You don't have to carry this alone.
Specialized support for bereaved parents navigating grief, trauma, and the long journey of healing.
Somatic Practitioner | Grief, Trauma & Bereavement Specialist | Pregnancy, Infant & Child Loss
Betsy Winter
I am a nationally recognized somatic practitioner, educator, and leader in the field of pregnancy, infant, and child loss.
Over ten years of working with hundreds of bereaved parents — and the traumatic realities that accompany such losses — I have developed an approach that is somatic, relational, and deeply attuned to what this particular kind of grief and healing requires.
Who I work with
I work with bereaved parents who have experienced loss in all its forms — miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for medical reasons, continuing a pregnancy with a life-limiting or lethal diagnosis, SIDS, SUDC, infertility, and the unexpected loss of an infant or child.
Every loss matters — regardless of gestational age, circumstances, or what anyone else has said about what you should or shouldn't be feeling. Every one deserves to be grieved, honored, and held with love and care.
Many clients come to me in the immediate aftermath of loss and stay through whatever the journey continues to ask of them — whether that is pregnancy after loss, parenting after loss, learning to live and love fully without a living child, or simply navigating life as it unfolds after profound loss. I understand this journey not from a distance, but from personal experience and years of sitting closely with hundreds of families who have walked it.
Loss rarely arrives alone. For many of the people I work with, grief lands on top of older wounds that have never fully had a witness. I know how to hold all of it.
If you are navigating something outside of loss and feel called to reach out — I welcome that conversation.
What Working With Me Looks Like
“Whatever you are carrying — there is room for it here.”
When we work together, I meet you exactly where you are. Whatever feels most present when you arrive — that is where we begin.
Sometimes you need a place to cry and feel the full weight of the heartache and yearning.
Sometimes you need to talk about your child — say their name, explore your connection, share the signs or messages you've received that you've been reluctant to tell anyone else.
Sometimes you need to talk about how you still feel them move inside you or hear their little voice echoing through your home, how you rock a teddy bear when you're alone, how you sometimes yearn to be with them but are terrified to say it out loud for fear of being misunderstood.
Sometimes you are so disoriented and overwhelmed you need someone to anchor you — a steady guide through terrain that feels incomprehensible. Sometimes you need to process the loss again and again, as many times as it takes.
And sometimes you need a place to simply be okay — without fearing that being okay means you are over it, or have forgotten them, or are somehow all better.
If you have found your way here, I am so sorry. And I am here.
The Whole Picture
Bereaved parents often find themselves navigating grief, trauma, and the overwhelming weight of a loss that touches every part of their life — sometimes seeing multiple providers, none of whom hold the full picture
I work at the intersection of all of it. I know how to witness and process grief — the kind that needs to be spoken, honored, and moved through at its own pace. I know how to work with trauma — the intrusive thoughts, the triggers, the moments the body takes you back there without warning. And I know how to support what becomes possible as the weight begins to lift — the clarity, the slowly returning sense of self, and the transformation that unfolds in the wake of profound loss. Not as separate tracks, but as one integrated, somatic, relational process that honors the full complexity of what you are carrying.
Finding someone who knows how to work with all three — grief, trauma, and the path toward transformation — is rare. I am that person.
And I welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively alongside your other providers, holding the grief, trauma, and somatic pieces as part of a coordinated circle of care.
What I Bring
Beyond my individual client work, I have spent a decade contributing to the broader field — training the next generation of grief-informed clinicians at the graduate level, contributing to foundational texts in perinatal loss, and speaking at national conferences. I am the Director of Community Support at Return to Zero: HOPE, where I develop curriculum, lead retreats and support groups, and train providers supporting bereaved families across the country
My training spans somatic trauma therapy, parts work, EMDR, attachment, perinatal mental health, and grief — including direct training with Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Richard Schwartz, Dr. Stephen Porges, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Dr. Diane Poole Heller, Deb Dana, and others who have shaped the field. I trained extensively through The Embody Lab, one of the leading somatic training institutions in the country. My perinatal loss and bereavement training is grounded in the gold standard frameworks of Resolve Through Sharing and Postpartum Support International — the same foundations that inform the best clinical care in this field.
Work with me
I work virtually and am able to support clients anywhere.
The first step is simply reaching out. We will start with a free discovery call — a chance to connect, for you to ask questions, and for both of us to get a sense of whether we are a good fit.
Finding the right person to walk alongside you in this is one of the most important decisions you can make. You deserve someone you feel truly seen by, someone you trust. If you reach out to several practitioners before finding that person — that is not only okay, it is wise. I want you to find the right support, whatever form that takes.
If something in what you have read here has felt supportive — I would be honored to hear from you.
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