The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether participation in an individual 8-session cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is feasible, acceptable, and leads to clinically meaningful trauma symptom reduction in individuals experiencing childbirth-related trauma.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Is it feasible for women and birthing people to attend and complete an 8-session course of CPT delivered virtually within a specialized women's mental health clinic?
2. Do participants find this modified 8-session CPT protocol acceptable and helpful?
3. Does the treatment lead to clinically meaningful reductions in childbirth-related posttraumatic stress and related symptoms?
Participants will be asked to:
1. Attend 8 weekly sessions of individual CPT for childbirth-related trauma
2. Complete a self-report measure of trauma symptoms weekly (i.e., the PCL-5)
3. Complete additional symptom questionnaires at baseline, post-treatment, and at one-month follow-up.
4. Complete a brief qualitative interview one week after treatment to share feedback on their experience