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Belvedere Integrated Healing Arts: Relief, Recovery, Resilience
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Healing from Difficult Births

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Having a baby can be a time of joy and transformation, and it can also be stressful.  If your birth does not go as well as you had planned, feelings and thoughts can naturally arise.  Many women who experience overwhelming birth experiences seek resolution through feeling better in their body.

Kate is trained in prenatal and perinatal patterns associated from overwhelming birth experiences.  Gentle touch helps reorient the experience to the present time.  Approaches include massage, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Somatic Experiencing®.

She has also developed a comprehensive program that helps families prevent and heal birth trauma. Called Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics, Kate and her midwife partner, Lois Trezise meet with women and their partners after difficult births to help them make sense of their experiences. Their approach employs trauma resolution skills of resourcing with positive sensations, finding what was good or helpful, and then Kate uses a variety of ways to help integrate the trauma of what happened. Many women feel that they have done something wrong or that what happened was their fault. Kate and Lois skillfully weave a blanket of safety around the family that allows them to integrate and feel whole again.

"When thinking about how you helped us with the birth trauma, I think one of the best things you did with me, is stop and breathe with me and affirm how hard each aspect of my story must have been. To have someone reaffirm this difficulty with me, was just so life-changing. It made me feel seen and heard and valued, and honestly like I was not crazy and that what we went through really was traumatic. It helped me to walk out of denial and have the strength to do the repair work." -- Kristy Nicolette in Charlottesville, VA

“I just wanted to thank you for everything.  You were kind and gentle and understanding, and played a huge role in our recovery.  I can’t thank you enough.  I still think of our visits all the time.  Focusing on the moment I could finally let labor happen, and the day I finally got to hold my baby in my arms, yes, you can heal trauma if you have good support.  Thank you for all you do for our community.  You are such wealth of knowledge.  I can continue to refer to you now with a wonderful experience of my own.”  — A.S., birth education professional in Charlottesville, VA.

​Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Jay Warren about my work with families recovering from difficult births: Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me?

And this description of the work with do in a podcast with Kimberly Ann Johnson: Repairing Pre- and Perinatal Trauma and Listening to Babies with Kate White

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103 Caty Lane
Charlottesville, VA 22901
434-996-2002


katercst@gmail.com

Member ABMP
Licensed in Virginia
Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork

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"I tried for many years to locate a massage  therapist that could work in tandem with my osteopathic doctor. There is a big difference in the way that Kate works. Her approach is holistic and encompasses an incredible realm of skills." ~ K.L. in Charlottesville, VA

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"We loved working with Kate. She has a wonderful, intuitive way with children and babies . . . I wish that all babies and mothers could benefit from the therapies that Kate has to offer.”" S.R. a mom in Charlottesville, VA

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