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Ep. 34: Birth Trauma: Navigating Invalidation & Self-blame
Kate McReynolds, licensed therapist, joins me to discuss her own experience with birth trauma, particularly related to feelings of invalidation and self-blame. Kate explains her journey of working through the feelings that her birth trauma wasn't "bad" or "scary" enough to count as trauma. She also discusses the challenge of navigating invalidation from external sources, but also from herself.
In this episode, you will hear:
- Kate's story of birth trauma
- Feeling ignored in birth
- Lack of consent and commentary related to sexual assault
- Invalidation after birth trauma
- Planning for a…
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