Birth Trauma Therapy

With Kait Towner, LMHC, CCPT, PMH-C

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I've lived through two complicated births myself, and helping parents heal from birth trauma is deeply personal to me.

I know how much therapy can help because I've been there too.

Does your birth experience keep replaying in your mind?

Do you feel like everyone expects you to move on, but part of you is still stuck on what happened?

Were medical complications, a NICU stay, fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, or an experience that left you feeling overwhelmed?

Maybe you can't stop thinking about it and the thoughts feel stuck in a loop. You're exhausted, worn down, and moving through life on autopilot.

You can be grateful for your baby and hurt by what happened.

Clients Come To Me When They Experience:

  • Thoughts on repeat

  • Intrusive memories

  • Birth replaying constantly

  • Avoiding reminders

  • Feeling disconnected

  • Living on autopilot

  • Trouble sleeping

  • Being emotionally worn down

“Birth trauma can impact life everyday, even long after your baby has arrived.”

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What Birth Trauma Therapy With Me Looks Like

Therapy with me is collaborative, gentle, and paced around your comfort level. We won't jump straight into difficult memories before you're ready.

We begin with a detailed intake and assessment so we both understand your story and the experiences that brought you here. The first few sessions focus on building trust and helping you feel grounded. Around the third session, we begin integrating tools and processing experiences together in a way that feels manageable and supportive.

I never push clients faster than they're ready to go. Your voice matters throughout the process, and we'll make decisions together about how therapy unfolds.

I commonly support clients healing from:

  • Pregnancy loss

  • NICU experiences

  • Fertility challenges

  • Difficult pregnancies

  • Medical complications

  • Traumatic births

  • Emergency C-sections

Modalities I Use

  • Helps identify and challenge thoughts that keep you stuck in guilt, self-blame, or fear about what happened.

  • Builds emotional regulation skills so overwhelming feelings become easier to manage when they arise.

  • Helps address relationship strain, communication challenges, and identity shifts that often follow difficult birth experiences.

  • Helps process trauma that remains stored in the nervous system so painful memories feel less overwhelming and intrusive over time.

Together, we'll work toward helping your birth experience become part of your story rather than something that controls your present.

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Move Forward With Hope

Healing doesn't mean forgetting what happened. It means being able to remember it without feeling trapped inside it.

After Birth Trauma Therapy With Me, Clients Report:

  • More confidence

  • Better frustration tolerance

  • Greater self-awareness

  • Less household tension

  • Stronger boundaries

  • Better communication

  • More connection with family

The past becomes something you lived through, not something you have to relive every day.

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About Kait Towner, LMHC, CCPT, PMH-C

More About Me

My therapy is designed for moms who are carrying the emotional weight of a difficult pregnancy, birth, loss, or postpartum experience. I combine specialized training in perinatal mental health with lived experience because I understand how deeply these experiences can affect you.

I hold a Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) and clients describe me as genuine, approachable, and down-to-earth. 

I work especially well with people who are new to therapy or unsure where to start. I'm not a blank-slate therapist who simply sits back and nods. I show up as a real person who is actively engaged in helping you heal.

Outside of therapy, I'm a mom of two wild red-headed boys, love the Thousand Islands, and strongly prefer staying out of water if fish are involved. I identify as a cat mom and my cats may occasionally make appearances during virtual sessions.

Availability: I provide online therapy for clients throughout New York.

Education, Credentials,
and Trainings

  • Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) through Postpartum Support International (PSI)

  • Master's Degree in Community Mental Health Counseling, University of Rochester

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor, New York (#008413)

  • Connecting the Rainbow: Healing Perinatal Trauma Training

  • Bringing Light to Motherhood Training, Maternal Mental Health Now

  • Brainspotting Phase One Training

  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy Training, Mount Hope Family Center

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused CBT Training

  • Child Parent Psychotherapy Training

  • Infant Mental Health Training, Society for Protection and Care of Children

  • Ongoing clinical supervision, consultation, and advanced training

3 Steps To Get Started

  • Reach out through the contact form. I'll respond personally and help you determine whether we're a good fit.

  • We'll schedule a short consultation call to talk about what you're experiencing and answer any questions you have.

  • We'll start building trust, understanding your experience, and creating a plan that feels supportive and manageable for you.

You Don't Have To Carry This Alone.

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