Healing Birth Trauma With Alicia Taverner
Show Notes:
My friend Alicia is opening up about healing the traumas she experienced giving birth.
You’ll hear how these painful experiences opened her up to things she never would have expected, like psychedelics and listening to her ancestors.
Alicia Taverner, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist in Southern California specializing in trauma, relationships, and psychedelic integration. Her work explores the intersection of psychotherapy, psychedelic integration, Indigenous wisdom, and the lifelong practice of remembering who we are.
Here's some of what we talked about:
Having panic attacks and intrusive thoughts after the birth of her son
Getting on medication and going to a weekend training
Having birth trauma with her second birth
Exploring healing with psychedelics
Working through her birth traumas with redo experiences
Continuing this healing work little by little
Doing indigenous work with psilocybin in an apprenticeship program
Connecting with her ancestors and guides
Becoming a much more spiritual person
How her healing journey has changed her work as a therapist
Resources Discussed:
Mom And Mind Podcast With Dr. Kat
Signs, The Secret Language of the Universe by Laura Lynne Jackson