Therapy for child loss and perinatal grief in Ottawa and Embrun
Virtually across Ontario and Quebec, in-person in Ottawa and Embrun
Grief from fertility challenges, miscarriages, losing a baby as a stillborn or because of SIDS robs you of the joy and sense of purpose the parenthood journey promised you.
Carrying grief, parenting ourselves while finding creative ways to parent our children who have crossed over is possible with EMDR therapy. You don’t have to do this alone.
EMDR Therapy helps you process the trauma from the grief.
We’re not saying we’ll make it all ok, because it will never be ok. Here is what we can say though: you are worth being taken care of. Even if you may not feel worthy of help because the self-blame is suffocating.
Perinatal grief leaves the body craving a return to its intended purpose: to mother. Too often, we completely put to the side what our bodies are telling (or screaming) at us. EMDR therapy can help you honour your body’s needs through the grief.
Meet your bilingual EMDR therapist for child loss and perinatal grief
After hundreds of EMDR sessions with moms carrying perinatal grief of many forms (fertility challenges, miscarriages, stillborn baby, SIDS, and child loss), Danik Bernier, MSW, RSW can guide you to a place where the guilt, self-blame, shame and terrifying trauma surrounding your loss are not hijacking your daily life anymore. Where you can return to your intended purpose: to parent your child who has crossed over in a way that makes sense for you and to parent yourself.
Danik sees clients virtually across Ontario and Quebec, with availability for in-person sessions in Embrun and Ottawa (for EMDR Intensives only).
FAQs
What is therapy for child loss and perinatal grief?Therapy for child loss and perinatal grief can be offered through different therapeutic modalities, but EMDR therapy is how Danik Bernier, MSW, RSW chooses to support grieving parents across Ontario and Quebec. EMDR Therapy is a body-based therapy modality, where the processing of the traumatic elements of grief is possible.
Who can benefit from EMDR therapy for child loss and perinatal grief?Parents and intended parents can benefit from EMDR therapy for child loss and perinatal grief. EMDR therapy does not seek to convince you that you don’t have to carry self-blame or that you don’t have to feel terrified - it helps you validate your own feelings and sensations in a safe environment and lets you process the traumatic elements from the grief.
What is the goal of therapy for child loss and perinatal grief?The goal for therapy for child loss and perinatal grief is essentially to support the parent or intended parent in making authentic decisions for themselves and their family after loss, to serve as an anchor for emotional safety during the toughest storm without an expiry date in sight, and to liberate the body from possible PTSD symptoms.