BIRTH STORY ALCHEMY

Services

  • Birth Story Alchemy offers you the space to integrate your birth experience, however it unfolded.

    This may be for you if:

    • memories of your birth experience feel intrusive, overwhelming, or difficult to talk about

    • you experienced birth trauma

    • you had a positive birth experience but haven’t found a space to fully share that joy

    • you have never had your whole, unfiltered birth story listened to, without receiving comparison, opinion or judgment

    • you feel that your birth experience has impacted your child or your relationship to your child

    This may not be for you if:

    • you are looking for a medical birth debrief

    • you are experiencing severe or acute mental health difficulties, such as active suicidal thoughts, or psychosis

    Session Structure

    Sessions are virtual, lasting 60-90 minutes. Most women require 2-4 sessions, although individual responses vary and some women may benefit from additional sessions or further therapeutic support.

    Sessions are tailored to the individual needs of each woman. Some of the techniques I use include 3-step rewind and birth-field realignment, as taught by Tami Lynn Kent.

    Scope of practice

    Birth Story Alchemy is offered within my scope of practice as an NCH-registered hypnotherapist and is used specifically to support women seeking to integrate their birth experience. This approach is not intended to replace medical, psychiatric, or specialist perinatal mental health care. Suitability is assessed on an individual basis, and referral will be offered where appropriate.

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About

My initiation into motherhood led me to this work. I have experienced the deep healing that comes from tending to the wound of a traumatic birth and the incredible growth that can follow. I have also experienced the life-altering effects of an empowered birth and the deep joy that can come from feeling seen in that experience.

Learning that it is never too late to heal was a tremendous relief to me, and I am constantly astounded by the way in which tending to our own healing can ripple out to heal our children, too.

I am a Mother to two young sons and a fully qualified Cognitive Hypnotherapist and INNATE Traditions Postpartum Care Provider, based in Southeast London.

Qualifications

  • Certified INNATE Postpartum Certified Practitioner (2023)

  • Mother (2019)

  • Diploma in Cognitive Hypnotherapy (DipCHyp) Leading to the award of of the Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD) (2018)

  • Confident Childbirth Practitioner (2018)

  • AWARE parenting instructor (in training)

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“The few sessions I had with Ella helped me heal from deep trauma after my first birth - something I was once too scared to even talk about. She helped me rebuild my confidence and find peace that I never thought was possible”

“Thank you for helping me come out of being in such a dark headspace”

“It was very special to share my story with you. There is so much power in sharing in this way”