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What Is Birth Psychology and How To Process Birth Experiences
Dr. Annie Brook
Key Takeaways:
- How birth imprints on the nervous system and how unresolved experiences can shape behavior, emotions, and attachment patterns.
- How babies can dissociate during intense birth experiences, affecting their ability to regulate and connect with caregivers.
- Simple self-regulation exercises such as breathing techniques, and visualization, to help parents process birth-related experiences and reduce stress.
- Framework for understanding birth in phases—planning, beginning, follow-through, completion, and recovery—helping parents identify where disruptions may have occurred.
- The importance of integrating and processing birth experiences to support a secure attachment between parents and children.
- Using storytelling and play to help children process their birth experiences, reinforcing connection and emotional safety.
Annie Brook, Ph.D., LPC is a world-class birth trauma therapist. Annie knows this infant memory/trauma work from the inside out, since she was born premature and in the NICU for 17 days without touch. The sudden death of her father when she was 2 added another layer of loss in bonding and secure attachment. Annie has spent decades personally in cultivating the tools that help one to heal, regulate, and thrive. Her methodology, Applied Neuroplasticity, truly helps the brain to change and is steeped in neuroscience, movement, and relational attachment. Professionally, Annie has worked in hospitals, trauma centers, public schools, mental health clinics, and private practice for 45 years. Her passion is sharing body tools that heal; Birth’s Hidden Legacy~Healing Birth Trauma online course and books prepare therapists/parents to help children and adult clients regroup after a difficult birth. Annie founded The Brook Institute where she trains therapists and offers an MA or Ph.D in Somatics, including Birth Trauma Healing.
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