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Birth Trauma Therapy & Perinatal Psychotherapist in Leeds and Online

Feeling anxious, overwhelmed or stuck after a Traumatic Birth?
Here to support you with Specialist Perinatal Psychotherapy for

Birth Trauma & Postpartum Anxiety in Leeds and Online 



If you’ve experienced a difficult pregnancy, traumatic birth, or challenging postpartum period that’s left you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, angry, resentful, struggling with intense mum guilt while stuck reliving what happened—I promise you, you’re not alone.

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About Anjelena -  Specialist Perinatal Psychotherapist

I’m Anjelena, a BABCP-accredited Specialist Perinatal Psychotherapist, offering perinatal psychotherapy in Leeds and online.

I work with mums affected by birth trauma, postpartum anxiety, and perinatal mental health difficulties to:

 

- Feel safe in their bodies again

- Become more present with their baby and loved ones

- Reconnect with joy in motherhood

- Build the support system they need​
 

Anjelena Santos Perinatal Psychotherapis

Motherhood shouldn’t feel like being in constant survival mode

I also get how exhausting and isolating life after birth trauma can be, because I’ve lived it myself.  With the right therapeutic support, a traumatic start to motherhood doesn’t have to define you—it can become just one part of your story, with You getting to decide what the rest of your journey looks like

How Birth Trauma Therapy with me can help;

Feel Safe first
We start by making sure you feel supported and grounded. I’ll share simple tools to help calm your body and mind, so you know you have ways to cope when things feel too much.

Make sense of What’s happening to you
We’ll explore how trauma can affect your thoughts, feelings, and body. This often brings relief—because it helps you see that your reactions are not your fault, they’re a natural response to what you went through.

Get Practical Coping tools
Together we’ll practice strategies for easing anxiety, intrusive thoughts, managing flashbacks, nightmares and handling any dissociating and overwhelming emotions, so you feel more in control in your day-to-day.

 Process the Traumatic memories
When you’re ready, we’ll carefully look at the traumatic memories of your pregnancy or birth experience itself. The aim is to help your mind and body file the traumatic memory away as something that happened in the past, so it no longer intrudes on your present.

Shift painful beliefs
Trauma often leaves behind painful beliefs like “It was my fault” or “I’m no longer safe.” We’ll work on evolving new perspectives that will alleviate feelings of fear, shame, guilt, blame and mistrust 

Move Forward
We’ll focus on helping you reconnect with yourself, your body and your  baby, improving communication with loved ones and getting a better support system in place. 

Ready to reclaim your life on your own terms? 

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