SPEAKING AND
TRAINING
SPEAKING AND TRAINING
Welcome! I’m Brittany, psychotherapist and founder of Worthy To Live Therapy. I provide trauma-informed trainings for doulas and birth workers.
My workshop was created to equip you to identify the signs of birth trauma, give you the tools to ask the right questions, and refer with confidence.
This workshop is packed with real-life examples, practical scripts, and actional steps, so by the end of the workshop, you can support families more fully after a difficult birthing experience.
As a birth worker I know you care deeply about your clients...
You witness their most vulnerable moments and sometimes those moment are filled with joy, and other times sadness, disappointment, or even fear.
You may have women intentionally seeking you as a doula or midwife AFTER experiencing a traumatic birth during a previous pregnancy. You want to take this client on with care and feel confident in the process. Let's work together so you can...
This is where a trauma-informed workshop will help you move from being unsure how to respond to childbirth trauma to responding with clarity, compassion, and confidence.
Through my “Navigating Birth Trauma: For Birth Professionals Workshop”
WE WILL COVER:
Defining childbirth-related PTSD.
The interplay of trauma, attachment, and the perinatal period.
Risk factors, protective factors, screening & referral.
Role play and case examples
Vicarious trauma
Trauma-informed communication with birthing individuals & families.
Normalizing mental health in the postpartum period and scripts on how to start the conversation with clients
This workshop will help you overcome these common situations:
“I don’t always know what to say when a client brings up a traumatic birth experience”
“I worry that I might make things worst if I bring up mental health and I need help on what to say”
“I see signs my client is struggling but I don’t know how to help or when to refer out”
“How can I help and stay within my scope of expertise”
“Sometimes my client’s birth experiences impact me and I carry it home. How do I deal with that”
Why We All Must Be Trauma-Informed in the Birthing Space:
Current Statistics
Up to 45% of new mothers report their birth experience as traumatic. Additionally, 1 in 3 birthing people report feeling traumatized by their childbirth experience.
Current international rates of full clinical PTSD resulting from childbirth (Childbirth-Related PTSD or CB-PTSD/PP-PTSD) range between 1.5% and 9% of all births.
Even more birthing people—approximately 17%—will experience significant symptoms of post-traumatic stress after giving birth, even if they don't meet the full clinical criteria for PTSD.
A significant finding reveals that 1 in 5 birthing people report experiencing some form of mistreatment during pregnancy or childbirth, which can be a primary contributor to psychological trauma.
What Participants Are Saying
"I enjoyed this workshop"
“I enjoyed this workshop. I appreciate workshops that has engagement. There were so many takeaways I will be using from today on. Great topic and Phenomenal speaker!!”
Navigating Birth Trauma: Doula Workshop Participant
"Learned to ask better questions."
“This workshop gave me practical tools to provide more support to my clients through simply asking better questions.”
Navigating Birth Trauma: Doula Workshop Participant
Supporting mothers through childbirth trauma recovery with compassion, evidence-based care, and the belief that every woman deserves to feel safe and whole again.