Healing After Birth Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Jan is a Chartered Psychologist. In 2014, she created a birth trauma service for women/men where they can access individual, couple, and...
Expectations of Birth
If you were planning to run the Marathon, you would start by applying for a place the usual way You might be lucky and get one straight...
A Normal Reaction to an Abnormal Life Event
A snippet from my diary – March 7th 2017 - my second son Matty was one week old: “What do you do when you feel so elated you could scream...
The Pitfalls of 'Going with the Flow' in Birth
This is a blog post copied with permission from the Birth Trauma Truths website. Debby Gould and Melissa Bruijn are founders of...
Power to the people
Why we need a comprehensive evidence base for women's maternity experiences There is, in the UK, a long and proud history of women...
The Birth Trauma Association
The Birth Trauma Association – a small charity punching above its weight The Birth Trauma Association (BTA) began life in 2004 when two...
Birth Plan or Birth Demands?
This was a blog I wrote for Rebecca Schiller, CEO of Birthrights and author of Your No-Guilt Pregnancy Plan. "Something that comes up a...