnotherapist, I’ll guide you through the process and tailor the support to you.
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We’ll meet online for three sessions. You’ll also receive personalised relaxation recordings to keep and handouts to help you understand why you might still feel affected by what happened.
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Step 1: Understanding how you feel now
Around 90 minutes
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We’ll talk about how your experience is affecting you and how you’d like to feel different. You can share as much or as little as you want.
We’ll practise guided relaxation, and you’ll receive a personalised recording to listen to before our next session.
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Step 2: The Rewind process
Around 60 minutes, usually one week later
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I’ll guide you through relaxation and the Rewind exercise. You’ll be invited to imagine the memory playing on a screen and experience it from different perspectives, including backwards. You won’t need to describe the details to me.
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Step 3: Looking back and moving forward
Around 60 minutes, usually two weeks after step 2
We’ll talk about how you’ve been feeling and any changes you’ve noticed. We’ll finish with an exercise focused on how you’d like to feel moving forward, and discuss whether any further support might be helpful.
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You’ll need a quiet, private space, a reliable internet connection and childcare during each session.
You remain in control throughout, and we can pause if you need to.
People I work with often describe:
Feeling calmer and less on edge.
Finding that memories or reminders feel less overwhelming.
Feeling less pulled back into particular moments.
Finding it easier to think about a future pregnancy or birth.
Feeling more settled, more confident or more like themselves again.
Everyone’s experience is different, and no particular outcome can be guaranteed.
The aim isn’t to erase what happened or tell you how you should feel. It’s to help difficult memories and feelings take up less space in your life now.
What clients say
“After my birth experience, I couldn't stop replaying the worst moments. Working with Joy has genuinely changed my life. I feel calm again and able to enjoy being a mum.”
- Google Review
“I no longer feel stuck in those memories. I can focus on my life now.”
- Google Review
Ready to ask for support?
Three Step Rewind is a structured three-session process, delivered privately online.
The cost is £150 for all three sessions.
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IIf you’re wondering whether this support might be right for you, please message me first. You only need to give me a brief idea of what you’re struggling with, and I’ll get back to you for a no-obligation chat. We can talk about what you need, how the process works and whether it feels like the right next step for you.
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Looking for support with anxiety? If you’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed during pregnancy or early parenthood, but aren’t seeking support for a particular experience, I also offer personalised perinatal hypnotherapy sessions online.
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