Birth Trauma
Therapy
POSTPARTUM THERAPYYou prepared for a wonderful birth. You had a birth plan, spoke with your midwife, your partner, maybe a doula. You hoped for an easy, calm birth—but something went wrong.
It's important to talk about it. To feel the pain, to grieve, to cry quietly in sadness, or to shout and release your anger. You don't have to sit alone with your pain. I am here to listen and help you process everything that happened.
Every year, 4-5% of women who give birth develop PTSD, and many more experience trauma during birth. They—we—are left with distress that doesn't fade with time.
You May Be Experiencing:
❤︎ Difficulty bonding with your baby because the memory of giving birth is still painful.
❤︎ Feelings of violation from medical personnel who patronized you or denied your rights.
❤︎ A sense of being broken even when everyone was supportive and kind, but the birth was physically challenging.
❤︎ Lingering fear and pain after you or your baby went through emergency interventions.
❤︎ Grief over an unplanned cesarean section and the birth experience you didn't have.
❤︎ Shock from an unplanned home birth when there wasn't time to reach the hospital.
❤︎ Overwhelming emotions even when everything went "okay"—you still need a safe space to process your feelings.
❤︎ Unbearable grief from the loss of your baby and need space to cry and speak about your pain.
EVERY BIRTH STORY MATTERSAll mothers have birth stories. While some are empowering and healing, many others need healing. I am here to listen—I have heard many birth stories over the years. Even positive birth experiences benefit from having space to be shared and processed.
MY APPROACHAs someone who has given birth twice, I understand this journey personally. I work closely with doulas and have learned from world-renowned obstetrician Michel Odent and experienced doula Liliana Lammers about what an ideal birth looks like and how to recognize when things go wrong for mothers.
Your body remembers what you've been through, so our work together won't only involve talking. We'll engage your body to support it in releasing the trauma you've experienced.
Meet your therapist
Hi, my name is Aggie (Agnieszka) Korzeniewska, and I’ve spent over a decade supporting women just like you—women who are holding so much, often without anyone truly holding them.
I bring a down-to-earth, holistic approach to therapy. It’s not about “fixing” you. You’re not broken. It’s about helping you come back to yourself, slowly and safely, piece by piece.
Some women I work with find it easy to open up. Others sit quietly at first, unsure where to start. Both are completely okay. Your therapy space is yours. I’ll meet you wherever you are.
We’ll talk. We’ll breathe. We’ll include your body—because it remembers the stress, the joy, the heartbreak, the survival. You don’t have to have all the words. We’ll find them together.
Whether you’re overwhelmed by motherhood, facing a big life change, or just can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t right, I offer a place where you can stop running, take off the mask, and feel what needs to be felt.
