Psychotherapist specialising in birth trauma, anxiety, depression, phobias and midlife challenges.
Helping people make sense of emotional distress, build resilience and move forward with confidence.
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TRACYLAW
09/07/2026
Many parents tell themselves they should be over it by now.
Healing doesn’t happen because time passes.
It happens when your nervous system has the opportunity to process what happened.
If your birth still affects you months or years later, you’re not alone.
Message me or let’s get a call arranged so you can begin to move forward ❤️
Sometimes a birth debrief isn’t enough…
If you’ve had a birth debrief but you still feel upset, overwhelmed, or like nothing has really changed, please know that you’re not alone.
A debrief can help you understand what happened, but it doesn’t always help your nervous system process how it felt.
And if you’ve experienced birth trauma but don’t know where to turn next, I want you to know there is support available.
Sometimes the hardest step isn’t the healing itself—it’s making that very first phone call.
It takes courage to say, “I’m struggling.”
It takes courage to ask for help.
But that first conversation can be the beginning of something different. The beginning of feeling heard, understood, and supported without judgment.
You don’t have to carry what happened on your own.
If you’re wondering whether therapy could help, I’d be happy to have a gentle conversation with you. There’s no pressure—just a chance to explore what you’re experiencing and whether I might be the right person to support you.
Healing is possible, and it can begin with one small, brave step.
💛 Tracy
🧨Anger is a natural response to trauma and pain, but it’s important to release this and not to be held captive by it.
You may feel exhausted following perinatal trauma and using movement and sound to release the pain, anger or whatever emotion you may have in your body can help.
“Expression is the opposite of depression”
was a quote from a wonderful woman called Edith Eger.
Try this exercise and let me know if it was useful -
✊🏼hold fists and punch forward releasing the breath through your mouth with a whoosh or a sound
Fast or slow.
✋Then when that feels enough push forward with a flat hand and say the word NO or stop or enough
✋✋When this feels enough push both hands out together x3 times and then bring hands back to the chest.
🫁Noticing your body and your breath.
Then say ( find your own if these do not feel good)
I am worthy
I am enough
I am important
I matter
03/07/2026
Getting thoughts out of your head and onto paper creates distance from the experience and lightens the mental load.
You stop holding everything inside, and your nervous system can begin to settle.
You don’t need pages. A few lines about what happened, how you feel, or what you need can interrupt rumination – that looping, stuck pattern that keeps stress switched on. Or you can use colours, paints, lines or doodles if words are not accessible.
When emotions are intense, writing first helps the rational brain come back online, so you can respond with more clarity and choice.
Unsent letters are especially powerful.
You can say what you need to say without managing anyone else’s reaction. The emotional brain releases; perspective grows.
Your journal, drafts, and lists aren’t “just writing.”
They’re your brain regulating.
They’re resilience in action.