SMC's goal is to help survivor moms with reactions that may be from past trauma in 3 ways:

• To manage those stress reactions to feel better faster
• To ride out their emotions better
• To be more easy-going in their relationship with their doctors or midwives and their baby

The SMC can help survivor moms learn skills to cope with emotions, relationship, and things that "trigger" trauma-related reactions.

One way to try the Survivor Moms' Companion on for size, is to to consider how at ease you are talking about how your past trauma is affecting you now.

If you have talked at least a little about your trauma that’s a good indication that talking to an SMC tutor will be helpful.

But even if you haven’t talked to others, and would like to learn coping strategies, the SMC program could be a good fit.