EMDR Therapy for Couples in Onslow County and across NC, VA, DC, SC & FL

Couples in Perinatal Crisis

No decision is easy or free of grief.

You’ve decided to start your family. The excitement, hope and fear all comes up, but then a perinatal diagnosis leaves you with a difficult decision. You’re considering all the options and you and your partner are going through this together, while both having different thoughts and feelings about what feels most important when making this next decision. You need time and space where, together, you can process through what comes next, knowing that no decision is easy or free of grief. This is where EMDR therapy for couples in perinatal crisis can come into help.

we can heal together..

There’s a space for healing together

Birth trauma
NICU experience
Bereavement/loss
Abortion
Postpartum trauma

Birth trauma

Maybe you find yourself having dealt with birth trauma, whether it’s your first pregnancy or third and things about the birth feel sticky and hard, maybe you’re each feeling this pain regarding a different part of the birth trauma in a different way. With EMDR couples therapy we can work with each of your experiences, together, to help you heal from the traumatic birth experience, whether you’re trying to work through this so you can feel at ease with another pregnancy or this is the only birth experience you’re planning on having. Healing together can be powerful.

The NICU experience

Oftentimes, with birth trauma, comes the NICU experience, which is a unique, often very difficult experience that continues the trauma experienced from the birth. Again, each part of the couple may be experiencing difficulties around the NICU experience related to different aspects of the NICU. Maybe it’s the enormity and criticalness you’re wading through while you’re healing from your birth, maybe it’s the fear coming up with what your baby’s future looks like. Taking the time to digest the trauma of the NICU can be very healing for couples as they navigate the challenges of parental identity, managing feelings and relationships.

Bereavement & loss

Sometimes loss is a part of the experience of birth and postpartum. Your baby dies in utero, soon after birth, or during the postpartum time. You’ve planned for this family you’ve both created and it’s ripped away. Your baby dies. There is so much healing to be done and you both need to process through this unimaginable experience. EMDR couples therapy is a space where grieving and healing happens alongside each other.

Healing together can be powerful.

Whether as a couple, you’re struggling with birth trauma, NICU experience, bereavement/loss, abortion, or postpartum trauma there’s a space for healing together. It wasn’t just one of you who went through something. You both were invested in this family you’re creating and you both deserve to heal. And healing can happen while the trauma is occurring or even years later after you’ve been through it.

Session formats & fees

EMDR for Couples in Perinatal Crisis can be done either in a weekly 1 hour session format for $350/hour or through an EMDR intensive format (with sessions often on the weekends) anywhere from 2-6 hours at $450/hour. Superbills are always provided for you to give to your insurance to get reimbursed for therapy according to your insurance plan. There can be no guarantees what reimbursement will be.