What is Integrative Baby Therapy?

Integrative Baby Therapy (IBT) explores the profound impact of early experiences, including time in the womb and birth, from the baby’s perspective. It recognizes that these formative moments leave lasting imprints on the nervous system, influencing how we react to stress and navigate transitions throughout life.

If you or your baby or child are experiencing unexplained stress, anxiety or difficulties especially during life transitions then feel free to either: 

Based on an evidence-based approach, IBT integrates various fields including:

  • Pre and Perinatal Psychology
  • Body Psychotherapy
  • Craniosacral therapy
  • Self-Regulation and Neurobiology
  • Epigenetics and Biodynamic Embryology
  • Attachment Theory and Traumatology

Due to its origins, IBT work is also often combined with Craniosacral therapy.

Find out more about me, an experienced Integrative Baby Therapist and how I can help you, your baby or your child. 

Book a Free 30 Minute Consultation today with No Obligation

How can Integrative Baby Therapy help you and your family?

My integrative baby therapy sessions can help facilitate transformative healing by addressing your earliest imprints and help with the healing process.

They help you to:

  • Identify and understand by using a range of techniques, including creative play, movement and mirroring to decode ‘womb statements’ and ‘baby body language.’ This deep listening helps you understand your and your child’s earliest experiences.
  • Manage the healing process as my approach supports you in processing these foundational experiences, facilitating healing through witness and acknowledgment.

What techniques do I use to help?

Intuitive Listening: I tune into your or your child’s vocal expressions and movement patterns to gain insights into your or their early life experiences.

Creative Interventions: Through playful and movement-based techniques, I help you or your child to express and process your or their experiences.

Body Somatic Therapy: Working with and tracking the body felt sense to address and heal physical and emotional imprints from early life.

What are the benefits of Integrative Baby Therapy?

IBT can profoundly impact your personal well-being and family life by offering transformational healing for you and your family. Here’s what you can expect:

  • A Calmer Family Environment: Foster a more peaceful, connected home.
  • Enhanced Clarity: Make decisions with greater confidence and insight.
  • Positive Strategies: Learn effective tools for navigating difficult situations.
  • Boosted Self-Esteem: Experience increased trust, confidence, and self-worth.
  • Improved Relationships: Strengthen your bond with yourself, your child and others.
  • Stronger Friendships: Build deeper, more meaningful connections and relationships.
  • Unleash Potential: Achieve your best in all areas of life.

Who can Gain the most from Integrative Baby Therapy sessions?

The sessions are adaptable for individuals of all ages, including:

Expectant Parents: Antenatal support for understanding and preparing for birth.

Babies and Children: Helping them express and process their earliest story, whilst supporting development.

Children and Adolescents: Helping all to navigate present day challenges influenced by early experiences.

Parents and Families: Guiding them through the impact of early experiences on family dynamics and individual well-being.

Individual Adults: Processing past experiences that continue to impact their life.

Please call me for more advice surrounding any challenges or issues that Integrative Baby Therapy could help resolve.

Common issues I find for parents in my role as a therapist:

  • Finding family life tricky and/or stressful
  • Lacking in confidence or feeling helpless and overwhelmed
  • Their baby cries inconsolably for no apparent reason?
  • Their new born has difficulties sleeping or feeding (colic)
  • Their baby seems withdrawn or unresponsive?
  • Their child is a picky or reluctant eater
  • Their child is anxious about trying new things and struggles to go somewhere new
  • Their child suffers with overwhelm or angry outbursts of behaviour

I typically find the following types of challenges facing new parents:

  • A traumatic birth experience
  • Their baby is fractious and having difficulties settling/sleeping?
  • The baby is suffering with colic/digestive issues
  • The baby is clingy?

Common issues I find for adults in my role as a therapist: 

  • Suffering with constant anxiety 
  • Finding it difficult to start new projects or activities
  • Eating and digestive issues

I can help with all of the above, please call on 07790 783280 for more information.

How does Integrative Baby Therapy work?

Integrative Baby Therapy (IBT) provides a unique space for individuals to explore and express underlying prenatal or birth experiences that remain active in their psyche or subconscious. These early experiences are often preverbal and may manifest as seemingly out-of-place or irrational behaviours and feelings in the present.

What happens in an Integrative Baby Therapy session?  

Sessions are conducted in a quiet, peaceful environment and are designed to be calming and supportive. You will be treated fully clothed, and sessions typically take place either in a comfortable chair or on a cushioned mat on the floor. All therapeutic interventions are permission based, ensuring that you feel comfortable and respected throughout the session.

Intuitive and Perceptual Work

I work intuitively, guided by perceptual awareness, to follow the flow of events as they unfold during the session. This often involves tracking body sensations and may include gentle contact with specific areas of your or your child’s body, as needed.

For children, an integrative baby therapy session includes therapeutic play, which helps build rapport and allows the child to express their prenatal or birth story through their use of space and toys.

I will periodically check in with you or your child to understand and acknowledge any feelings, sensations or emotions that arise during the session. This helps to ensure that the therapy remains responsive to your needs.

How will I feel after an Integrative Baby Therapy Session?

Each person’s journey with an Integrative Baby Therapy session is unique, and how you feel afterwards can vary based on your personal history and the work done during the session.

  • Relaxation: Many clients report feeling deeply relaxed and spacious after a session, experiencing a sense of calm and well-being.
  • Emotional Processing: Some clients may experience emotions coming to the surface as they process and integrate early experiences.
  • Physical Adjustments: It’s also possible to experience physical symptoms as your body readjusts and realigns following the session.

Take the Next Step

If you’re ready to explore how Integrative Baby Therapy can help you or your child understand and heal from early life imprints, please send call me on 07790 783280 or request a free no obligation discovery call to see how we can work together.

Engaging in Trauma Resolution Session work

Whilst adults can attend session work online, it is recommended that babies and children are seen face to face.

Initial Enquiry – Free no obligation Discovery Call (30 minutes)

Clarity Call (zoom): £95 

    • Assessment of completed forms / back-ground history
    • Clarity call to understand key issues (45 mins)
    • Post call email with recommendations as to the best way forward:
        • Programme A: Trauma Package

        • Programme B: Insight Package

Programme A: Trauma Resolution Package – Initial Consultation plus three further sessions – £695 – Working with the key presenting issues.

It is recommended to engage in a minimum of four sessions in order to develop the relational field and facilitate a profound exploration of yourself, or you and your child.

    • 4 x Face to Face or Online Sessions (each approx. 90 minutes)
        • Working with key themes
        • Support with ongoing techniques and practical advice

    • Post Session email detailing arising themes, tools to practice, ongoing recommendations for moving forwards

    • Post Session Check-in plus ongoing mentoring support and advice

Programme B: Insight Package – £595

Providing an insight into the key presenting background themes.

    • Detailed research into key themes:
        • generational/familial patterns

        • illness & disease – related emotions

        • pre and perinatal history

        • childhood history

        • current presenting issues

    • 2 x Face to Face or Online Sessions (each approx. 90 minutes)
        • Working with key themes

        • Support with ongoing techniques and practical advice

    • Post Session email detailing arising themes, tools to practice, ongoing recommendations for moving forwards

    • Post Session Check-in plus ongoing mentoring support and advice

Further Follow up sessions:

    • Single session follow up – £175

    • Three further Follow up Sessions – £525

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