Birth Story Medicine
The most effective medicine is not found in the light, but in the wound
What is Birth Story Medicine?
Our birth stories are complicated living, breathing things. They become part of our makeup as creators and parents as we ascribe meaning to the many moments that exist within them.
Birth Story Medicine is a guided birth story processing method developed by Pam England to help those who have witnessed birth transform stagnant or unhealed feelings and beliefs around their experience.
Through Birth Story Medicine, you can introduce understanding, compassion, and resolution into birth stories that might feel challenging, traumatic, or incomplete.
Birth Story Medicine is for anyone who has lived through a birth experience, including those who have supported a birth as a partner, family member, or birth worker.
You may benefit from Birth Story Medicine if:
You don’t have a safe space to share your story or have your story reflected back to you
You have unresolved questions or feelings around your birth
You experience difficult emotions looking back on your birth story
You’d like to work through certain aspects of a previous birth experience story before giving birth again
You’d like to find more peace or acceptance in your birth experience.
Who is Birth Story Medicine for?
Each session incorporates storytelling, archetypal work, and intuitive questioning to guide you through the events and beliefs that shape your birth experience. You’ll be guided through the details of your story, examining their lasting impact on your life, relationships, and beliefs about yourself.
Through empathetic listening and solution-based techniques, we’ll explore a more compassionate approach to your story and plant a seed for deeper healing and understanding moving forward.
Sessions are completed virtually at a time and place that allows you uninterrupted focus on your story. Each session is approximately an hour long, though I recommend leaving time after your session for reflection and intention-setting. Your session is completely confidential—the details of your story will never be shared outside of our meeting.
Investment: $60 per session
$50 per session for Muse Birth clients
What does a session look like?
A note about Birth Story Medicine: Birth Story Medicine is not meant to diagnose or treat either mental health illnesses or medical conditions.
It is not a replacement for therapy or medical treatment of any kind.